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Cookie Dough Bites Milkshake

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

Hello, everyone! Check out our awesome new Cookie Dough Bites Milkshake recipe! It’s so easy and the best solution to satisfy your sweet tooth!

The ingredients are as follows:
1/2 cup crushed Cookie Dough Bites
2 1/2 cups vanilla ice cream
1/4 cup of milk

Cookie Dough Bites Milkshake Directions:

1. Freeze Cookie Dough Bites pieces for about 15 minutes or until frozen.
2. Blend ice cream and milk together for 30 seconds.
3. Add in frozen Cookie Dough Bites and blend for another 30 seconds.

In about a minute, you’ll have an amazingly delicious milkshake! We hope you enjoy the recipe! Let us know if you have any Cookie Dough Bites creations you’d like to share. Enjoy!

Cookie Dough Bites Granola Bars

Monday, January 18th, 2010

Happy Monday, everybody! At Taste of Nature, Inc, we have been busy trying to concoct Cookie Dough Bite recipes that align with our new years resolution to eat healthier. That is why created delicious Cookie Dough Bite granola bars that are not only good, but are actually good for you, too! Granola is an excellent source of fiber and vitamins, and may aid in a healthy heart.  Check out our quick and easy recipe for Cookie Dough Bites granola bars – one snack you don’t have to feel guilty about eating.

The ingredients are as follows:

1 cup Cookie Dough Bites
3 cups quick-cooking oats
1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1 cup sliced almonds
1/2 cup sweetened dried cranberries

Cookie Dough Bites Granola Bars Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9×13 inch pan.
2.
In a large bowl, mix together Cookie Dough Bites, oats, condensed milk, butter, almonds, and cranberries with your hands until well blended. Press flat into the prepared pan.
3.
Bake for 20 to 25 minutes in the preheated oven. Lightly browned just around the edges will give you moist, chewy bars. Let cool for 5 minutes, cut into squares then let cool completely before serving.

In no time you’ll have amazing, guilt-free chewy granola bars. You can experiment with different ingredients to make your perfect bar. We hope you enjoy!

Mini Cookie Dough Bites Cupcakes

Monday, January 11th, 2010

Happy Monday, everybody! It’s a new year and everyone is trying to make new year resolutions to follow. We asked folks at the Taste of Nature headquarters what their biggest resolution was, and of course eating healthy was one of them. We are a candy factory… temptation is around us on a daily basis. Eating healthier doesn’t mean giving up sweets, and to reflect a healthier outlook, we have included a mini Cookie Dough Bites cupcake recipe that will satisfy your sweet tooth without the guilt!

The ingredients are as follows:

1 box Cookie Dough Bites, chopped
2 3/4 cups water
1 package white cake mix
1/3 cup vegetable oil
3 egg whites
1 container milk chocolate frosting

Mini Cookie Dough Cupcakes Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  2. Line small muffin pan with small muffin cups.
  3. Combine cake mix, water, oil, and egg whites according to directions on box.
  4. Beat in chopped Cookie Dough Bites until it is well blended.
  5. Pour batter into cups 2/3 of the way for each muffin cup.
  6. Bake in oven for 15 minutes or until batter is no longer runny. Remove from oven and place on oven rack to cool.
  7. Frost cupcakes and add chopped Cookie Dough Bites topping.

We don’t mind sharing these mini cupcakes with our friends – in fact, we encourage it! Grab one or two mini cupcakes and enjoy a sweet treat without increasing your waistline. We hope you enjoy!

Cookie Dough Bites Bars

Wednesday, January 6th, 2010

We are BACK with yet another delicious Cookie Dough Bites recipe! We have experimented and created our amazingly addictive Cookie Dough Bites bars! Chewy, chunky, SWEET! It’s everything we could possibly want in one bar! Try them out for yourself. You’ll love them just as much as we do!

The ingredients are as follows:

For base:

1 ½ cup flour
½  cup butter, softened
¼ cup brown sugar

For filling:

1 box Cookie Dough Bites, chopped
¾ cup corn syrup
3 eggs
2 tablespoons butter, melted
1 ½ cup chopped pecans
¾ sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Cookie Dough Bites Bars Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9×13 inch baking pan.
  2. FOR BASE: Mix flour, butter and brown sugar in mixer and beat. Press into prepared baking pan. Bake for 12 to 15 minutes or until lightly browned.
  3. FOR FILLING: Beat eggs, corn syrup, sugar, butter and vanilla extract in medium bowl with wire whisk. Stir in chopped Cookie Dough Bites and nuts. Pour evenly over baked crust. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until set. Cool in pan on wire rack.
  4. Cut into even bars.

And then enjoy! What’s great about these bars is that you can eat them at home, or on the go! We hope you enjoy our latest recipe! Don’t forget to check back for more of our delicious concoctions!

Rice Crispy Treats w/ Cookie Dough Bites and Candy Cane

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2009

The folks here at Cookie Dough Bites LOVE sweets (if you hadn’t guessed that already). We especially love no hassle, quick and easy recipes and it doesn’t get any more quick, easy, and no-hassle than rice crispy treats. We made a few personal touches to this familiar recipe to not only reflect our love of Cookie Dough Bites, but to also prepare ourselves for Christmas in a few days! Try this recipe for our delicious Rice Crispy Treats with Cookie Dough Bites and candy cane! It is absolutely delicious!

The ingredients are as follows:

1 box Cookie Dough Bites, crushed
3 tablespoons of butter
10 oz. marshmallows or 4 cups miniature marshmallows
5 peppermint candy canes, crushed
6 cups crispy rice cereal

Rice Crispy Treats w/ Cookie Dough Bites and Candy Cane Directions:

  1. Spray a 13 x 9 pan and a rubber spatula with cooking spray.
  2. In a 3-quart saucepan, melt butter and marshmallows over medium heat .
  3. Remove from heat, and immediately stir in the cereal.
  4. Sprinkle Cookie Dough Bites and candy canes into cereal and mix completely.
  5. Spread into pan. Flatten gently and evenly into pan. Let it cool and harden. Cut into squares.

In only 15 minutes, your treats will be ready to eat! We love how the candy canes add a crunchy dimension to the chewy rice crispy treats – and we always love Cookie Dough Bites! We hope you enjoy this recipe!

Cookie Dough Bites and Praline Ice Cream Sandwiches

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

A-ma-zing. That’s all we can say about this recipe. The lethal combination of Cookie Dough Bites, praline, ice cream, and cookies is our ultimate guilty pleasure of the week. This is the recipe that we followed, but of course, you can substitute ingredients for ones of your liking!

The ingredients are as follows:

For praline:
1 cup pecans, coarsely chopped
1 1/2 teaspoons salt
1 cup sugar

For sandwich layers:
1 1/2 sticks of unsalted butter at room temperature
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/4 cups packed dark brown sugar
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla

For sandwich filling:
1 box Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Bites, finely chopped
2 pt store-bought premium vanilla ice cream, softened

Cookie Dough Bite and Praline Ice Cream Sandwiches Directions:

For Pralines:
1. Mix pecans and salt together in mixing bowl
2. Cook sugar under moderate heat until melted. Stir occasionally until melts into caramel
3. Add pecans and salt mix into pan with caramel, making sure they are well coated
4. Spread praline onto a foiled baking pan and allow time to harden (about 15 minutes)
5. Peel praline off pan and chop into fine pieces

For Sandwich Layers
1. Preheat oven to 375°F
2. Coat 2 baking pans with butter and place parchment paper on top
3. Combine flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt
4. In a different bowl, combine brown sugar and butter and beat with electric mixer on medium-high until mixture is fluffy
5. Add eggs, one at a time, add vanilla, and continue beating
6. Reduce speed to low and include flour mixture
7. Separate batter into two even parts and spread into even layers onto both baking pans
8. Sprinkle in praline atop batter and bake for about 10 minutes or until layers are golden brown

Assembly:
1. Remove one sandwich layer and turn upside down
2. Include chopped Cookie Dough Bites to softened ice cream
3. Spread a thick, even layer of ice cream on top of upside down sandwich layer
4. Place other sandwich layer on top, praline side up, and press gently so sandwich sticks together
5. Wrap baking pan with plastic wrap and place in freezer for at least one hour
6. Take ice cream sandwich out of freezer and cut into 24 sandwiches

Cookie Dough Bites and praline ice cream sandwiches are the perfect combination of sweet and salty, chewy and crunchy, and is sure to run out as soon as you take it out of the freezer. We hope you try this delicious concoction. Let us know what you think of it! Bon Apetit!

Cookie Dough Bites Ice Cream Pie

Wednesday, December 9th, 2009

If it’s not apparent already, we LOVE desserts. We have an entire page devoted to recipes that include Cookie Dough Bites! We have been busy at Taste of Nature creating our new line of delicious candy, so we haven’t had much time to devote to baking. When we have a sweet tooth for something homey yet quick, we turn to our no-bake, no hassle Cookie Dough Bites ice cream pie. We’re sure it’ll be a great hit with our Cookie Dough Bites lovers — we’re already hooked!

The ingredients are as follows:

2 cup Cookie Dough Bites, crushed
1 pint vanilla ice cream, softened
8 oz whipped topping
1 graham cracker pie crust

Cookie Dough Bite Ice Cream Pie Directions:

1. Mix together the ice cream and whipped topping until well-blended.
2. Stir in 1 cup of the crushed Cookie Dough Bites.
3. Spoon mixture into the graham cracker pie crust.
4. Sprinkle top with the remaining crushed Cookie Dough Bites.
5. Place in freezer.

Now, we recommend letting the pie sit in the freezer for at least 4 hours, but how can we pass up dessert?? Our pie was devoured within 15 minutes. It was a little soft, but still delicious! We hope you enjoy your Cookie Dough Bites Ice Cream Pie. It’s perfect to enjoy at home or to bring to your next holiday party. Bon Apetit!

Gingerbread Cookies Topped with Cookie Dough Bites

Friday, December 4th, 2009

Okay… so maybe we’re a little too enthusiastic about the upcoming holiday, but with Thanksgiving out of the way and Christmas lights and decorations everywhere, it’s hard NOT to have the holiday spirit! Here at the Cookie Dough Bites headquarters, we’re always trying to find new and creative ways to enjoy our favorite candy, and our gingerbread cookies topped with Cookie Dough Bites is the perfect way to kickstart the holiday season!

The ingredients are as follows:

1 box Cookie Dough Bites
2 ¼ cups all purpose flour
2 teaspoons ground ginger
1 teaspoon baking soda
¾ teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ teaspoon ground cloves
¼ teaspoon salt
¾ cup margarine, softened
1 cup white sugar
1 egg
1 tablespoon water
¼ cup molasses
2 tablespoons white sugar

Cookie Dough Bite Milkshake Directions:

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Combine flour, ginger, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, and salt.
  2. In a large bowl, mix together margarine and 1 cup sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg, then stir in the water and molasses. Gradually stir the dry ingredients into the molasses mixture. Shape dough into walnut sized balls, and roll them in the remaining 2 tablespoons of sugar. Place the cookies 2 inches apart onto an ungreased cookie sheet, and flatten slightly.
  3. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven.
  4. Slice Cookie Dough Bites into small pieces and top each cookie before they cool.

In just a few minutes, you’ll have delicious gingerbread cookies with your favorite Cookie Dough Bites topping! We hope you enjoy our recipe. Have a great day!

Cookie Dough Bites Milkshake Recipe

Monday, November 30th, 2009

How is everyone doing? We recently experimented with a recipe that we just can’t resist, and we’d like to share it with all of you. Who doesn’t like a thick, creamy milkshake? The taste and texture always leaves us wanting more. We’ve added a twist to one of the best desserts ever by adding one more ingredient: Cookie Dough Bites! It’s the perfect way to top off an already awesome beverage, and it’s amazingly quick and easy to make.

The ingredients are as follows:

1/4 box of Cookie Dough Bites
2 scoops of vanilla ice cream
1/2 cup of chocolate syrup
2 cups of milk

Cookie Dough Bite Milkshake Directions:

  1. Combine ice cream, Cookie Dough Bites, milk, and chocolate syrup in a blender
  2. Blend until thick and frothy

The recipe makes for two servings, but if you’re like us, you’ll be back for more! We used the original Chocolate Chip variety for our Cookie Dough Bite milkshake, but you can try any or all of our 5 varieties: Original Chocolate Chip, Mint Chocolate Chip, Peanut Butter, Dark Chocolate Chip, and Fudge Brownie! If you love milkshakes and want to add a little something different, we highly suggest grabbing a couple boxes of your favorite Cookie Dough Bites flavor and adding them into the recipe. It’s a new and delicious way to enjoy your favorite snacks. Enjoy!

Frozen Yogurt Topped with Cookie Dough Bites

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

Hello, everybody!

We have to admit; we got into the latest yogurt craze. You can see countless yogurt establishments everywhere you go, and it’s hard to resist going in and fulfilling your sweet tooth. Yogurt is full of probiotics (good bacteria) and is a good source of calcium, so you don’t have to feel guilty about eating it. If you want to enjoy the same delicious frozen yogurt without hurting your wallet, we have the perfect solution: make it at home! Scroll below for an easy recipe for vanilla frozen yogurt with a delicious Cookie Dough Bite topping!

The ingredients are as follows:

1 box of Cookie Dough Bites
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
2 1/4 cup of milk
1/2 cup of sugar
1 pouch of unsweetened gelatin
1/8 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cup of plain yogurt
1/4 cup of corn syrup

Cookie Dough Bite Milkshake Directions:

  1. Combine milk, sugar, gelatin, and salt. Let it stand for 1 minute
  2. Cook the mixture under low heat for 5 minutes, or until gelatin is completely dissolved
  3. Let mixture cool completely, and then add vanilla extract, yogurt, and corn syrup
  4. Pour mixture into a bowl, cover with plastic wrap, and let it chill for at least 8 hours
  5. Pour into ice cream machine and freeze according to directions
  6. Top with your favorite Cookie Dough Bites flavor… or all five!

Even though winter has crept up on us, we still can’t resist a nice cold cup of frozen yogurt. Topping it off with Cookie Dough Bites is our way of making an already great dessert even better! We hope you enjoy!

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