Liquid cookie dough.
These are the only words to properly describe the taste and texture of this thick cookie dough protein shake – it’s like drinking cookie dough through a straw.
Welcome to… Cookie Dough Week!
Every single recipe posted on the site this week will revolve around chocolate chip cookie dough. Since a few of the recipes might be a little more advanced, I wanted to start the week off with something quick and easy. Readers often request more recipes with protein powder, so it’s been added to the protein shake today. (If you’re not a fan of protein powder, I do also have a recipe for a protein-powder-free Chocolate Chip Cookie Milkshake, published many years ago on the blog.)
My kitchen has been a fun place these past few days; I’ve worked on recipes for everything from cookie dough cupcakes to cookie dough crème brulee to cookie dough candy bars. Hope you are as excited as I am for cookie dough week!!
Cookie Dough Protein Shake
- 1 cup milk of choice (240g)
- 1/8 tsp salt
- 1/8 tsp baking soda (this is for flavor)
- just over 1/4 cup vanilla protein powder (I used Vega) (24g)
- sweetener of choice (such as 1 tbsp sugar or 10 NuNaturals vanilla stevia drops – more if using an unsweetened protein powder)
- 6 drops maple extract (for flavor – can be omitted)
- raw oats and chocolate chips for garnish, if desired
Blend all ingredients except garnishes together until smooth. Garnish as desired. Thickness will depend on your brand of protein powder. For a thicker protein shake, I like to freeze the 1 cup of milk ahead of time in an ice cube tray, then use the frozen milk as the milk of choice in the recipe– it adds thickness and a chilled ice-cream-like quality to the protein shake.
—-> Protein Shake Calories and Nutrition Facts <—-Â
Link of the Day: Single Serving Cookie Dough Mug Cake – can be made in less than 5 minutes
You know… in case you want some food to go with your protein shake. 😉
Uh chocolate chip cookie week?! Yes. Just yes. I love you.
Oh my gosh, cookie dough week. I’m so ready for this!
To have a healthy shake that includes chocolate chips, awesome snack it is! I do love cookies. Thanks for posting must a try! Really a heaven to me.
You said liquid cookie dough and I was sold. Literally the first three words 🙂 This looks AMAZING!
Cookie dough candy bars….let’s do that!
Love this! BTW – Vega French Vanilla is my absolute favorite protein/nutritional powder. I love oats in a smoothie – gotta get that texture!
Thanks Katie! Protein shakes always give a nice pick-me-up during the day especially when you add healthy ingredients vs. unhealthy which will leave you with a drop-me-down.
So I used a scoop of Warrior Blend Vanilla Raw for the protein power and instead of sugar or stevia I used a TBSP of COOKIE BUTTER SYRUP (sugar-free…has Splenda but whatever)…didn’t need the Maple extract drops because of the cookie butter flavor
…THIS WAS ABSOLUTELY AMAZING and I have made it twice now. Today I added 5 ice cubes because I found it a little strong…could also add extra almond milk to water it down a bit.
Thanks Katie!! 🙂
Cookie butter syrup, in itself, sounds amazing! 🙂
Oh my goodness, this looks too good to be true (good theme for the week by the way) how does it get so thick though? I’ll just have to make it and see! I’ll suffer through it 🙂
Hi Katie!
I want to start by saying that I am a HUGE fan of all of your recipes, and sucessfully converted my family to faithful black bean brownie devotees thanks to your recipe. 🙂 Reading your recipes and blog post has always made my day better. Okay, now for the weird part- I happened to be in DC earlier this evening to meet a friend for dinner. I was walking to the Trader Joe’s to change out of my hideous red T-hirt and khakis that I have to wear for my job when I see a farmiliar face walking up to the Trader Joe’s door… IT WAS YOUR GORGEOUS SELF!! I totally started freaking out and texting my friend (also a huge fan). I debated walking up to you and asking for a picture, but I totally chickened out. My hands were literally shaking. It was rediculous.
Keep being awesome 🙂 <3
-Catie
Made my morning.
You definitely should’ve come over! That’s so awesome you saw me!