Cookie Dough Balls

I stumbled upon this recipe on the All Recipes website and Ben's been pushing me to make these for a while now. Friday's junk-food-night-extravaganza seemed like the perfect time to take the recipe out for a spin:

1 cup butter, softened
1 1/2 cups brown sugar, packed
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 tablespoon water
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup milk chocolate chips

Cream butter and sugar together. Mix in remaining ingredients. Roll into balls (I did walnut-sized and big-marble-sized). Freeze for at least 2 hours. Dip in melted chocolate almond bark (may also be called "candy coating") and let solidify. Store in freezer. If you are a fun-loving person like me, add sprinkles after dipping in chocolate (act quickly, these set up fast). 

The original recipe called for mini chocolate chips and I would most definitely go with that next time. The regular-sized chips are too big and chunky. We tried with and without dipping in chocolate, but both Ben and I agreed that the coating adds a necessary element; I think the hard coating makes these seem more like an intentional dessert and less like you're just stealing cookie dough before you've baked the cookies.