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Have you heard of the viral edible cottage cheese cookie dough? I had to make it and it was so good! It is made with cottage cheese as the main ingredient. Loaded with protein, and makes for a great snack or dessert.
Another edible cookie dough that is also healthy and made without cottage cheese is my healthy edible cookie dough recipe.

I am always hesitant to try out viral TikTok recipes. I have tried quite a few of them and they were complete fails. But this cottage cheese edible cookie dough recipe was surprisingly good. Sound revolting right? But I promise it’s good! 😍 My kids rated it a 10/10. They had it with some crackers.
If you are a cookie dough fan, then you will love these oatmeal cookie dough bites and these Cookie dough overnight oats.
Why make it
- Perfectly healthy snack or dessert: Who can so no to a healthy treat?
- Ready in no time: It takes about 5 minutes to get your ingredients ready and another 5 minutes to put it together. Easy peasy.
- So good: kids and adults will love this.
Ingredients you will need
- Low-fat cottage cheese
- Almond flour
- Maple syrup or honey
- Vanilla extract
- Whey protein powder: vanilla-flavored
- Chocolate chips: any kind works.
Substitutions
- using any protein powder: plant-based will also work.
- almond flour: if you do not have almond flour, use coconut flour or oat flour.
- cottage cheese: full-fat also works. You can use either a small curd or a large curd.
- Sweetener: the recipe calls for maple syrup, you can use honey or agave.
How to make cottage cheese cookie dough
Step 1: In a blender add cottage cheese, maple syrup, and vanilla extract. Blend until smooth.
Step 2: Pour the blended cottage cheese into a dish or bowl.
Step 3: Add the protein powder and almond flour over the cottage cheese mixture.
Step 4: Mix well to combine.
Step 5: Add the chocolate chips to the dough.
Step 6: Using a spoon or spatula mix to combine.
My Pro Tip
Recipe Tips
- Depending on how much you blend the cottage cheese, I have noticed that you may need to add another 1/4 cup of almond flour or protein powder if the consistency of the dough is a bit too mushy.
- You can store it in the fridge for a bit to set before serving.
- I do not recommend freezing, but it stores well in the fridge for up to 5 days.
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Pin ItFrequently asked questions
If you cookie dough is too runny, add 1-2 tablespoons of whatever flour you are using at a time and mix until you get the consistency you are looking for.
If your cookie dough is too runny then you added too much liquid or in this case too much cottage cheese and not enough flour. Just add in more flour and mix again.
You can either add in more flour or cover it and let it sit in the fridge for 30-45 minutes to settle in and absorb all the excess liquid.
More Cottage cheese recipes
- Cottage Cheese Bread
- Fluffy Cottage Cheese Pancakes
- Berries Cottage Cheese Ice cream
- Herbed Cottage Cheese Dip
- Cottage Cheese Wrap
Thanks for stopping by! If you make this dish or any of my other recipes, I would really appreciate you taking the time to comment and rate it. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
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Is the serving size really 1/4 cup?
Yes. I measured a total of 2.5 cups. It was a lot.
Awesome and so good
Awesome
Amazing recipe
Wow!
So good! Never thought I can mix cottage cheese and the other goodies to make a delicious protein snack!
Not too sweet and not too bland.. Yummy!
Gonna share with some of my clients… Thank you Rena!
โค๏ธ Kristi
Amazing! So glad you loved it.
Why not mix everything but the chocolate chips in the blender?
You don’t want to over-process it, especially with the almond flour.
It was so delicious!!