These Chocolate Covered Cookie Dough Hearts combine homemade, edible chocolate chip cookie dough covered in rich, semi-sweet melted dark chocolate and topped with sprinkles! They’re easy to make, budget-friendly, and the perfect Valentine’s Day gift for your schmoo, friends, neighbors, or coworkers!
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Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Homemade and from the heart. Just like my Chocolate Covered Peanut Butter Hearts, these chocolate chip cookie dough hearts make great Valentine’s Day gifts for the people you care about. Showing someone that you made them a little something special can go a long way!
- The taste. This chocolate chip cookie dough recipe is edible (and eggless!) with the perfect amount of mini chocolate chips. It tastes really good straight from the freezer, too!
- Simple and straightforward. The chocolate chip cookie dough recipe is simple to prepare and requires only a minimum of 30 minutes to an hour for chilling and dipping them into the melted chocolate, which is easy and fun! Get your kids involved by enlisting them on sprinkle duty as you place the melted chocolate hearts onto the tray.
- The ingredients. All of the ingredients needed you either already have in your pantry or can easily get at your local grocery store.
And probably the biggest reason they’re the best? It’s CHOCOLATE!
Ingredients Needed
The ingredients shown in the image below are used to make these chocolate-dipped cookie dough hearts. Items noted in the bulleted list are key ingredients that needed a bit more explanation. Substitutions are also noted below.
- All-Purpose Flour. You must heat treat the all-purpose flour before adding it to the cookie dough (more on how to do this below).
- Vegetable Shortening. You can also use coconut oil or paraffin wax. All three options will thin the chocolate, making the process of dipping the chocolate chip cookie dough hearts easier. Paraffin wax will give it and keep a nice shine. It will also allow the chocolate-covered chocolate chip cookie dough hearts to be out at room temperature without melting.
- Valentine’s Day-themed Sprinkles. You can also use non pareils.
Recommended Baking Tools
For this chocolate chip cookie dough recipe, you can use either your hand mixer or stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment. Additional essential baking tools needed are:
- Wax Paper
- Rolling Pin
- Baking Sheets
- Spatula(s)
- Double Boiler or Large Microwave Safe Bowl. For melting the chocolate. I have used my double boiler (melting the chocolate and paraffin wax), as well as a large glass mixing bowl (melting chocolate and coconut oil or vegetable shortening).
- Small Heart-Shaped Cookie Cutter(s). You can go a little bigger, but you will yield fewer cookie dough hearts.
How to Make the Recipe
Below is a brief overview of how to make these easy chocolate-covered cookie dough hearts. For the full printable recipe, which can be made using US customary or metric measurements, visit the recipe card below.
Heat Treated Flour
Quick Tip: I know we’ve all sampled some raw cookie dough at least once, maybe several times, in our life (and hey, we’re still here!), but the FDA does warn us that harmful strains of E. Coli can be found in raw flour, hence this first step. You must heat-treat your all-purpose flour before starting this recipe.
Step 1. Heat treat the all-purpose flour. Spread out the all-purpose flour onto a parchment paper-lined baking sheet. Bake for 10 minutes at 300ºF, mixing the flour every 2-3 minutes to avoid clumping (Image 1). Allow the heat-treated flour to cool completely (about 25 minutes) (Image 2), then store it in an airtight container if you’re not planning to use it right away.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
Step 1. Mix the butter and sugars together. You’ll cream the butter and sugars together first (Images 1 and 2). Then, add the milk and vanilla extract (Image 3). The mixture should look light in color and fluffy in texture (Image 4).
Step 2. Add in the heat-treated flour and salt (Images 5 and 6). Once combined, the cookie dough mixture will be thick and slightly sticky. Finally, fold in your mini chocolate chips (Images 7 and 8).
Quick Tip: Use wax paper to roll out the edible chocolate chip cookie dough. It won’t stick to the paper as much as parchment paper or plastic wrap. It works well as a way to layer multiple rolled-out doughs, like my Super Soft Cut Out Sugar Cookies or Homemade Peppermint Patties. To prevent the wax paper from sliding around when rolling, place a kitchen towel underneath.
Step 3. Roll out the cookie dough. The recommended thickness to roll out the edible cookie dough is 1/2 inch. Roll out the dough between two sheets of wax paper (Images 9 and 10), then place it in the freezer for 15-20 minutes. This will help when using the cookie cutter. Cut out the hearts using your preferred heart-shaped cookie cutter (Images 11 and 12), then refreeze for 30 minutes to an hour, or you can freeze them overnight if you prefer!
Assembling
Step 1. Melt the chocolate. Add the semi-sweet chocolate chips and vegetable shortening (or you can use coconut oil or paraffin wax) to a large microwaveable bowl (Image 13). Microwave the ingredients in 30-45-second increments at 50-60% power until the chocolate mixture is melted and smooth (Image 14).
Quick Tip: Having a wax paper-lined baking sheet and your Valentine’s Day-themed sprinkles ready before you begin this step will be super helpful! You can use candy dipping tools or two forks from the utensil drawer.
Step 5. Dip the chocolate chip cookie dough hearts in melted chocolate (Images 15 and 16). Coat all sides of the cookie dough hearts, then lift up. Gently tap or run the bottom of your dipping tool along the edge of the bowl to remove any excess melted chocolate. Place the chocolate-covered cookie dough hearts onto the wax paper-lined baking sheet, then immediately garnish with Valentine’s Day-themed sprinkles or nonpareils (Images 17 and 18). Place the chocolate-covered hearts in the refrigerator to chill and allow the chocolate to set. Trim off any excess chocolate, if desired.
Recipe FAQs
Keep any leftover cookie dough hearts in an airtight container in the refrigerator or freezer, separated by wax paper (to prevent sticking).
Yes, you can buy it, but most grocery stores do not carry it, so online is best. Heat-treating the all-purpose flour yourself at home is honestly so much easier and less impactful on the wallet!
Yes, absolutely!
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Chocolate Covered Cookie Dough Hearts
Equipment
- Stand Mixer or hand mixer
- Baking Sheets any size, just make sure they can fit into your freezer
- Double Boiler or microwaveable bowl
Ingredients
chocolate chip cookie dough
- 1/2 cup Unsalted Butter , room temperature
- 1/2 cup Granulated Sugar
- 1/2 cup Light Brown Sugar
- 3 tbsp Whole Milk, or any dairy milk
- 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 1/8 tsp Salt
- 1 3/4 cup All-Purpose Flour, must be heat-treated
- 1/2 cup Mini Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
melted chocolate covering
- 2 tbsp Coconut Oil or Vegetable Shortening
- 1, 12 oz Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
- Valentine’s Day themed sprinkles
Instructions
Heat Treated Flour
- Adjust your oven rack to the 2nd level position and preheat your oven to 300ºF. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, then spread out your measured all-purpose flour on top. Bake for 10 minutes, mixing the flour every 2-3 minutes so it doesn't clump. Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely. Keep stored in an airtight container if not used right away.1 3/4 cup All-Purpose Flour
Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
- Using your hand mixer or a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, mix together the unsalted butter, pure cane sugar, and light brown sugar on medium-high speed until well blended. The mixture should look light and fluffy. Add in the milk and vanilla extract.1/2 cup Unsalted Butter, 1/2 cup Granulated Sugar, 1/2 cup Light Brown Sugar, 3 tbsp Whole Milk, 2 tsp Vanilla Extract
- Reduce the mixer speed to low, gradually adding in the heat treated and cooled all-purpose flour and salt until well combined. The dough should be thick and slightly sticky.1 3/4 cup All-Purpose Flour, 1/8 tsp Salt
- Fold in the mini semi-sweet chocolate chips with a spatula.1/2 cup Mini Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
- Transfer the chocolate chip cookie dough onto a sheet of wax paper, then top with another sheet of parchment paper.
- Pat down the cookie dough mixture in between the two sheets of wax paper with your hands until you can begin to roll it out with a rolling pin. Roll the dough out to a 1/2 inch thickness, then place it into the freezer for 15-20 minutes.
- Using your small heart-shaped cookie cutters, cut out each heart and place onto a wax paper lined baking sheet. When all the cookie dough has been used, place the baking sheet back into the freezer for 30 minutes to 1 hour, or until the dough is cold and firm.
Assembling the Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Hearts
- Add the semi-sweet chocolate chips and coconut oil (or vegetable shortening) to a large microwave-safe bowl. Microwave in 30-45 second increments at 50-60% power until the chocolate is smooth and melted.1, 12 oz Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips, 2 tbsp Coconut Oil or Vegetable Shortening
- Place one chocolate chip cookie dough heart into the melted chocolate, then coat all sides using a fork or candy dipping tools. Carefully lift up and gently tap or run the bottom side of the fork on the edge of the bowl or double boiler to remove any excess chocolate. Place onto the wax paper-lined baking sheet, then immediately decorate with sprinkles.Valentine’s Day themed sprinkles
- Repeat step 2 until all the chocolate chip cookie dough hearts have been coated in the melted chocolate and topped with the sprinkles.
- When finished, place the cookie dough hearts in the refrigerator to chill. This will give the melted chocolate time to set as well.
- Trim off any excess chocolate from the bottom, if desired. Keep chocolate-covered cookie dough hearts stored in an airtight container in the refrigerator or freezer, separated by layers of wax paper.
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Nutrition
Nutritional information provided above is an estimate only and will vary based on specific ingredients used. See Nutritional Disclaimer for more info.
Delicious! My son loves cookie dough so this was perfect Valentine for him. Dipping into the chocolate was messy and the cat waited for some drips. So I only dipped the tops. Thank you so much for a great recipe.
I’m so happy you both enjoyed them! Thank you for making the recipe! And hopefully the cat didn’t get to any of the chocolate ☺️