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Chocolate Dipped Christmas Sprinkle Cookies

Chocolate Dipped Christmas Sprinkle Cookies are a fun addition to your holiday cookie platter. They’re festive, delicious, and easy to make!

Chocolate Dipped Christmas Sprinkle Cookies are a fun addition to your holiday cookie platter. They're festive, delicious, and easy to make!

Looking for a sweet and festive Christmas cookie recipe? Look no further than these chocolate dipped Christmas sprinkle cookies!

They’re easy to make and perfect for holiday gatherings. The fun sprinkles will add a touch of Christmas cheer to your cookies.

These sprinkle cookies are soft and tender and loaded with fun sprinkles which is why these are my kids favourite sugar cookie recipe. They get partially dipped in chocolate and then decorated with sprinkles, making them a delicious and adorable holiday treat.

They are based on a classic sugar cookie recipe with a few fun twists that make them so much more fun!

Made with simple ingredients that you probably already have in your pantry, these cookies come together quickly and will be loved by all. Be sure to save some for Santa!

Chocolate Dipped Christmas Sprinkle Cookies are a fun addition to your holiday cookie platter. They're festive, delicious, and easy to make!
Chocolate Dipped Christmas Sprinkle Cookies are a fun addition to your holiday cookie platter. They're festive, delicious, and easy to make!

Why You Will LOVE These Christmas Star Sprinkle Cookies

These Christmas cookies are the perfect Christmas dessert, here is why:

  • Fun and festive cookies
  • Loaded with sprinkles – in the cookies and on top!
  • Chocolate dipped makes them pop and extra tasty.
  • Easy Christmas sugar cookies to make and decorate.
  • Soft sugar cookies
  • Irresistible buttery vanilla flavor
  • Kids will love helping to make them.
  • Cookie cutter sugar cookies that can be modified for any season or celebration!
Chocolate Dipped Christmas Sprinkle Cookies are a fun addition to your holiday cookie platter. They're festive, delicious, and easy to make!

Variations on Decorating Christmas Sugar Cookies

If you aren’t into the chocolate dipped look, try one of these other ideas!

  • Frost with royal icing.
  • Frost with buttercream.
  • Coat frosting with coloured sanding sugar.
  • Leave bare.
  • Dip in semi-sweet chocolate instead
Chocolate Dipped Christmas Sprinkle Cookies are a fun addition to your holiday cookie platter. They're festive, delicious, and easy to make!

Tips for Baking the Best Cut Out Sugar Cookies

For sugar cookie success be sure to take care of these things:

  • These sugar cookies are super soft with nice crisp edges, to make sure yours turn out that way be sure to carefully measure your ingredients.
  • When measuring out your flour make sure you spoon and level it to avoid dense cookies.
  • If your flour is lumpy, you will probably want to sift it.
  • When mixing your dough after adding the flour, be sure to only just mix it enough to combine. If you over mix your cookie dough, the cookies will be dense.
  • This dough has a lot of butter which is what gives these cookies an amazing flavour. This does mean that you need to chill the dough well.
  • It is easier to partially roll out your dough before chilling so get your dough discs fairly thin.
  • I like to use the plastic wrap I chill the dough in to help roll out the dough rather than using flour or icing sugar. Just unwrap the dough place it about 1/3 of the way up the plastic wrap, and fold the plastic wrap over top then use your rolling pin.
  • If you want your cookies more crisp, roll the dough out thinner.
  • Likewise if you want thick and soft cut out sugar cookies, keep your rolled out dough to 1/3 to 1/2 inch thick.
  • If your cut out cookies start to get warm, put them in the fridge for a few minutes before baking to avoid spreading.
  • Get as many cut outs as possible before rolling the dough out again.
  • When you re-roll the scraps of the dough, the dough will start warming up which will cause the sprinkles to bleed colour into the dough.
  • Bake the cookies one sheet at a time for more consistent results.
  • Oven temperatures and bake times will vary. These were done perfectly at the 10 minute mark in my oven. They are ready when the sides just start to get a little golden.
Chocolate Dipped Christmas Sprinkle Cookies are a fun addition to your holiday cookie platter. They're festive, delicious, and easy to make!

How to Store Cut Out Sprinkle Cookies

If you have any leftover chocolate dipped cookies, you can store them in an airtight container in the fridge or freezer. The cookies will stay fresh for up to 2 weeks in the fridge or up to 3 months in the freezer.

They should store well at room temperature too as long as it doesn’t get too warm or humid. I store mine at room temperature but living in Canada it’s pretty cool in our pantry.

You can also freeze the cookie dough for up to 3 months before baking. Prepare the dough, and after wrapping each flattened disc in plastic wrap, freeze them inside a labelled freezer bag. When ready to bake, thaw the discs in the refrigerator, then bring to room temperature for about an hour. Roll out the dough, and proceed as directed.

Chocolate Dipped Christmas Sprinkle Cookies are a fun addition to your holiday cookie platter. They're festive, delicious, and easy to make!
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Equipment Needed for Baking Sugar Cookies

Electric Mixer – Use either a handheld mixer or a stand mixer.

Glass Mixing Bowls – For combining the dry ingredients, and melting the chocolate chips, I use a Pyrex tempered glass mixing bowl set that is microwave safe. I used a large bowl, a medium bowl, and a small bowl.

Plastic wrap – For chilling the dough, as well as for rolling out the dough so it doesn’t stick.

Rolling pin – For rolling out the dough.

Cookie cutter – I used a Wilton star cookie cutter. Any Christmas cookie cutter will do though.

Baking sheets – These cookies don’t spread much but you still want room so use some large baking sheets.

Parchment paper – Use either parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.

Cooling rack – For cooling off the cookies.

Chocolate Dipped Christmas Sprinkle Cookies are a fun addition to your holiday cookie platter. They're festive, delicious, and easy to make!
Ingredients for the sprinkle sugar cookies

About the Ingredients for Christmas Sprinkle Sugar Cookies

Flour – Spoon and level the flour when measuring it, or your cupcakes may end up too dense.

Baking powder – Helps make the cookies rise. Ensure that the baking powder is fresh.

Salt – Makes all the other ingredients really shine.

Butter – Unsalted butter will give you the best control over the amount of salt in the recipe. If all you have on hand is salted butter, omit half the added salt.

Sugar – Just plain old white granulated sugar.

Egg – Bring them to room temperature before starting.

Vanilla Extract – Use pure vanilla extract for the best flavour, but artificial is just fine too.

Sprinkles – I used red, white and green nonpareils, any Christmas sprinkles will work though.

Chocolate – I used peppermint candy melts for dipping the cookies into. You could also use white chocolate chips instead and add a drop or two of peppermint extract.

Candy cane – I used Wilton Peppermint Crunch Sprinkles but you could also crush candy canes yourself.

Chocolate Dipped Christmas Sprinkle Cookies are a fun addition to your holiday cookie platter. They're festive, delicious, and easy to make!

Looking for More Christmas Cookie Recipes?

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Chocolate Dipped Christmas Sprinkle Cookies are a fun addition to your holiday cookie platter. They're festive, delicious, and easy to make!

How to Make Chocolate Dipped Christmas Sprinkle Cookies

Yields: 48 Cookies | Prep time: 15 Minutes | Cook time: 10 Minutes

Ingredients:

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg, room temperature
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup Christmas sprinkles + More for sprinkling
  • 1 cup White peppermint candy melts
  • 1/4 cup Crushed candy cane

Directions:

In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.

Cream the butter in the bowl of a stand mixer. Beat in the sugar until light and fluffy.

Add egg and vanilla and mix until well combined.

Add the flour mixture one cup at a time until just incorporated.

Cookie dough in a mixing bowl.

Mix in the sprinkles until just combined.

Divide the dough into two large balls, and wrap each one in plastic wrap, then flatten into thick disks. Chill in the fridge for at least an hour to overnight.

When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.

Dough rolled out and cookies cut out.

Roll out the dough sandwiched between two pieces of parchment paper, or on a lightly floured surface to a thickness of 1/3 inch.

Cookie cut outs on a sheet pan.

Cut out the cookies and place on the prepared baking sheet, and bake for 8-10 minutes.

Baked cookies cooling off on the sheet pan.

Cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes, then move to a cooling rack.

Baked cookie dipped in melted chocolate.

Once fully cooled, melt the candy melts in a microwave-safe bowl for 60 seconds and then stir. Then heat in 30 second increments until smooth. If the candy melts are very thick, stir in a teaspoon of vegetable shortening until you reach a good consistency for dipping.

Sprinkling peppermint crunch sprinkles over the chocolate dipped cookie.

Dip each cooled off cookie in the melted chocolate and sprinkle over with the sprinkles or the crushed candy cane and place back on the cooling rack until set and hardened.

Chocolate Dipped Christmas Sprinkle Cookies
Yield: 48 Cookies

Chocolate Dipped Christmas Sprinkle Cookies

Chocolate Dipped Christmas Sprinkle Cookies are a fun addition to your holiday cookie platter. They’re festive, delicious, and easy to make!

Ingredients

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 large egg, room temperature
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1/2 cup Christmas sprinkles + More for sprinkling
  • 1 cup White peppermint candy melts
  • 1/4 cup Crushed candy cane

Instructions

  1. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, and salt. Set aside.
  2. Cream the butter in the bowl of a stand mixer. Beat in the sugar until light and fluffy.
  3. Add egg and vanilla and mix until well combined.
  4. Add the flour mixture one cup at a time until just incorporated.
  5. Mix in the sprinkles until just combined.
  6. Divide the dough into two large balls, and wrap each one in plastic wrap, then flatten into thick disks. Chill in the fridge for at least an hour to overnight.
  7. When ready to bake, preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
  8. Roll out the dough sandwiched between two pieces of parchment paper, or on a lightly floured surface to a thickness of 1/3 inch.
  9. Cut out the cookies and place on the prepared baking sheet, and bake for 8-10 minutes.
  10. Cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes, then move to a cooling rack.
  11. Once fully cooled, melt the candy melts in a microwave-safe bowl for 60 seconds and then stir. Then heat in 30 second increments until smooth. If the candy melts are very thick, stir in a teaspoon of vegetable shortening until you reach a good consistency for dipping.
  12. Dip each cooled off cookie in the melted chocolate and sprinkle over with the sprinkles or the crushed candy cane and place back on the cooling rack until set and hardened.

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Nutrition Information:

Yield:

48

Serving Size:

1 Cookie

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 113Total Fat: 5gSaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 14mgSodium: 73mgCarbohydrates: 17gFiber: 0gSugar: 9gProtein: 1g

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Chocolate Dipped Christmas Sprinkle Cookies are a fun addition to your holiday cookie platter. They're festive, delicious, and easy to make!

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