White Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
White Chocolate Peppermint Cookies must be one of my favorite holiday-inspired cookies, combining the comfort of traditional chocolate chip cookies with delicious peppermint flavor!
While I love these Chocolate Peppermint Cookies, white chocolate peppermint cookies offer the vanilla version, packed with gooey white chocolate chips and crushed peppermints. The combination of vanilla and peppermint extract makes these cookies irresistible in flavor. Serve them over the holidays as sweet treats or gift them to friends, family, and neighbors.
🌟 WHY YOU’LL LOVE WHITE CHOCOLATE PEPPERMINT COOKIES
White chocolate peppermint cookies are the perfect addition to your holiday baked treats – great to snack on with the family or to hand out as edible holiday gifts.
These cookies can be made from scratch in just 25 minutes! Quick and easy so that you don’t have to spend any extra time in the kitchen.
They’re easily customizable and store well!
🍽 KEY INGREDIENTS
Cookie dough – This consists of the usual pantry-staple ingredients for most cookie dough, including:
- unsalted and softened butter
- shortening
- sugar (white and brown)
- vanilla extract
- peppermint extract
- eggs
- flour
- baking soda
- salt.
Add-ins: Crushed peppermints and white chocolate chips.
Swaps
Flour – Use gluten-free flour, like Bob’s Red Mill gluten-free flour.
White chocolate chips – White chocolate chunks can be used instead.
Sugar – I recommend using both white and brown sugar, but you can use white sugar only if you prefer.
Butter – Unsalted butter is best for baked treats. If you use salted butter, omit the salt from the ingredients list.
🥣 EQUIPMENT
You’ll need:
- a large baking sheet
- a large mixing bowl
- a hand mixer
- a spatula
- a wire rack.
🔪 HOW TO MAKE
These cookies will take you 15 minutes to bake and even less time to bake! Follow my easy step-by-step instructions and helpful cooking tips for eye-catching and delicious white chocolate peppermint cookies.
Preparations
Preheat the oven to 350° and line a large baking sheet.
Cooking Instructions
Step 1
Add the butter, sugars, and shortening into a mixing bowl.
Step 2
Beat until light and fluffy. Then add in the vanilla extract and peppermint extract.
Step 3
Add in the eggs and mix to incorporate.
Step 4
Reduce the speed of the hand mixer to low and add in the salt, baking soda, and flour a little at a time. The dough shouldn’t be so sticky that it sticks to your hands if you try to roll balls in your hands. If it’s still too sticky, add another 1-2 tablespoons of flour until the mixture isn’t sticky anymore.
Step 5
Mix in the white chocolate chips and the crushed peppermints. Form the dough into 1 tablespoon balls and place them on the prepared baking sheet, about 2 inches apart.
Step 6
Bake the cookies for 8-10 minutes. Once baked, allow the cookies to cool on a wire rack before serving.
💭 COOKING TIPS
Make the cookie dough ahead of time (without the chocolate chips and crushed peppermints) and store it in the freezer for up to 3 months. Thaw the frozen cookie dough in the fridge overnight and fold in the white chocolate chips and crushed peppermints just before baking.
Use a cookie scoop to create uniform-sized cookies that will bake evenly.
Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes before transferring them to a wire rack. This helps the cookies harden slightly to maintain their shape and not fall apart when handled.
📖 RECIPE VARIATIONS
For a prettier look, gently press some extra chocolate chips into the tops of the cookies right after baking.
Make gluten-free cookies by using gluten-free flour instead of all-purpose flour.
If you don’t enjoy peppermint flavor, simply omit the peppermint extract and crushed peppermint candies.
For extra sweetness and decadence, drizzle melted white chocolate over the baked and cooled cookies.
🥗 WHAT TO SERVE WITH WHITE CHOCOLATE PEPPERMINT COOKIES
These white chocolate peppermint cookies are a perfect sweet treat that can be enjoyed as a snack or dessert over the holidays. Here’s how I like to serve them:
Enjoy these cookies with a scoop of creamy vanilla ice cream as dessert. You could also crumble these cookies over a bowl of ice cream.
These cookies also pair beautifully with hot chocolate, coffee, or a milkshake.
Add these holiday-inspired cookies to a holiday dessert board alongside these Chocolate Peppermint Cookies Recipe, Christmas Meringue Pops, Grinch Christmas Cookies, Christmas Linzer Cookies, and Chocolate Marshmallow Snowballs.
🙋 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
No, this recipe doesn’t require you to chill the cookie dough. These cookies will rise well without needing to chill first, but if you have extra time and prefer to chill cookie dough, go for it!
Shortening is great in cookie dough as it helps to trap air bubbles and has a higher melting point than butter. As a result, it helps the cookies to rise well and retain their shape.
Cookies will spread flat while baking if there is not enough flour in the cookie dough to hold the melted fat (butter and shortening). It’s very important to measure all ingredients accurately when baking cookies to avoid this.
🧊 STORING AND ♨️ REHEATING
FRIDGE
Store these white chocolate peppermint cookies in an airtight container on a countertop for 2-3 days.
FREEZER
These cookies will freeze well for 1-2 months. Store them in an airtight container or Ziploc bag once completely cool. Thaw your frozen cookies on the countertop and serve them at room temperature.
🍳 RELATED COOKIE RECIPES
- Blueberry White Chocolate Cookies
- Strawberry Cheesecake Cookies
- Marshmallow Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Orange Creamsicle Cookies Recipe
👪 SERVING SIZE
This recipe makes about 25 cookies. You can bake a double batch to serve more people.
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📋 RECIPE
White Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
White Chocolate Peppermint Cookies are irresistible chocolate chip cookies with delicious peppermint flavor. Perfect holiday treats and gifts!
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter (softened)
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 1 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1 1/2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp peppermint extract
- 2 eggs
- 3 cups flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3/4 cup crushed peppermints
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
Instructions
1. Preheat the oven to 350° and line a large baking sheet.
2. In a large bowl using a hand mixer, beat together the butter, shortening, white sugar and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add in the vanilla extract and peppermint extract, then mix in the eggs.
3. Turn the hand mixer down to low and add in the baking soda and salt, add the flour little by little. If the dough sticks to your hands while trying to form balls add 1-2 tbsps of flour at a time until it doesn’t stick anymore.
4. Mix in the crushed peppermints and white chocolate chips. Form the dough into 1 tbsp balls, place 2 inches apart on the baking sheet.
5. Bake for 8-10 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool for a few minutes and then transfer to a wire rack to cool on. Serve and enjoy!
Notes
●Store in an airtight container for 2-3 days on the counter.
●Add a few more extra chocolate chips to the cookies right after baking for a prettier look.