These jazzed up White Chocolate Peppermint Cookies taste like Christmas in every bite. Peppermint, chocolate chips and a drizzle of white chocolate make them so pretty for the holiday cookie trays.
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Every Christmas we make a list of about 10 cookies and candies that we want to make for the holidays. This is something that we started as newly weds and have continued on with our kids.
After we make our list of must make cookies, we let the kids choose one cookie from the list that they want to make from start to finish. When they were younger this obviously was a lot messier and time consuming, but it was fun to watch them learn how to bake.
Now that they are older, they can pretty much do all the work alone on their cookie. Although, I do still have to watch for missing candy. Good thing I always buy plenty of extra to account for all the snacking that happens while kids bake.
Every holiday season I look forward to peppermint hot chocolates and mochas. There is something about chocolate and peppermint that gets me in the holiday spirit.
I decided we needed a new cookie for our list this year that included this flavor.
I love baking with Challenge butter. Their product all natural and is made with real cream. Real ingredients makes a big difference in your baked goods. I love knowing that my cookies will come out the same every time I bake them.
Start by creaming the butter, sugar, milk, and extract until it is light and fluffy. Then beat in the dry ingredients and candies.
The great thing about this cookie dough is that you can bake it right away. No chilling time is required for this dough. You gotta love saving time in the kitchen that way, right.
These cookies bake up nice and puffy. I do love me a chubby cookie!!! If you want to flatten them every so slightly, tap them with a flat spatula when they come out of the oven.
To give these cookies a holiday look, I melted some white chocolate and spooned it into a plastic baggie. Cut one tip off and drizzle over the tops of the cookies.
If you feel like some shimmer on your cookie tray, give them a sprinkle of clear edible glitter before the chocolate dries. You could also use some chopped up candy canes or red and white sprinkles. It's your call how you want the tops to look.
All you need is a big mug of peppermint mocha hot chocolate and a few of these white chocolate peppermint cookies to munch on to get your holiday mojo happening today.
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Recipe
White Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
These fun Christmas cookies are loaded with chocolate chips and peppermint crunch chips. Each bite will give you a blast of holiday cheer. A drizzle of white chocolate and clear glitter sprinkles give the cookies a fun shimmer on the cookie trays.
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- ¾ cup packed brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon peppermint extract
- 1 tablespoon milk
- ½ teaspoon table salt
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 ¾ cups all purpose flour
- ¾ cup dark chocolate chip
- ¾ cup peppermint crunch chips
- ⅓ cup white chocolate melting wafers
- edible clear glitter
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375° F.
- Beat butter, sugar, extracts, egg, salt, and milk until creamy.
- Stir together the baking powder and flour and slowly mix into the butter mixture until a soft dough forms.
- Gently stir in the peppermint chips and chocolate chips. Roll the dough into 24 even balls.
- Bake 9-10 minutes. Remove and let cool on the hot pan for 2 minutes. Place cookies on a piece of parchment on the counter. Tap the tops of the cookies with a flat spatula if they are too puffy.
- Melt the white chocolate in the microwave according to the package directions. Spoon into a ziplock bag and cut one tip off.
- Drizzle over the tops of the cooled cookies and sprinkle with the edible glitter. Store in a sealed container.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 30 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 125Total Fat: 6gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 15mgSodium: 85mgCarbohydrates: 16gFiber: 1gSugar: 8gProtein: 2g
More holiday cookies that we make every year:
Oreo Peppermint Crunch Cookies
Peppermint Mocha Pudding Cookies
Chocolate Candy Cane Kiss Cookies
*This recipe and post has been compensated by Challenge Dairy. As always, all opinions are 100% my own.
Teresa
Do these have a flavor of coffee with the coffee extract?
Jocelyn
They do have a slight mocha/coffee flavor. You could use vanilla if you prefer that instead.
Mir
No chilling and they bake up that thick and soft? It's a miracle, Jocelyn! I can't believe it! These look amazing.
Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust
I would INHALE these!! They look perfect, and Challenge is the best!
Medeja
White choc and peppermint! These cookies look and sound very good!
Bita Arabian
These look so good! I love minty Christmas cookies - I make candy cane cookies with powdered sugar every year. Stop by Oven Hug for some healthy recipe inspirations to go with your baking delights 🙂
kentuckylady717
These look good....love the white chocolate part.....and love the Merry Christmas on your blog too....so MERRY CHRISTMAS Jocelyn to you and your family......
Roxana
I love your tradition, and these cookies look awesome! White chocolate and peppermint were meant to be, I'm pretty certain. 🙂
Teresa
I think I could gobble up about 5 of those cookies right now. 🙂