A Reader Asked: Is It OK To Eat Raw Cookie Dough? (2024)

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A Reader Asked: Is It OK To Eat Raw Cookie Dough? ›

Store-bought raw cookie dough, whether in a log ready to slice and bake or shaped into ready-to-bake portions, does not get a pass either. It also contains raw flour (and eggs!), and you should resist the urge to eat it raw.

Raw cookie dough may contain raw eggs that can have Salmonella bacteria, so it is not safe to eat.

With refrigerated cookie dough from Pillsbury, you can have warm, just-baked cookies in minutes! Pillsbury Cookie Dough products are now safe to eat raw! It's the same cookie dough you've always loved, but now we've refined our process and ingredients so it's safe to eat the dough before baking.

No, only specially marked Pillsbury TM refrigerated cookie dough products are ready to bake or eat raw. Look for our "safe to eat raw" seal to find the products that are safe to eat raw and always follow the manufacturer's preparation instructions on the back of pack.

Or spoon/tear off desired amounts of dough and place on tray 5cm apart. Bake for 8-10 minutes for a chewy cookie and 10-13 minutes for a crunchy cookie. Cool on tray for 2-3 minutes then enjoy! Do not microwave.Do not eat uncooked.

Consuming raw Toll House chocolate chip cookie dough is generally not advised due to the presence of raw eggs and uncooked flour. Both can potentially harbor harmful bacteria like Salmonella and E. coli.

The good news though is that most manufacturers of pre-made commercial cookie dough use a heat treatment for flour and a pasteurization process for eggs which are known source of Salmonella. So go ahead and enjoy your cookie dough ice cream and other cookie dough treats offered at your local treat shops.

How to Tell if Cookie Dough Is 'Bad' Like many food products, deciphering if your cookie dough has kicked the bucket is a matter of using your senses. If it has any visible mold, smells off (pungent/sour), or has developed hard or discolored edges, you've missed your fresh-baked opportunity.

Pillsbury cookie dough, and others like it, are different in that they are meant to sit in the fridge for a little longer than your other frozen raw cookie doughs. You can safely get about two weeks of fridge life out of this type of dough, even after the “best by” date.

Eating raw eggs can be potentially dangerous if they contain Salmonella. About one in 20,000 eggs does. Salmonella is a bacteria commonly found in food that causes diarrhea, fever, cramps, and vomiting.

Is Betty Crocker cookie dough safe to eat raw? ›

No-Bake Bites Cookie Dough are safe to eat raw because we use heat treated flour.

No Raw Consumption: Despite some Pillsbury dough products being marketed as "safe to eat raw," biscuits dough might not fall into this category, and should therefore always be baked completely before consumption.

If you like a crunchier cookie, I think you should go with Pillsbury. If you prefer a softer, chewier cookie, go with Toll House. Since the flavors weren't all that different, I think this one comes down to personal preference.

Not all cookie dough is safe to eat before baking it. Both the flour and the egg ingredients should be cooked for food safety reasons. What makes Pillsbury's refrigerated cookie and brownie doughs ready to eat raw? We use heat treated flour and pasteurized eggs so you can now safely enjoy our cookie dough baked or raw.

Plus, the flour has been heat-treated (which is one of the biggest dangers involved in raw dough consumption). With that peace of mind, you can grab your spoon and scoop the deliciousness right out of the tub, just as if you were digging into a pint of ice cream.

However, there is some good news; commercial cookie dough, like that found in cookie dough ice cream and packaged, refrigerated cookie dough, is safe to nibble on because it has been pasteurized and heat-treated. So, the bottom line is this — don't eat the cookie dough you make in your kitchen.

All our products are vegan, non-gmo verified and can be eaten raw. So bake up a batch of cookies with our traditional cookie dough, indulge with a CORE or grab a bag of our bite-sized protein cookie dough and skip the spooning altogether!

If you insist on satisfying your cookie dough or cake batter craving, consider trying out an edible cookie dough recipe with heat-treated flour or pick up a package of Pillsbury's “Safe to Eat Raw” products.

Salmonella doesn't make the hen sick. Eggs are washed and sanitized at the processing plant. The Centers for Disease Control estimates that 1 in every 20,000 eggs are contaminated with Salmonella. Persons infected with Salmonella may experience diarrhea, fever, abdominal cramps, headache, nausea and vomiting.

Eating raw eggs can be potentially dangerous if they contain Salmonella. About one in 20,000 eggs does. Salmonella is a bacteria commonly found in food that causes diarrhea, fever, cramps, and vomiting.