Tricia “Trish” Ploxa’s daughter could never seem to get enough cookie dough when she was a child.

“We used to buy tubes of it for her,” Ploxa recalled.

That’s when Ploxa began experimenting in her Ashland kitchen in an attempt to develop a cookie dough with just the right consistency and flavor - but without milk or eggs.

Satisfied with the outcome, Ploxa wanted to share it with others. She and her husband, Bill, bought a food truck in 2019, named it Trishs Treats, and began visiting fairs, carnivals and festivals across the region.

Trishs Treats will be at the Carbon County Fair, which runs Aug. 8 - 13.

The business sells its chilled, lactose-free and vegan-friendly cookie dough by the scoop. It’s made from scratch by Ploxa, and comes in chocolate chip, sugar, birthday cake and Oreo flavors.

“Each flavor tastes different because each is a different recipe,” she explained.

Customers can order straight up cookie dough - or they can mix it with a scoop or two of Heisler’s ice cream.

Other treats include Oreo stuffers, which are Oreo cookies filled with chocolate chip cookie dough and dipped in chocolate; and cannolidoes, which are cannoli filled with chocolate chip cookie dough. Moose Turds are dollops of sugar cookie dough dipped in chocolate and frozen.

“The dough doesn’t freeze, so you have the creamy cookie dough inside a crispy chocolate coating,” Ploxa noted.

Perhaps the most popular offering is the Skook A Bowl sundae.

“We’re from Schuylkill County, so we named it the ‘Skook’ A Bowl,” Ploxa explained.

Customers create their own bowls by choosing a dip each of cookie dough and ice cream, along with two toppings. Whipped cream and a cherry finish the treat.

Trishs Treats offers free samples.

“I would rather them try it to see if they like it before they order it,” she said.

Special edition flavors are also frequently offered, Ploxa said.

She credited her grandson, Victor Biros, 5, with being the business’s taste tester. He makes the call on what flavors are good.

“So far he has been correct,” she said.