With so many specialty products coming out, it’s easy to forget the classics. Sure, most brands of “conventional” cookie dough do contain milk in some form. But Pillsbury Cookie Dough comes in a huge array of flavors, and over THIRTY of them are dairy-free! We’ve updated this post with the latest varieties, and with some fun news: most of these doughs can now be eaten baked or raw.
Pillsbury Cookie Dough Dairy-Free Varieties Ready to Eat or Bake
Not all Pillsbury Cookie Dough varieties are dairy-free, but most are! We have the details on those options. Please note that they all contain eggs. If you confuse eggs with dairy, you’re not alone! See this post: Are Eggs Dairy? And don’t hesitate to leave your own rating and review of this product below!
Pillsbury Shape Sugar Cookies (Ready to Bake; Seasonal)
The ingredients and nutrition facts are very similar for all varieties of the seasonal shape Pillsbury Cookie Dough, so I’m just including a sample ingredient list and nutrition facts. (They may vary slightly with each variety – see the packaging.) I’ve listed all known dairy-free varieties to date below. The gingerbread variety also contains soy.
Sample Ingredients: enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, palm oil, water, canola oil. contains 2% or less of: wheat protein isolate, baking powder (sodium aluminum phosphate, baking soda), eggs, salt, artificial flavor, yellow 5 & 6, blue 1, red 40, sodium benzoate (preservative). Contains wheat and egg.*
In the summer of 2020, Pillsbury rolled out new formulas of their cookie doughs, which are “safe to eat raw.” The reformulated cookie dough is made with heat-treated flour and pasteurized eggs. These new versions are transitioning over time, so look for confirmation on the packaging.
Do Any Pillsbury Cookie Dough Varieties Contain Milk?
At the time of our review, the Pillsbury Ready to Bake! Pumpkin Cookie Dough with Cream Cheese Flavored Chips, Pillsbury Ready to Bake! Mini Reese’s Pieces Peanut Butter Cookie Dough, and their Cookie Dough Poppins did contain milk ingredients. Please note that some flavors have a “may contain milk” statement. This is not due to ingredients, but a warning of potential cross contamination risk in manufacturing. If you have any concern, please read our May Contain Guide to help understand what these vague statement might mean for you.
Discontinued Dairy-Free Pillsbury Cookie Dough
It’s possible they’ll come back. But for now, the Peanut Butter (replaced by Reese’s), Marshmallow, Confetti, Triple Chocolate Brownie, Strawberry Cheesecake, Gingerbread tubes, Peppermint Tubes, and Star Wars Sugar varieties of Pillsbury Cookie Dough have been discontinued.
More Facts on Pillsbury Cookie Dough
Price: $2.69 per 16-ounce ready-to-bake or $4.49 per 30-ounce tube
Availability: Pillsbury Cookie Dough is sold in major grocers throughout the U.S., including Target and Walmart. It’s usually sold refrigerated, but some varieties can be found frozen.
Certifications: We did not note any certifications on Pillsbury Cookie Dough.
Dietary Notes: By ingredients, select varieties of Pillsbury Cookie Dough are dairy-free / non-dairy, nut-free, peanut-free, soy-free, and vegetarian. See the information above for quick reference and the packaging to confirm.*
For More Product Information: Visit the Pillsbury website at www.pillsbury.com.
*Always read the ingredient and nutrition statement prior to consumption. Ingredients, processes, and labeling are subject to change at any time for any company or product. Contact the company to discuss their manufacturing processes if potential allergen cross-contamination is an issue for you. No food product can be guaranteed “safe” for every individual’s needs. You should never rely on ingredient and allergen statements alone if dealing with a severe food allergy.
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I am recently dairy free but love Pillsbury holiday cookies so I was wondering if I could still eat them once in a while. This answered my question precisely 👍
Ingredients: enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, natural flavor), palm oil, water, canola oil. contains 2% or less of: molasses, eggs, baking powder (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate), salt, natural flavor. Contains wheat, egg and soy; may contain milk ingredients.*
Ingredients: sugar, enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), palm oil, water, canola oil. contains 2% or less of: eggs, baking powder (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate), salt, natural flavor. Contains wheat and egg ingredients.*
Ingredients: enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, reese’s peanut butter (peanuts, sugar, monoglycerides, peanut oil, salt, molasses, corn starch), water, palm oil, canola oil, molasses. contains 2% or less of: eggs, salt, baking soda, natural flavor. Contains wheat, peanut and egg ingredients.*
Ingredients: enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, chocolate chips (sugar, chocolate liquor, cocoa butter, soy lecithin, natural flavor), palm oil, water, canola oil. contains 2% or less of: molasses, egg, baking powder (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate), salt, natural flavor. contains wheat, egg, soy; may contain peanut, macadamia and milk ingredients.*
Ingredients: enriched flour bleached (wheat flour, niacin, iron, thiamin mononitrate, riboflavin, folic acid), sugar, water, palm oil, canola oil, sprinkles (sugar, corn starch, vegetable oil [palm and palm kernel], dextrin, soy lecithin, confectioner’s glaze, red 40 lake, yellow 5 lake, yellow 6 lake, blue 1 lake, carnauba wax, natural and artificial flavor, red 3, blue 1, red 40). contains 2% or less of: eggs, baking powder (baking soda, sodium aluminum phosphate), salt, natural flavor. Contains wheat, egg, soy; may contain peanut and macadamia ingredients.*
