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White Chocolate Dipped Peppermint Chocolate Cookies

November 9, 2017 by becky 75 Comments

White Chocolate Dipped Peppermint Chocolate Cookies are the perfect Christmas cookie! A delicious double chocolate chip cookie is dipped in white chocolate and crushed candy canes are sprinkled on top. Perfect for Christmas cookie exchanges, parties, packages and so much more!

White Chocolate Dipped Peppermint Chocolate Cookies

This is the best time of year for baking! What is your favorite treat to bake? I LOVE baking Christmas Cookies! It’s a fun activity to do with my family and then enjoy together and give to friends and neighbors. These White Chocolate Dipped  Peppermint Chocolate Cookies are some of the best cookies I’ve ever made! My kids are obsessed with these and even wanted them for breakfast the other day!

White Chocolate Dipped Peppermint Chocolate Cookies

Although it seems a little fancy, it’s actually very easy to make! And you can make the cookie dough ahead of time by either freezing it for a month or so or just keep it in the fridge for a couple of days. Then when you are ready to make these cookies just bake it up, dip in white chocolate and sprinkle with crushed candy canes or peppermint candies. Since it’s not quite Christmas time I couldn’t find candy canes at the grocery store so I used thepeppermintint candies. Either works great!

White Chocolate Dipped Peppermint Chocolate Cookies

How pretty are these cookies?! The contrast in colors is beautiful and the taste is amazing! I love this chocolate cookie recipe and have made it for years. A little peppermint extract is added and it’s so tasty! Then you just dip the cookies in melted white chocolate and crushed peppermint candy/candy canes and it’s ready to be enjoyed!

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This is also a wonderful cookie to package and include in a gift basket. I was sent some fun products from Nielsen-Massey and McCrea’s Candies and you are going to want to enter my giveaway at the bottom of this post so you can win the same thing! (Giveaway is now closed) I’ll talk more about it later on but these caramels are the best and I love the products from Nielsen-Massey. The Pure Peppermint Extract is the quality you want for baking (like in today’s recipe!) and the Pure Vanilla Sugar is flavorful and goes well with so many baking recipes.

White Chocolate Dipped Peppermint Chocolate Cookies

White Chocolate Dipped Peppermint Chocolate Cookies

This is now one of my favorite cookie recipes! I know you will love it!

Enjoy!

Yield: 20 cookies

White Chocolate Dipped Peppermint Chocolate Cookies

White Chocolate Dipped Peppermint Chocolate Cookies

Ingredients

  • ½ cup unsalted butter, room temperature
  • ½ cup granulated sugar
  • ½ cup dark brown sugar, packed
  • 1 large egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon peppermint extract
  • 1 cup all-purpose flour
  • ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 cup chocolate chips
  • 8 ounces good quality white chocolate, chopped
  • 3 large candy canes, or a small handful of peppermint candy, crushed

Instructions

    For the Cookies:

    1. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats. Set aside.
    2. In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine the butter and sugars. Beat together on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Blend in the egg, vanilla, and peppermint extracts. Scrape down the bowl if needed.
    3. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Slowly add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients in the mixer on low speed just until incorporated. Fold in the chocolate chips.
    4. Either chill all the dough in the fridge for at least an hour then roll into balls or you can roll dough into balls first then chill. Roll 1.5 tablespoons of dough into balls.
    5. When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350˚ F.
    6. Place the cookie dough balls on the baking sheets. The cookies don’t spread much so if you like them less thick, press down slightly.
    7. Bake 8-9 minutes. Let cool on the baking sheets for about 5 minutes, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.

    For the Coating

    1. Melt the chopped white chocolate in a double boiler or use the microwave. For the microwave, place the white chocolate in a medium heat-proof bowl. Melt in 15-second increments, stirring well after each increment until completely melted and smooth. Dip each completely cooled cookie halfway into the white chocolate and gently shake off excess chocolate. Place onto a parchment or wax paper lined baking sheet and immediately sprinkle crushed peppermint candy on top of the chocolate. Repeat with the rest of the cookies. Allow to set at room temperature or place the baking sheet in the refrigerator to speed up the process. Once set, enjoy!

    Notes

    Sometimes I like to use half unsweetened cocoa powder and half dark chocolate cocoa powder to give the cookies a darker color.

    You can use white chocolate chips, just be extra careful when melting it because I find it can be trickier to work with then better quality white chocolate bars. I've found that when microwaving it you don't want it to get too hot. So be sure to follow the instructions in the recipe carefully.

    © Becky

    Adapted from Sally’s Baking Addiction

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    Comments

    1. TallulahJane says

      November 9, 2017 at 3:59 pm

      My fav Christmas cookies are peanut butter clusters or anything with chocolate in it.

      Reply
    2. Juli V says

      November 9, 2017 at 4:01 pm

      My favorite is red velvet chocolate chip cookies.

      Reply
    3. christina purvis says

      November 9, 2017 at 4:52 pm

      I love christmas sugar cookies

      Reply
    4. Jeffrey says

      November 9, 2017 at 5:01 pm

      My favorite Christmas cookie is the frosted cut out. We only make them a couple of times a year because they are time consuming. My all time favorite cookie is the good old chocolate chip…with pecans!

      Reply
    5. Tim says

      November 9, 2017 at 5:11 pm

      My favorite are oatmeal scotchies, primarily because I like to eat handfuls of butterscotch chips.

      Reply
    6. sheila ressel says

      November 9, 2017 at 6:10 pm

      My favorite Christmas cookie is pecan crescents rolled in powdered sugar.

      Reply
    7. Louellen Monte says

      November 9, 2017 at 6:36 pm

      My favorite Christmas cookie is the Italian ones my family used to get from an Italian bakery in Hartford, Connecticut. Since its difficult to get them, my second favorite Christmas cookie is a frosted sugar cookie.

      Reply
    8. LISA BREECE says

      November 9, 2017 at 7:53 pm

      My favorite Christmas cookie is cream cheese cookies filled with raspberry preserves.

      Reply
    9. Ariann says

      November 9, 2017 at 7:57 pm

      These look delicious! I make a double chocolate toasted pecan cookie for Christmastime but really anytime. Haha!

      Reply
    10. Marie N says

      November 9, 2017 at 8:07 pm

      These look yummy! I love white chocolate peppermint combo for the holidays! My favorite cookie is Kneaders white chocolate cranberry.

      Reply
    11. Jackie says

      November 9, 2017 at 8:25 pm

      My favorite are spritz cookies.
      Thank you!

      Reply
    12. Scooby says

      November 9, 2017 at 9:38 pm

      Ginger snaps are a definite favorite.

      Reply
    13. Karen says

      November 10, 2017 at 1:07 am

      This is my favorite Christmas cookie recipe! I discovered it a couple years ago, and it’s SO good!! https://therecipecritic.com/2013/12/peppermint-meltaways/

      Reply
    14. keshakeke says

      November 10, 2017 at 2:33 am

      I love wedding finger cookies

      Reply
    15. Nancy says

      November 10, 2017 at 6:04 am

      My favorite Christmas cookie is a peanut butter blossom.

      Reply
    16. Sunnie says

      November 10, 2017 at 7:33 am

      I love big and soft sugar cookies.

      Reply
    17. Michelle says

      November 10, 2017 at 7:46 am

      Sugar Cookies. I just love them.

      Reply
    18. Brittany Fell says

      November 10, 2017 at 3:28 pm

      I think every cookie is my favorite!!! Except not those powdered sugar wedding cookies. 😉

      Reply
    19. Julie R says

      November 10, 2017 at 3:47 pm

      There is a chocolate peppermint cookie I love!

      Reply
    20. Kim says

      November 10, 2017 at 3:50 pm

      Those cookies look delicious! I’ll have to try them and I bet they would be a favorite! Also love pumpkin chocolate chip if that counts 😉

      Reply
    21. jberry says

      November 10, 2017 at 7:08 pm

      My mom makes the best Peanut Butter Thumbprints.

      Reply
    22. nafeza2526 says

      November 10, 2017 at 7:31 pm

      I like peppermint cookies

      Reply
    23. meredith montgomery says

      November 10, 2017 at 9:15 pm

      I like gingerbread cookies

      Reply
    24. Jeffrey says

      November 11, 2017 at 5:34 am

      I messed up and put the wrong link in the Pin The Recipe section of the Rafflecopter on 11/11. Here is the correct link: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/122371314858763223/. Sorry for the inconvenience!

      Reply
      • becky says

        November 11, 2017 at 10:43 am

        No problem! Thank you.

        Reply
    25. Linsi says

      November 11, 2017 at 7:58 am

      My favorite is Molasses 😋

      Reply
    26. Brenda Haines says

      November 11, 2017 at 10:30 am

      Thumbprint cookies are my favorite. Especially when we make them with marionberry jelly.

      Reply
    27. Dee Johnson says

      November 11, 2017 at 11:06 am

      I love Gingerbread cookies.

      Reply
    28. susitravl says

      November 11, 2017 at 12:59 pm

      Big, soft ginger cookies are my favorite.

      Reply
    29. Jean says

      November 11, 2017 at 1:39 pm

      Favorite cookie is chocolate with more chocolate!

      Reply
    30. bethelderton says

      November 11, 2017 at 5:17 pm

      My favorite is Chewy Chocolate Chocolate Chunk Cookies.
      Mary Beth Elderton

      Reply
    31. Sarah says

      November 11, 2017 at 5:34 pm

      I love all cookies but I definitely love chocolate cookies of any kind!

      Reply
    32. Stacey Grantham says

      November 11, 2017 at 6:11 pm

      Iced sugar cookies make the season for me.

      Reply
    33. Laurie Nykaza says

      November 11, 2017 at 7:17 pm

      I loved my grandmas Swedish butter cookies they were so amazing now we bake them.

      Reply
    34. Linda Kwolek says

      November 11, 2017 at 9:18 pm

      My favorite Christmas cookie are butter cut out cookies, I love frosting and decorating them.

      Reply
    35. Heather D says

      November 11, 2017 at 10:49 pm

      We like gingersnapa during the holidays.

      Reply
    36. Melanie says

      November 12, 2017 at 7:07 am

      Pecan Kisses

      Reply
    37. Karen Delaney says

      November 12, 2017 at 8:50 am

      Butter spritz are my favorite Christmas cookie

      Reply
    38. Katherine S says

      November 12, 2017 at 9:44 am

      Christmas cookie cutouts

      Reply
    39. darleneowen says

      November 12, 2017 at 1:23 pm

      My favorite Christmas cookies are cutout sugar cookies

      Reply
    40. Danielle S says

      November 12, 2017 at 2:48 pm

      I love gingersnaps!

      Reply
    41. Nicole Austin says

      November 12, 2017 at 5:08 pm

      My family’s favorite Christmas cookies are Raspberry Almond Tartlets. They are amazing Almond flavored shortbread sandwich cookies with raspberry preserves and a dusting of powdered sugar!

      Reply
    42. Elizabeth E says

      November 12, 2017 at 7:58 pm

      I definitely love butter cookies with frosting. Especially the ones in Christmas shapes – like tree shapes with green frosting and sprinkles for ornaments.

      Reply
    43. Katie Bellamy says

      November 12, 2017 at 9:57 pm

      My favorite is frosted sugar cookies!

      Reply
    44. Helga says

      November 13, 2017 at 9:33 am

      My favorite cookie is gingerbread men.

      Reply
    45. Rachel Pearson says

      November 13, 2017 at 9:53 am

      Chocolate crinkles. I love them when they are nice a chewy.

      Reply
    46. Michelle J. says

      November 13, 2017 at 11:34 am

      I love spritz cookies!

      Reply
    47. Shelly L says

      November 13, 2017 at 11:48 am

      Italian Wedding Cookies are yummy!

      Reply
    48. Emily Wells says

      November 13, 2017 at 6:03 pm

      My favorite christmas cookies are russian tea cakes!

      Reply
    49. Michelle C says

      November 13, 2017 at 7:20 pm

      I love frosted sugar cookies.

      Reply
    50. latanya t says

      November 14, 2017 at 8:33 am

      plain sugar cookies

      Reply
    51. Jamie Williams says

      November 14, 2017 at 9:52 am

      My favorite Christmas cookie is chocolate chunk peanut butter cookies.

      Reply
    52. Dandi D says

      November 14, 2017 at 11:22 am

      Frosted sugar cookies are my favorite at Christmas!

      Reply
    53. Jessica Todd says

      November 14, 2017 at 12:16 pm

      Seven layer cookies are my favorite holiday cookie.

      Reply
    54. Becky VanGinkel says

      November 14, 2017 at 4:04 pm

      My favorite Christmas cookie is my Grandmas kolache cookie! The fillings in them are amazing:) She’s Czech, and the recipe is one her grandma passed down:)

      babydjs_mom@yahoo.com

      Reply
    55. Heather Babcock says

      November 14, 2017 at 8:16 pm

      Peppermint sugar cookies

      Reply
    56. Lisa Walker says

      November 14, 2017 at 8:24 pm

      My favorite Christmas cookies are my Mom’s butter cookies.

      Reply
    57. Leela says

      November 15, 2017 at 12:50 am

      I love big, soft sugar cookies.

      Reply
    58. Molll j says

      November 15, 2017 at 12:44 pm

      It’s so hard to pick a favorite cookie!! That’s like picking a favorite child! Ha, just kidding. I think if I really really had to pick, I’d go with a coconut macaroon. Yum! Looks like an AMAZING set, thanks for the chance to win! 🙂

      Reply
    59. Gabrielly says

      November 15, 2017 at 6:10 pm

      I like christmas sugar cookies.

      Reply
    60. D Schmidt says

      November 16, 2017 at 4:15 pm

      My favorite cookie is probably Molasses!

      Reply
    61. farmermomwife says

      November 16, 2017 at 4:33 pm

      My favorite is frosted sugar cookies.

      Reply
    62. Julie Terry says

      November 16, 2017 at 5:01 pm

      I love all Christmas cookies!! But my favorites are Molasses, oatmeal raisin, snickerdoodles, ginger snaps. I enjoy baking for the holidays and I make tons of cookies to give away to family and friends.

      Reply
    63. Martha says

      November 16, 2017 at 5:03 pm

      My favorite Christmas cookies are frosted sugar cookies.

      Reply
    64. rust says

      November 16, 2017 at 5:59 pm

      I love Mexican wedding cookies for the holidays.

      Reply
    65. Whitney says

      November 16, 2017 at 6:03 pm

      MY favorite is frosted sugar cookies mmmmmmm

      Reply
    66. Julie says

      November 16, 2017 at 8:22 pm

      We love sugar cookies decorated with royal icing…

      Reply
    67. Lissa Crane says

      November 16, 2017 at 9:05 pm

      My favorite is the sugar cookies that my grandmother used to make!

      Reply
    68. Cindy A. says

      November 16, 2017 at 9:34 pm

      My favorite is gingerbread.

      Reply
    69. Kim Myers says

      November 16, 2017 at 9:52 pm

      Buckeye’s for sure

      Reply
    70. Sam says

      November 16, 2017 at 10:33 pm

      we all love those angels thumb prints 🙂

      Reply
    71. Raylene says

      November 16, 2017 at 11:06 pm

      These look Amazing!! My fav has always been a soft gingerbread cookie.

      Reply
    72. Veronica Lee says

      November 22, 2017 at 8:44 pm

      These chocolate dipped peppermint cookies look so festive! Perfect for the holidays!

      Reply

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