Candy Cane White Chocolate Chip Cookies

Candy Cane White Chocolate Chip Cookies are made with basic baking ingredients, white chocolate chips and crushed candy cane bits for a festive treat even Santa wants to sneak in this holiday season.

Cookies are made a lot in my home this time of year! Between the holidays and gatherings with co-workers or friends and cookie exchanges and treats for the kids- a whole lot of cookies are being baked. These Candy Cane White Chocolate Chip Cookies are perfect for any holiday occasion but we especially love these for Santa on Christmas Eve.

Candy Cane White Chocolate Chip Cookies

Candy Cane White Chocolate Chip Cookies are everything you love in a cookie. These are soft and chewy with chocolate bites and the added candy cane on top give them another layer of flavor and extra color to brighten up your holiday.

Let’s get baking!

Start by crushing the candy canes into bits. I do this by placing the candy into a storage bag and paddling them with a rolling pin. Set them to the side while you mix the cookie dough.

In a large mixing bowl, add softened butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar together. Use a hand or stand mixer to beat until creamy and smooth. Add the vanilla extract and eggs. Beat again and then add salt.

Dissolve the baking soda in some hot water and add to batter. Beat while slowly adding in the flour. Once you have a good consistency, fold in the chocolate chips and place the cookie dough in refrigerator for 30 minutes.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Use a cookie scoop to place batter onto baking sheet giving space between each cookie. Place candy cane bits on the top of each cookie. I like to just dunk the top of the cookie into the bag of crushed candy canes and place back onto cookie sheet. Bake for 10-12 minutes. Let cool on a cooling rack and serve. Make sure to place the cookie dough back in the refrigerator between batches to stay cool.

Candy Cane White Chocolate Chip Cookies

Candy Cane White Chocolate Chip Cookies are made with basic baking ingredients, white chocolate chips and crushed candy cane bits for a festive treat even Santa wants to sneak in this holiday season.

1 cup butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup brown sugar
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 eggs
3 cups all-purpose flour
.5 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
2 teaspoons hot water
11 ounce bag white chocolate chips
5 candy canes

Place candy canes into a storage bag. Use a rolling pin or something similar to crush the candy canes into bits.
In a large mixing bowl, add softened butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar together. Use a hand or stand mixer to beat until creamy and smooth.
Add the vanilla extract and eggs. Beat again.
Add salt.
Dissolve the baking soda in the hot water and add to batter. Use a hand or stand mixer to beat while slowly adding in the flour.
Fold in the chocolate chips.
Place dough in refrigerator for 30 minutes.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Use a cookie scoop to place batter onto baking sheet giving space between each cookie.
Place candy cane bits on the top of each cookie. I like to just dunk the top of the cookie into the bag of crushed candy canes and place back onto cookie sheet.
Bake for 10-12 minutes.
Let cool on a cooling rack.

What are you go-to cookies for Santa? Let me know in the comments below!

Spiked Candy Cane Hot Chocolate with candy cane infused vodka and a simple white chocolate hot cocoa perfect for a cold winter day or holiday party. The white chocolate cocoa is creamy and blends perfectly with the candy cane infused vodka. Fa-la-la-la-yum-oh!

Spiked Candy Cane Hot Chocolate was created to use up the rest of our candy cane vodka from those Candy Cane Infused Vodka Chocolate Martinis a couple weeks back. We are not big drinkers so alcohol lasts forever around here and I wanted to create another drink with that delicious candy cane infused vodka! This recipe is great because 1) tastes amazing and 2) you can make the kids their white chocolate hot cocoas while the adults get their spiked version with candy cane infused vodka. Its fun to garnish with a candy cane and some marshmallows. The grocery store had some cute snowman candies that we put on top and the kids thought it was hilarious.

A few days before making a Spiked Candy Cane Hot Chocolate, you will need to infuse the vodka. Decide how much you will need. Let us go with liter measurements today. Pick out a liter of vodka. Higher quality vodkas will infuse better and make the overall drink taste smoother. I typically just go for a mid priced vodka like Grey Goose. For one liter of vodka, you will want 15 tiny candy canes. Unwrap each candy cane and put into vodka bottle. Put the vodka bottle to the side and let the candy cane flavor infuse for 2 days. Shake well before using. Never use a plastic container for infusing vodka, you will also infuse the plastic taste. Nobody wants a plastic flavored anything. So, if you are transferring the vodka into another container to infuse, make sure it is glass, like a mason jar.

Candy Cane Hot Chocolate

Candy Cane Vodka
15 tiny candy canes
1 liter vodka
Candy Cane Hot Chocolate
14 ounces condensed milk
2 cups whole milk
1 cup white chocolate chips for baking
1.5 ounces candy cane vodka (one shot, can do up to 2 shots)
marshmallows to garnish
candy cane garnish

Put 15 tiny candy unwrapped candy canes into liter of vodka and let sit for 2 days.
Shake bottle well.
On the stove top in a pot, add 14 ounces of condensed milk, 2 cups milk and 1 cup white chocolate and use whisk to stir until bubbling on a low to medium heat.
Pour into mugs.
Add one shot candy cane vodka.
Mix and garnish with a candy cane and marshmallows.

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