Best White Chocolate Dipped Cookies Recipe

These white chocolate dipped cookies are perfect for feeling like Christmas all year round. Enjoy perfectly spiced and chewy cookies, made better with white chocolate!

You don’t need to wait for the holidays to enjoy these white chocolate dipped Christmas cookies. They are incredibly easy to make for a quick pick-me-up at home.

You’ll be rewarded with soft, chewy cookies with delicious flavors and aromas from cozy Christmas spices.

These pretty cookies are also dipped and decorated in creamy white chocolate to boost your mood and make it feel like Christmas!

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What Are White Chocolate Dipped Cookies?

White chocolate dipped cookies are spiced cookies dipped in white chocolate. Only half of the cookie is covered in creamy white chocolate, so it’s not overwhelmingly sweet or messy to hold.

These crowd-favorite cookies are also known as white chocolate dipped Christmas cookies because they’re made with familiar Christmas spices like cardamom, clove, and pumpkin pie spice.

It’s hard not to get into the holiday spirit when you smell these homemade cookies!

Why You’ll Love This Recipe

These white chocolate coated cookies are pretty holiday desserts you can also box as wonderful gifts.

Try this recipe now and enjoy the following:

• Easy and Delicious Spiced Cookies: Make your holiday desserts more exciting with these easy white chocolate dipped Christmas cookies. They only use simple ingredients and techniques from start to finish.
• Picture-Perfect Holiday Treats: These cookies do not only taste and smell good. Make your dessert table or cookie gift box stand out by decorating the spiced cookies with a quick and easy white chocolate dip recipe.
• Adjustable and Affordable Recipe: You only need basic pantry ingredients to whip up these perfectly spiced and chewy cookies! You can even turn them into white chocolate dipped gingerbread cookies by adding ground ginger.

What Does White Chocolate Dipped Christmas Cookies Taste Like?

These white chocolate covered cookies taste like Christmas spiced cookies because of the familiar and comforting flavors of pumpkin pie spice, molasses, cardamom, and clove.

You can also make them as ginger cookies by adding ground ginger to the recipe. The white chocolate coating gives these soft and chewy cookies richness, balancing the warm spices.

And the best part? You can pick them up without getting sticky fingers because only half the cookie is dipped in chocolate!

Are White Chocolate Covered Cookies Healthy?

Spiced desserts like these white chocolate dipped cookies can have some health benefits from cardamom and clove.

For example, cardamom has antioxidant properties, while clove contains nutrients like vitamin K and potassium.

However, sweet desserts can be high in calories, and white chocolate is pretty high in fat compared to other types of chocolate.

Enjoy these holiday baking list must-haves in moderation with a healthy and balanced diet.

What Are The Benefits Of White Chocolate Coated Cookies?

These easy and delicious white chocolate dipped Christmas cookies are perfect for people looking for desserts that are beyond sweet. If you’re getting tired of chocolate cookies, try cookies with cozy Christmas spices.

You’ll get mouthwatering flavors and aromas on a moist cookie, perfect with a warm cup of tea.

You don’t need to wait until Christmas to get into the holiday spirit because these white chocolate-covered cookies can double as desserts!

Ingredients For White Chocolate Dipped Cookies

SPICED COOKIE INGREDIENTS:

• All-purpose flour – Do not scoop from the flour bag. Instead, get the perfect measurement by spooning the flour into the cup.
• Baking powder – The leavening agent to help the cookie dough rise.
• Pumpkin pie spice – Delicious and comforting flavors for Christmas cookies.
• Ground cardamom – Warm spice that adds a depth of flavor to your future favorite holiday cookie.
• Ground clove – Another delicious warm spice to create Christmas cookies that are not just sweet.
• Salt – Balances the sweetness and strengthens the gluten to keep the cookie dough from tearing once it expands.
• Unsalted butter – Use unsalted butter to highlight the delicious flavors of these spiced chocolate covered cookies.
• Superfine sugar – Always use two kinds of sugar for your cookies’ perfect texture and flavor.
• Brown sugar – The secret to chewier cookies that also stay moist.
• Egg – Use a room-temperature egg for easier incorporation into the cookie batter.
• Molasses – Adds a delicious, warm sweet flavor to the cookies while also giving them a mouthwatering golden brown color.

WHITE CHOCOLATE COATING INGREDIENTS:

• White chocolate chips – You can use your microwave to melt the creamy white chocolate easily and quickly.
• Coconut oil – Responsible for the picture-perfect shine of the white chocolate coating.
• Red gel food color – Add as much as needed to achieve your desired Christmas red color on the melted chocolate.
• Green gel food color – Add as much as needed to achieve your desired Christmas green color on the melted chocolate.

Tools Needed To Prepare White Chocolate Dipped Cookies

• Parchment paper for lining the baking tray
• Mixing bowls for mixing the ingredients
• Stand mixer for mixing the ingredients
• Measuring cups and spoons for measuring the ingredients
• Plastic wrap for wrapping the cookie dough
• Wire rack for cooling the baked cookies
• Piping bags for decorating the cookies with red and green chocolate

Ingredient Additions & Substitutions For White Chocolate Dipped Christmas Cookies

Red and green melted chocolate

Instead of melting white chocolate and adding gel food coloring, you can also use red and green coating wafers. Melt them according to package instructions and transfer them to their piping bags to decorate the cool cookies.

Vanilla extract

Make the delicious flavors of the white chocolate coated cookies stand out more by adding some vanilla extract to the dough. Vanilla’s mellow taste surprisingly makes a difference in any dessert.

Ground ginger

Add a tablespoon of ground ginger to this recipe, and you’ll have white chocolate coated gingerbread cookies! This recipe is perfect for soft and chewy gingerbread holiday cookies if you don’t like crispy ones.

How to Make White Chocolate Dipped Cookies

Ingredients

FOR THE SPICED COOKIES:

• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking powder
• 1 tsp pumpkin pie spice
• ½ tsp ground cardamom
• ½ tsp ground clove
• ¼ tsp salt
• ½ cup unsalted butter, room temperature
• ½ cup superfine sugar
• ½ cup brown sugar
• 1 egg
• ⅛ cup molasses

FOR THE WHITE CHOCOLATE COATING:

• 1 cup white chocolate chips
• 2 tsp coconut oil
• Red gel food color
• Green gel food color

Tools you need:

• Parchment paper
• Mixing bowls
• Stand mixer
• Measuring cups and spoons
• Plastic wrap
• Wire rack
• Piping bags

Instructions:

Start by gathering and measuring all the ingredients for the white chocolate dipped cookies.

SPICED COOKIES:

STEP 1: Preheat the oven to 350°F and line your baking tray with parchment paper.

STEP 2: Mix the flour, baking powder, pumpkin pie spice, ground cardamom, clove, and salt in a large bowl and set aside.

STEP 3: Beat the butter and sugars in an electric stand mixer on medium-high speed for 2 to 3 minutes. Scrape down the sides while mixing until the consistency is creamy and fluffy.

STEP 4: Stir in the egg and molasses to the butter mixture until well incorporated.

STEP 5: Divide the flour mixture into batches, and add to the wet ingredients. Combine thoroughly to form the cookie dough. 

STEP 6: Take out the dough from the bowl and flatten it a bit. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap and put it in the fridge for an hour.

STEP 7: After chilling, roll a tablespoon of dough between your palms. Flatten the ball of cookie dough slightly before putting it on the prepared baking sheet.

STEP 8: Repeat with the rest of the cookie dough and arrange them on the tray. Bake in the preheated oven for 12 to 13 minutes.

STEP 9: Let the baked cookies sit in the baking tray for 5 minutes, then finish cooling over a wire rack.

WHITE CHOCOLATE COATING:

STEP 1: Melt the white chocolate chips with coconut oil in the microwave at 20-second intervals. Stir the chocolate after each interval, but be mindful not to burn it.

STEP 2: Divide the melted chocolate into separate bowls. Leave one part as it is and divide the other into two more bowls.

STEP 3: Color each chocolate with red and green gel food colors. You now have white, red, and green melted chocolate.

STEP 4: Pour the red and green melted chocolate into their piping bags.

STEP 5: Line a tray with parchment paper.

STEP 6: Dip half of each cookie into the white chocolate mixture, then run the bottom of the cookie along the edge of the bowl to remove the excess coating.

STEP 7: Wait for the half-coated cookies to set in the lined tray.

STEP 8: Decorate the white chocolate dipped cookies with red and green-colored chocolate to fit the Christmas theme.

What To Serve With White Chocolate Covered Cookies

These white chocolate dipped Christmas cookies with chewy texture are best enjoyed with a warm and cozy drink like tea or coffee.

Alternatively, try it with a scoop of your favorite ice cream for dessert.

These pretty white chocolate covered cookies will also look delicious with other treats like sugar cookies, shortbread cookies, and peanut butter cookies for a colorful cookie platter.

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Tips About Making White Chocolate Coated Cookies

It’s surprisingly easy to make these crowd-pleasing white chocolate covered spiced cookies! Here are some additional notes to consider when making them:

• Add a teaspoon or two of vanilla extract and make the sweetness and warm flavors stand out more in these white chocolate dipped Christmas cookies.
• Instead of using ground spices, crush whole cardamom and cloves before using them on the cookie dough for a deeper flavor.
• Decorate these cookies with fun colors to your heart’s content. Adjust the intensity of the Christmas colors with the amount of gel food coloring.

How To Store White Chocolate Dipped Cookies

Whether you have some leftover cookies or you’re making a batch of cookies for gifts, remember these storage guidelines:

Fridge: Store these festive cookies in an airtight container. They can last for 1 to 2 days at room temperature or up to 4 days in the fridge.

Freezer: Want to freeze cookie dough in advance? Freeze the dough balls on a lined baking sheet, then transfer the frozen dough balls to a freezer bag for up to 3 months.

Baking: Preheat the oven to 20 degrees lower than the recipe temperature. Then, bake the frozen cookie dough balls for 2 to 5 minutes longer than the recipe’s baking time.

Can You Use Chocolate Chips For Dipping Cookies?

You can use chocolate chips as melting chocolate for dipping cookies. Melt them gently in the microwave, but note that they can harden with a streaked appearance from having less cocoa butter.

How Do I Melt Chocolate To Dip Cookies In?

The easiest way to melt chocolate for dipping cookies is by microwaving in 30-second intervals. And for smooth melted chocolate, remember to stir after each interval.

Is your melted chocolate too thick? We got you!

Read how to make melted chocolate thinner for an easy fix.

How To Dip Cookies In White Chocolate

Cooling the cookies completely before dipping them in melted white chocolate is essential. Then, wait for them to set over parchment paper before decorating.

Why Won’t My White Chocolate Harden?

Your white chocolate can have trouble setting if the temperature is incorrect. The ideal temperature for white chocolate to harden is between 65 and 68°F.

 FAQ About White Chocolate Dipped Cookies

Conclusion

These delicious white chocolate dipped cookies are surprisingly easy to make at home!

Each soft and chewy cookie is dipped in creamy white chocolate for the perfect sweetness to contrast the warm and cozy spices.

You can also use your microwave to melt the white chocolate conveniently. And best of all, you can store the cookies in the fridge or make a batch of dough for freezing.

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