White Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
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Drizzled with white chocolate and topped with festive sprinkles, these are the best white chocolate peppermint cookies! Buttery soft and nicely golden, the pairing of white chocolate with peppermint is absolute bliss.
Studded with white chocolate peppermint chunks and infused with vanilla and peppermint extracts for the best flavor, these cookies are ideal for holiday gifting (stack and package in cello bags or cookie tins for everyone on your list!).
More festive holiday cookie recipes:
- Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies
- Peppermint White Chocolate Snowball Cookies
- Peppermint Brownie Sandwich Cookies
- Chocolate Dulce de Leche Sandwich Cookies
White Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Total Time: 4 hr 30 min (includes chilling)
- Yield: 22 cookies
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Bake
- Cuisine: American
Description
Drizzled with white chocolate and topped with festive sprinkles, these are the BEST soft and pillowy white chocolate peppermint cookies!
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 2/3 cups flour
- 1 tsp cornstarch
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup light brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 tsp pure peppermint extract
- 1 cup white chocolate peppermint chunks
Topping
- 4 ounces white chocolate, chopped
- sprinkles
Instructions
- Whisk together flour, cornstarch, baking soda, and salt in a medium bowl. Beat butter and sugars in a large mixer bowl at medium speed until creamy; beat in egg and extracts until combined. Reduce speed to low and gradually add flour mixture; beat just until incorporated. Fold in white chocolate peppermint chunks. Cover dough and chill in the refrigerator for at least 4 hours or overnight.
- Preheat oven to 350°F (If cookie dough has chilled overnight, let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes before baking). Line two baking sheets with parchment paper. Form 1 1/2-inch balls of dough and place two inches apart on prepared baking sheets; flatten mounds slightly.
- Bake, rotating pans halfway through, for 11 to 12 minutes, until tops and edges are set. Cool for 5 minutes on baking sheets, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Place white chocolate in a double boiler or in a heat-proof bowl over a saucepan of gently simmering water. Slowly melt the chocolate, stirring occasionally until glossy and smooth. Transfer chocolate to a small piping bag and drizzle over cookies. Top with sprinkles and let chocolate set before serving.
- Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature.
Keywords: White Chocolate, Peppermint, Cookies
These look so chewy and delicious, I want!
love love love these cookies!!! so pretty and festive! Merry Christmas, Laura!!
These look absolutely W O N D E R F U L. White chocolate and peppermint = BFFs !
No one does cookies like you. These are perfection. Aah, how perfect would it be on a cookie table!!!
xo
Baking for my family includes a special someone who ONLY likes white chocolate! (Can you imagine?) Adding these buttery peppermint cookies to our cookie tray would bring a smile to this Christmas.
What if the white chocolate peppermint chips aren’t available? Would you increase the amount of peppermint extract? I can only get plain white chocolate here overseas.
Hi Ann, you could increase the peppermint extract and you could also use a mix of white chocolate and crushed peppermint candy in the dough.
These are so festive, I love them!! 🙂
These look absolutely delicious! Love the presentation of white chocolate and colored sprinkles on top, such an adorable cookie!
Oh, how I wish I had a couple dozen of these gems in my kitchen! What gorgeous, festive cookies!!
I hate to ask, but what are white chocolate peppermint chunks? Is that in the baking aisle?
Hi Becky, I used Ghirardelli chocolate peppermint baking chunks. You could also use something like Andes peppermint crunch thins or baking chips. Hope that helps!
So festive. Merry Christmas Laura x
OMG, I’m trying to chew on these through the screen! I really wish I could eat them right now. Fine, I’ll go bake them ASAP. Merry Christmas, Ardith
You have the best touch when it comes to decorating, these are stunning, and I think they’d enhance any cookie collection!