Doh! Edible cookie dough is now being served in Malaysia

Edible cookie dough is huge in the United States. In Malaysia, Doh Malaysia is the first to offer edible cookie dough. From left: chocolate chip cookie dough, Oreo cookie dough, and marshmallow crunch. Photo: The Star/Art Chen

There is something about cookie dough that is just so appealing. It could be the fact that it’s a forbidden temptation (my mother had a wooden spatula specifically for swatting my hands from her mixing bowl) or the fact that it’s just so incredibly delicious – smooth, creamy and oh-so sweet. I’d wager that childhoods everywhere are tinged with memories of cheeky kids surreptitiously licking the dough clean off mixing bowls.

But for so long, cookie dough has remained just that: a forbidden treat. Until last year, when edible cookie dough started becoming an actual thing. It began in the United States, with Dō, which opened early last year in Manhattan and became so popular that queues were regularly two hours long!