Food Theory: Can You Bake Cookies from Cookie Dough Ice Cream? (And Which is Best?)

Disclaimer: Typo at 8:49 -- the Ben & Jerry's container is 16 oz, and the Harris Teeter container is 48 oz

Today we're testing one of our sweetest theories ever! Can you make cookies from Cookie Dough Ice Cream? And if so, are they actually good? Well today, Steph and I put it to the test with a variety of different ice cream brands.

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Credits:
Writers: Justin Kuiper, Luke Barats, and Matthew Patrick
Editors: Alex "Sedge" Sedgwick and Pedro Freitas
Assistant Editor: Caitie Turner (Caiterpillart)
Sound Editor: Yosi Berman

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[ShortHax]

Imagine being the poor soul that gets the ice cream out of the freezer only to find that all of the cookie dough pieces have been surgically removed

[SebasTian]

I love that Pillsbury knows enough people eat their cookie dough raw that they started making it actually pretty safe to do so.

[Patterrz]

nothing looks sadder than warm ice cream

[Bibochan]

A few brands, like Toll House, are selling straight up edible cookie dough in a tub. It says on the label not to bake it, so I want Mat and Steph to bake it instead and see how it compares between actual cookies and these ice cream cookies.

[coffeeaddict]

I'm reminded of Mark and Ethan trying this, with Mark getting it out by eating the icecream and spitting the dough out into a bowl.

[anthonybarbara]

I still want to see a FOOD THEORY on: DOES CHICKEN SOUP ACTUALLY HELP HEAL A COLD?

[juniper]

Can we just appreciate how ollie’s art is hanging on the fridge in the background

[aidenschmitt]

Fun note, I’ve heard the reason that Ben and Jerry’s had the most chunks is because one of them, I think Ben, has no sense of smell or at least very limited, so he prefers ice cream with more texture so he can enjoy it without having to be able to taste it as well

[slashtheporcupine]

Fun Fact: I went to a party in high school, and everyone needed to bring a dip. I decided to be different from everyone making chicken or salsa dip and I made a cookie dough dessert dip and had vanilla wafers as the “chips”. The dip ended up as one of the top 3 best dips out of everyone’s.

[Indie-pendentUser]

That salmonella visual joke at 1:08 is pure gold, it deserves more acknowledgement!

[TheRealGuywithoutaMustache]

Everyone knows that you have a risk of getting sick from eating cookie dough, but it feels like it's worth it from the taste alone.

[devilish]

Hearing Steph saying she is scared of escalators made me laugh so hard cause I’m absolutely terrified of them

[Jcat_Nguy]

"I can assure you, that Edy's slow-churned cookie dough dough is not going to be the same as...edy's...slow churned cookie dough dough..." the look of pure confusion lmaooo

[medical-cyanide]

something i love about dear ole Mat and a few others is that they arent using the kids intentionally for content, sometimes they pop up but its not deliberate (at least from my POV) and its just apart of life.

[Syphronic]

I like how Matt literally makes theories on ruining everything and we all appreciate him for it

[drigondii]

I imagine each of those “cookie doughs” would also need its own fine tuning for baking time and temperature

[davidrinker]

A good chunk of Bryer’s actually is not considered ice cream. According to the FDA, the amount of toppings in some of their flavors puts the proportions of milk and cream outside of the standards they have for calling something ice cream.

[GreatGatzB]

My girlfriend worked for her grandmother’s Dairy Queen growing up and got a box of just the cookie dough before it was added into ice cream. Apparently that made decent cookies!

[GreasyPhil]

I really hope that one dude who suggested Ben and Jerry's put cookie dough in their ice cream back in the 80s got some good compensation.

[kenzi]

The fact that MatPat has watched Nailed it makes me feel really happy because Nicole Byers and Jacques Torres are freaking hilarious.