Red Velvet Cookie Dough

If you love red velvet cake, cookies, and other desserts, you need to try this edible Red Velvet Cookie Dough! It's easy to make with all the components of red velvet and perfect for enjoying on Valentine's Day or any time of year a red velvet craving hits!

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• ❤️ Why you'll love this recipe
• 🗒 Ingredients
• 🥣 How to heat treat raw flour
• 👩‍🍳 How to make red velvet cookie dough
• ⏲️ How to store
• 🎉 Variations on recipe
• 🧁 More red velvet recipes
• 📖 Recipe
• 💬 Comments

One thing about me is that I'm going to make edible cookie dough for every occasion. For Christmas and St. Patrick's Day and Halloween and beyond

I've actually made red velvet cookie dough recipes twice in the past. And I'm back with a third for just regular plain red velvet cookie dough.

Because though the cookie dough is delicious in both ice cream and in layered bar form, sometimes you just want to eat in in its purest form.

❤️ Why you'll love this recipe

Edible cookie dough is one of the easiest and most fun snacks and desserts around. It's so fun for kids to eat and it's even a novelty for adults who have always been told "don't eat raw cookie dough!"

This cookie dough is safe to eat and has all the delicious elements of red velvet cookies. Plus, it's easy to customize to everyone's tastes!

🗒 Ingredients

The ingredients for this red velvet cookie dough are pretty simple. In fact, they're basically the same ingredients you'd include in red velvet cookies, but without the eggs and leavening agent.

Here's everything you need (be sure to check out the recipe card at the bottom of this post for ingredient amounts and full recipe directions):

• Unsalted butter
• Light brown sugar
• Vanilla extract
• Salt
• Unsweetened cocoa powder
• All-purpose flour: be sure to see notes below on how to heat treat for safety
• Buttermilk
• Red food coloring
• Mini chocolate chips

🥣 How to heat treat raw flour

Since this is edible cookie dough, it's technically a no-bake recipe, but I do need to tell you that you should heat-treat your flour before using it in the dough.

A lot of people don't know that it's actually the flour and not the raw eggs that is often the cause of foodborne illness in raw cookie dough.

Raw flour can have bacteria in it that can lead to illnesses like E. coli (source). To ensure your raw cookie dough is safe to eat, you should always bake your flour before using it.

Don't worry, it's easy! But if you don't want to do this, you can actually purchase flour that's already been heat treated.

👩‍🍳 How to make red velvet cookie dough

Making this red velvet cookie dough is so easy. It's just the same was making cookies except you don't have to scoop and bake the dough.

In the bowl of a stand mixer or a large bowl with a hand mixer, cream butter and brown sugar together until light and fluffy.

Mix in vanilla and salt.

Slowly beat in cocoa powder and flour until combined. Mix in buttermilk.

Add red food coloring and mix until combined.

And fold in mini chocolate chips.

I love that beautiful bold red flavor!

And you're ready to enjoy. I like scooping into individual cups for a tasty treat.

Kids will love that they are finally allowed to eat cookie dough to their heart's content. Let's face it; adults will, too.

The red velvet cookie dough also makes a fabulous addition to a Valentine's Day charcuterie board alongside other desserts and candies.

The sweet treat is perfectly sweet with a light cocoa flavor and a little bit of classic red velvet tartness, thanks to the buttermilk.

⏲️ How to store

You can store the red velvet cookie dough in an airtight container in the fridge. When stored properly, it should stay fresh for 5-7 days.

But I'm quite doubtful it's going to last that long!

🎉 Variations on recipe

This dessert recipe is pretty perfect as is. But that doesn't mean you can't change and alter it to your own tastes!

Here are some fun ideas:

• If you love white chocolate, replace the chocolate chips with white chocolate chips.

• Red velvet treats are often topped with a cream cheese frosting and you can easily add a cream cheese swirl to this cookie dough by spooning dollops of a cream cheese mixture (cream cheese, powdered sugar, and vanilla extract) to the dough and lightly swirling it in.

• Add nuts for a little crunch. I especially recommend macadamia nuts or pistachios.

• Mix in sprinkles for a fun, festive look to make this red velvet cookie dough appropriate for any holiday. Or use rainbow sprinkles for a birthday cookie dough.

• Add crushed cookies like Oreos for an even more delicious flavor.

• Add a little espresso powder to the cookie dough to mimic the red velvet Frappuccino flavor.

• If you don't have buttermilk, you can use regular milk in the cookie dough, but you'll miss out on that slightly tart flavor red velvet has. You can also learn how to make your own buttermilk here.

🧁 More red velvet recipes

Valentine's Day is the perfect holiday for ALL the red velvet treats. But really, they're acceptable and fun any time of year!

You can also use this cookie dough in a red velvet ice cream!

I used to not understand the hype behind red velvet desserts. But now I truly and fully get it.

Red velvet is perfect for when you want something a little chocolatey, but not too chocolatey and with a nice little tang.

But it's extra fun in edible cookie dough form for Valentine's Day and all year round!

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