These white chocolate and peanut butter cookies are so delicious and simple to make! The perfect sweet treat with sprinkles. They bring all of the sparkle and magic! Perfect for holiday gift-giving and cookie gift exchanges.
If you’re looking for fun treats or desserts for the holiday season or a special occasion, check out these delicious, Homemade Semi-Sweet Chocolate Peanut Clusters, these Baked Honeycrisp Apples with Brown Sugar and Butter-Pecan Topping as well as this Peppermint Oreo Bark and Christmas Butterscotch Crunch!
Holidays are the perfect time to share the love in delicious ways. From Christmas holidays to Valentine’s Day we know everyone loves sweet treats. Starting in December: cards, cookies, boxes of chocolates, and sweet treats galore are always in abundance. I mean…who doesn’t love chocolate?
Homemade with Love
Years ago we decided to skip the crowds and cook at home for Valentine’s Day. When you’ve worked in the hospitality/restaurant industry for years, you don’t miss the long lines and wait. I usually pick up some type of sweet treat, but since this is not like previous Valentine’s Day celebrations, I decided I wanted to make special treats for LOVE day. Which is every day around here!
Treat Yourself
There’s something exciting and special about creating your own treats for Valentine’s Day. I decided I wanted to make cookies! These aren’t your traditional chocolate chip or sugar cookies or whatnot. They are oh so perfect—and made with love! They can be for the love of your life, your family, your friends, or even yourself! That’s right—treat yo’self!
When HB took his first bite, he was completely mesmerized. He kept saying…”You made cookies! They are so good!” He sounded like a kid who had just opened his first present on Christmas Day. He LOVED them! He sincerely said they reminded him of Oreo cookies. Sans the cream, add the peanut butter filling. You know, the ones dipped in White Fudge. All though, I haven’t mastered how to create my own version of Oreos yet (and honestly I probably won’t, because I love them just as they are)—I’m flattered. These White Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies are so delicious and fun to make! They can also be prepared gluten-free! Did I mention easy?
When worlds collide
Y’all know over here we love easy-to-follow recipes. These cookies are made with two (of a few) favorite things: Golden Round Crackers (like Ritz-style crackers) and Peanut Butter — meshed together and dipped in melted white chocolate chips (you can also use white almond bark) to create something so deliciously amazing. Add a few shakes of sparkles and magic (AKA sprinkles) and you will fall in love! Instantaneously. They are perfectly accompanied by a glass of milk! By the way, if you can’t find red or pink sprinkles, check out this post to see how you can make your own! They can be made with sugar or stevia.
What’s so unique about these cookies?
The fact that these cookies are made using buttery, crisp golden round crackers then swagged out in White Chocolate drip! They also take no time to prepare! You can use any brand of buttery, crispy round-style crackers like Ritz. Also, feel free to try out different nut butter. They will still be delicious!
Make sure you check out these Two-Ingredient Dough Mardi Gras Cinnamon Rolls!
Gluten-Free Options
You can find gluten-free buttery-style crackers here. Most peanut butter and white chocolate is already gluten-free so please read the label to make sure the brand you are using is GF before preparing.
WHITE CHOCOLATE VS. ALMOND BARK
I prefer using premium melted white chocolate baking chips for this recipe, but you also have the option for using almond bark.
Almond Bark: If you use White/Vanilla Almond Bark, you do not need to add oil.
Melting white chocolate in the microwave? Make sure to heat the chocolate in increments of 30 seconds, stir and repeat, until fully melted. Add about 2 teaspoons of canola/vegetable oil for every 8 ounces. This will make your chocolate smooth and keep it from becoming hard.
How Do I Store These Treats?
If you plan to consume them within the week, they can be stored in an air-tight container. These cookies also store well in the freezer. Please make sure you layer them with wax paper in between them.
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White Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies
Ingredients
- ½ Bar White Almond Bark (12 ounces) or 11 oz pack of white chocolate baking chips (see note when using baking chips)
- 48 Golden Round and Buttery Crackers
- 3/4 cup of peanut butter creamy
- colorful sprinkles, totally optional I used red and pink
- 1 teaspoon unflavored oil (such as canola oil) NOTE: Only use oil if you're using white chocolate baking chips
Instructions
- Sandwich a generous amount of peanut butter in between two golden round crackers.
- Place 24 of the sandwich crackers on wax paper, leaving space between each one.
- Line a baking sheet (approximately 15" x 10") with wax paper.
- Next, melt chocolate in microwave-safe bowl until completely melted (do this in 15 to 30 second increments, stirring).
- ***Note only for white chocolate baking chips**** Add canola oil to melted white chocolate and stir until completely combined.
- Dip peanut butter crackers in melted white chocolate or almond bark. Submerge until fully coated.
- Using a fork, place the "cookie" on a wax paper lined baking sheet.
- After they have set about 30 seconds, sprinkle "cookies" with your favorite sprinkles combination.
- Place pan in the freezer for approximately 20 minutes.
- Serve and enjoy!
Notes
- You can use an 11 ounce pack of Baking White Chocolate Chips like Ghirardelli, melted in increments instead of almond bark.
- ***Note only for white chocolate baking chips**** Add canola oil to melted white chocolate and stir until completely combined. This will help the chocolate melt smoothly.
- Use can use whatever color sprinkles your heart desires. If it’s holiday season, use red and green sprinkles!
February is also Black History Month!
I’m excited to share that my Crispy Oven Okra with Lemon-Dill and Garlic Aioli is featured on Paper.com as one of 33 Amazing Soul Food Recipes to Honor and Celebrate Black History Month. You can find this incredible round-up here!
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In honor of my Dad, because he loved peanut butter crackers and cookies!
Love the combination of ingredients in this cookies. So delicious and pretty
My dad used to make something similar for the holidays when I was a kid. I can’t wait to make your version with the sprinkles, they are so cute! Thanks for sharing this recipe.
So pretty and festive! Can’t resist a totally coated cookie like this!
How can something so simple be so delicious!! I am obsessed with these cookies. Thanks for the awesome recipe!
I’ve added these white chocolate peanut butter cookies to my Christmas cookie list. They sound delicious and look so festive!