Poor silly thing~ ;w;

Yep. A little spoon (like, a teaspoon or less) isn't going to be a bother. A handful? You will be a Very Sad Boi.

Can YOU stop at just a teeny spoon?

Raw cookie dough swells up many times over when exposed to stomach acid and can cause horrible cramps, and in the worst cases the pressure will cut off circulation to part of your stomach and pressure your diaphragm, interfering with breathing and reducing the room your heart has to do its thing. The raw egg isn't generally an issue if they were clean and you didn't let the dough sit out for hours so bacteria has a chance to multiply to the point they'll take over your gut and that ain't fun either.

I thought it's cause raw egg sometimes has pathogens like salmonella that can cause food poisoning.

This depends upon how they're stored and handled.

In the US, eggs are thoroughly washed prior to sale. This removes bacteria, but also a natural waxy coating on the shell that is antibacterial (hen hoo-hah juices... after all, bacteria inside an egg will kill the chick)... this opens up microscopic scale pores in the shell and thus you have to keep eggs refrigerated. Elsewhere like in Europe, eggs are not washed like that, leaving the natural coating, but also leaving some of the material from the hen's cloaca (which is also where they poop from, birds are gross). Such eggs don't have to be refrigerated but their shells are inherently unclean and can harbor bacteria.

Both methods are consumer-safe, neither is superior to the other. Each has its own caveats.

So. US = Clean shell, but have to be refrigerated til used. Don't let them sit out and come to room temperature; any bacteria would then have time and conditions to grow enough to be a problem. DO NOT use "farmer's market" eggs or back yard eggs in food to be eaten raw (classic Caesar dressing, egg whites used in cocktails like Brandy Alexander). So safe IF you are certain of how the egg has been stored since it was washed AND you consume it immediately before the bacterial load can grow.

Europe = Possibly unsafe if used raw, though excellent unrefrigerated shelf life. If the egg is washed thoroughly immediately before use, and the egg consumed immediately in raw scenarios like Caesar salad dressing etc. just like above AND you're certain the egg shell was never scraped clean of the coating then you're safe in general.

Millions of people consume raw egg products every day. You have to be careful. The above is also true of raw cookie dough. And people do get salmonella, e.coli, Norovirus and other food-borne illness from uncooked vegetables and poorly handled food. When you hear about a salmonella outbreak, it's seldom from eggs. Eggs are not necessarily an elevated risk (with the washing caveat earlier). Not zero, but by no means certain if you do the right thing as the person preparing the food.

Okay, what about store-bought tubes of cookie dough? They can still swell dangerously in your gut if you eat a lot... a golfball-sized blob can become an apple-sized blob AND generate gas due to acid contact which will hurt like hell if it has nowhere to go and pressure builds, but bacteria like salmonella aren't the issue... those prepackaged dough-tubes have had their ingredients sterilized (UV, irradiated, pasteurized), which you don't do at home.

And, of course, if you are immunocompromised, pregnant, etc. or have an ongoing issue with your gut like IBS, ulcers, etc. or tend to get gas cramps don't even think about it. Cook your cookies.

I lick the bowl. Never had a problem. You decide your own risk profile.

Either way, go bake cookies. The recipes on the back of the chocolate chip bag work well, and are very forgiving.

This sounds like a lot of logistics for something so inconsequential. Cookie dough cannot be that unique or tasty to where you have to risk a tummy ache or worse lol

Pleasure now, pain later.

I’ve never gotten sick from eating raw cookie dough

PSA: Raw eggs are not particularly dangerous as a source of salmonella. Flour is! If you bake the dry flour before mixing it into the cookie dough and safely munch it to your heart's content!

Seems I was born with a golden stomach.
I don´t get tummy aches from dough and hot cookies.
I´m still convinced, that this is just an urban myth made up by parents to prevent children from eating the dough and the cookies.