There are times when I don’t even need to bake cookie dough into cookies.
I’m perfectly content with the raw dough.
The sweet, rich, sprinkle-filled dough satisfies cookie dough cravings, and it’s safe to eat raw. No eggs.
Over my lifetime I’ve eaten my weight in raw dough and batter, but many people get pretty freaked out about raw eggs. Thankfully this recipe is freakout-free.
The cookie dough balls are fast and easy to make, and perfect for when you just need a quick treat. You can whip a batch up in less than 10 minutes.
Maybe they’re a little too fast and easy, but thankfully the recipe just makes a baker’s dozen and they’ll keep for months in the fridge or freezer.
The dough balls taste just like real Funfetti cookie dough. There’s plenty of sprinkles and just the right amount of white chocolate chips for flavor, but not so many that they’ll fall out. I tend to overload my dough.
Baking soda is added for flavor authenticity rather than for structural results. I wouldn’t bake the dough because I suspect the cookies would spread since there’s no egg to lend structure, a high ratio of granulated sugar, and not enough baking soda. For a sure thing, make these Softbatch Funfetti Sugar Cookies.
I made the cookie dough balls in honor of my friend Sally and her upcoming wedding. Some friends and I are throwing her an online bridal shower today and everyone is posting recipes with sprinkles. Sprinkles are Sally’s kryptonite and I think she has more recipes with sprinkles and Funfetti than anyone else.
I’ve known Sally since the early days of both of our blogs. I remember getting about 10 comments from this unknown girl named Sally in 2011 and finally went to her site to check it out and left her a comment. She later told me that my comment was the first comment she ever received on her blog.
Over the years, Sally and I have exchanged no less than about ten thousand emails on everything from recipe successes and failures to cookbook writing trials and tribulations to where we’re going on vacation next. I’m so happy for her that she’s marrying the love of her life in just a few short months. I wish her and Kevin nothing but love, happiness, and good fortune.
And may there continue to be lots of sprinkles in their life.
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FUNFETTI®-Inspired Cookie Dough Balls
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened (1 stick)
- ⅔ cup granulated sugar
- ⅓ cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract, not teaspoon
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- pinch salt, optional and to taste
- 1 tablespoon milk or cream, only if necessary for dough consistency
- ⅓ cup white chocolate chips
- ⅓ cup sprinkles
Instructions
- To the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment (or large mixing bowl and electric mixer) combine the butter, sugars, vanilla, and beat on medium-high speed until creamed and well combined, about 4 minutes.
- Stop, scrape down the sides of the bowl, and add the flour, baking soda, optional salt, and beat on low speed until just combined, about 1 minute.
- Stop, scrape down the sides of the bowl, and add the white chocolate chips, sprinkles, and beat on low speed until just combined, about 30 seconds. If your dough seems dry or crumbly, add milk or cream, 1 tablespoon at a time, until dough comes together. Conversely, if your dough seems too wet, add flour 1 tablespoon at a time until dough comes together.
- Using a 2-inch cookie scoop or your hands, form approximately 13 equal-sized mounds of dough and roll into balls. Serve immediately. Cookie dough can be stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator for at least 1 month, or in the freezer for up to 6 months.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Averie, I always catch your splendid recipes all over Pinterest before I make my rounds. These are so fun & congrats to Sally!!
Well that’s good. I’d rather you catch them out there than not at all :) At least they’re making the rounds then! LOL
Wahoo! What an amazing treat! And the perfect tribute to Sally’s Baking Addiction. I must try these!
That’s so cute that you were Sally’s first comment! She loves sprinkles so these cookie dough balls are perfect!! And they look fabulous to boot!!!
What a fun way to celebrate Sally’s upcoming wedding and what a sweet tribute – you are so kind Averie! And these cookie dough balls look fantastic I love that they are funfetti flavored. Pinned!
Thanks for pinning and the compliments, Chelsea!
I just stumbled upon your funfetti cookie dough balls you baked for Sally’s virtual bridal shower and I simply love them. They look simple, beautiful and so yummy (like all your recipes each time I visit your blog!!). I’m a huge fan of Sally since I started blogging and I actually “met” you through the comments you were writing on her blog. Since then, I’m a huge fan of you too!! :) It makes me feel so happy to learn about your friendship! I always wondered actually who you too met. This post is full of generosity and it’s a pleasure to read! Cheers from the little French girl behind Del’s cooking twist ;)
I meant how you two met ;)
Thanks for the kind and heartfelt comment, Del, and for your own story sharing about how you came to find my blog and kind words! I love when I find out how people found me, and I like to know what kind of burning questions are on people’s minds, like how she and I met, etc. That kind of stuff. Real life stuff is always interesting and fun to read about!
mmmmm, these look amazing! love!!
Yum confetti balls! And Congrats to Sally!
How sweet to do an online shower!
I made cookie dough bites (as I call them) this very morning, no joke. I even thought about adding some jimmies, but I decided against it. I was debating between making the ones I ended up making (with peanut butter that I’d just made in the processor) or YOUR banana bread muffins. Turns out, my baked goods were still kind of Averie-like. :D
We’re always on the same wavelength with everything, right down to cookie dough balls :)
Yes please to funfetti cookie dough, so perfect for Sally’s shower!
Oh how fun! The kids are going to love these.
My daughter sure did!
Averie these look so delicious!! Feel like gobbling up all of these!
So many sprinkles! Who can resist the lure of colorful, sweet jimmies? Um, certainly not me. Why bake when you don’t have to? It’s summer, which means I’m all for not having to turn on my oven.
My mom and I have a system where we only make cookies to eat the dough, then we bake them when we need to stop eating because we don’t really ever want the cookies. It cracks me up when we come to visit her and there are stacks of cookies on the counter, because I know she already had her share ;)
These are totally calling my name. Birthday Monday…I definitely need these
LOVE that story! Omg that is classic. Love it! I love that you and your mom are unabashed dough eaters. And happy early bday!!
SO MANY SPRINKLES! I’m dying. I think Sally and I both have a die-hard affinity and obsession with these rainbow jimmies of love. And I am absolutely foaming at the mouth over these Funfetti dough balls. BE STILL MY HEART!
And if there’s anyone that can give Sally a run for her money with the sprinkles, it’s YOU! :)
These cookie dough balls look crazy good, Averie! So glad we are able to surprise Sally with all the sprinkle love! :)
Thank you for making this a smashing success, Anna!! We all owe you :)
Raw cookie dough and sprinkles should be the law of LIFE!! These sound spectacular! Then again all your food-amazingness is spectacular!!! xoxo
Cheers to Sally!!!
I loved the cookies you made today but I probably would have just stopped at…the dough. LOL Seriously funfetti cookie dough with real eggs and butter in it is the best :) Pinned those babies of course!