Looking for a super treat for the big game?  I have just the thing.  These simple little bites of safe cookie dough (sans raw eggs) are sandwiched between small pretzels and partially dipped in chocolate.  The perfect balance between salty and sweet.  This tasty treat is sure to score.

Plus, Cookie Dough Pretzel Dips are the best example of why I am not on Pinterest.  I would be spending even more time on the Internet.  Sure plenty of yummy treats would result, but less time to bake.  Now that would be a tragedy.  Oh, the dilemmas we face in life.  So keep on sending me delicious looking cookie recipes you see on Pinterest and I will gladly give them a try.  Thank you for helping me limit my time online, fuel my baking addiction, and serving as my portal to Pinterest yumminess.  Much appreciated!

– Cookie Dave

 These cookie snacks look good even under the partial eclipse of my planetary-sized head.

COOKIE DOUGH PRETZEL DIPS

½ cup Butter

½ cup Brown Sugar

¼ cup Sugar

2 Tablespoons Milk

1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract

1¼ cups Flour

1/8 teaspoon Salt

½ cup Mini Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips

100 Small Pretzels

1½ cups Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips

1 teaspoon Shortening

 

Line a small baking sheet with wax paper.

Cream butter, brown sugar, and sugar.

Mix in milk and vanilla extract.

Mix in flour and salt.

Stir in ½ cup of mini semi-sweet chocolate chips.

Take a small ball of dough (about 1½ teaspoons in size) and sandwich it between two small pretzels.

Repeat for the remainder of the cookie dough.

Place on the wax paper lined baking sheet and chill in the freezer for 20 minutes.

Mix together the 1½ cups of semi-sweet chocolate chips and 1 teaspoon of shortening.

Microwave for about 90 seconds, while stirring every 30 seconds.  Remove the chocolate, when fully melted.

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.  Set aside.

Remove the cookie dough sandwiched in pretzels from the freezer.

Dip half of each cookie dough sandwich in the melted chocolate and place on the parchment paper lined baking sheet.

When you have finished dipping all of the cookie dough sandwiches in melted chocolate and placing them on the parchment paper lined baking sheet, put them in the fridge, until the melted chocolate has set (a minimum of 10 minutes).

Store these treats in the refrigerator.

 

Makes about 50 cookie inspired treats.

Revised Source:  “Cookie Dough Pretzel Bites” on www.sallysbakingaddiction.com.  Plus, special “cookie finder” thanks to Caryn Marcus.  You really discovered a true champion in this cookie inspired treat.  Today, you are the undisputed Pinterest MVP!