When I was a little girl, my brother’s mom (yeah, my family is hard to explain…she’s not my mom, or my step mom…) always kept the creamsicle ice cream in the house. You know, the swirl between the orange sorbet, and vanilla ice cream? The one that is 100x superior to just the bar with the ice cream on the inside? She always had it, and I always finished it. She probably never got more than a bowl full, and I didn’t even live there.
There is something so refreshing about the bright, citrusy, orange flavor against the smooth and creamy vanilla that is just about perfect in every way. Great on their own, better together.
I’m a little obsessed with stuffing cookies. I mean, I love a good chocolate chip cookie, but it is almost always better if all of the chocolate (or white chocolate as the case may be) is contained to the center, so that when you bite into the cookies you have the same experience as, say, a jelly-filled donut. And if you don’ know it’s in there, you get an AWESOME SURPRISE!!
These creamsicle cookies are dangerously addictive. The cookie is soft and chewy, and the white chocolate filling stays perfectly creamy, even after the cookies have cooled. In fact, these are a rare cookie case when they taste BETTER after cooling completely. They come out slightly underdone, and need about a full hour after that to set, and cool completely. I mean, I was impatient, and I still loved them right out of the oven, but it wasn’t until I had one the next day that I fell deeply, deeply in love. In fact, the second batch didn’t even make it past the filming day. They were that good.
Cookie stuffing can be one of those things that no matter how well you try to describe it, it’s better just to see it in action, so Nicole and I are bringing you an awesome summer episode of drink and dish! Be sure to check out her recipe for her delicious rum punch!
Ingredients
- 1 1/4 cups white whole wheat flour
- 1/2 tsp baking powder
- dash salt
- 1/2 cup sugar
- Zest of one orange
- 1/2 cup reduced fat cream cheese, softened
- 1 tbsp fresh orange juice
- 1 large egg white
- 4 oz good quality white chocolate squares or chopped into large chunks
Instructions
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder and salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl mix together sugar and orange zest. Then beat in cream cheese, egg white, and orange juice until combined. Slowly, beat in dry ingredients until combined, scraping down sides of the bowl as necessary. Refrigerate dough for 30-60 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350. Roll cookies into 1? balls, then stuff with a white chocolate square. Re-roll into 1? ball, making sure all the white chocolate is covered. Repeat with remaining dough.
- Bake for 9-11 minutes until golden. Cool completely on baking sheet. Store in a loosely covered container for 5-7 days.
Holy Moly I am in cookie trouble now. These look to die for and my corn free family can eat them!
Thanks Megan!! PS, if you eat eggs, a lot of my recipes that have cornstarch in them can be changed to an egg and become corn-free! I usually use corn starch + 1/4 cup almond milk in my vegan recipes, but you can easily change any of them to an egg if you’d like! 🙂
I haven’t had creamsicles in forever! Loved them growing up. I’ve never stuffed a cookie – may have to start that. Looks yummy!
Oh girl–you will never look at a cookie the same again once you have one that has been stuffed on the inside! Plus it works really well for the bite-sized cookies I prefer. 🙂
Hello,what? Totally making these!
YAY!! Doooo it! And let me know how you like them! 🙂
drooling!! i have orange cream protein powder and love making orange creamsicle smoothies. these cookies look unbelievable!
Orange cream everything! Especially this time of year. Remember when Orange Julius was popular? I wonder if anyone still goes there, haha.
HOW CUTE ARE YOU AND NICOLE TOO?!
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Awww thank you so much friend!!! I so appreciate you taking the time to watch the videos–it really means a lot!!
No butter! I love scrolling through your recipes and seeing how decadent they look, and then looking at the ingredients and being pleasantly surprised that they’re better for you than most. And holy cow these are PUFFY! YUM!
I am ALWAYS impressed by your ingredients so that is a huge compliment!! I definitely have some recipes that are healthier than others, but I really try to at least lighten things up where I can, and I (almost) never miss butter or white flour!
They sound unreal! I loved orange creamsicles as a child , hell still love them! I also love to bake cookies with my kids, looking forward to trying them. 🙂
Oh these would be so much fun to make with the kiddos!! Thanks girl!
I do like creamsicles!
They are such a great flavor combination!!
I used to love creamsicles but I have to admit that I kind of loved the popsicle version. There was something about eating all the orange off and being left with the ice cream center. YUM! I saw your pic on IG and I had to come over and pin the recipe. xo
I feel like the problem with the popsicles was that there wasn’t enough ice cream, but I did love saving it for the end! Thanks friend! 🙂
MMM I loved that kind of ice cream!! the bars too 🙂 These cookies look delicious.
Thanks Jamie!!
YUM!
Thanks Kelly!
Oh my goodness. There’s something inside of them! These look amazing….and I love the creativity of the filling!
Thanks Charissa! I love stuffing cookies and it works with so many different flavor combinations!
I adore creamsicles Ari!! Loving the white chocolate hiding inside. Soft, chewy, and oozing with goodness 🙂
Thanks Sally! Everything is better with white chocolate inside, right? 😉
Wow! That white chocolate filling looks divine. What a pleasant surprise! 🙂
You had me at creamsicle! These sound SO good! 😀
I know, I’m all about anything creamsicle! Thanks Heidi!
I *love* orange creamsicle ice cream! Pinning this now 🙂
Here’s a creamsicle fudge recipe I came across and thought you might like! http://pinterest.com/pin/128000814380366668/