Description
Scrumptious holiday delight cookie platter delivers festive cheer from classic butter cookies to chocolate-dipped treats. Festive flavors and delicate textures invite winter celebration with family and friends you’ll cherish.
Ingredients
Scale
- 12 oz (340 g) melting chocolate wafers
- 12 oz (340 g) milk or dark chocolate
- 12 oz (340 g) green candy melts
- 30 sugar wafer cookies
- 1 cup peppermint pieces
- 12 oz (340 g) pretzels
- Red M&M candies
- Candy eyes
- Sprinkles
- Green sanding sugar
- Red heart sprinkles
Instructions
- Chocolate Mastery: Melt chocolate using a double boiler or microwave, stirring consistently to achieve a silky, lump-free texture.
- Cookie Enhancement: Dip wafer cookies into molten chocolate, coating three-quarters of each cookie. Gently remove excess chocolate, ensuring an elegant, even layer.
- Festive Decoration: While chocolate remains wet, embellish cookies with sprinkles, edible glitter, or crushed candy canes. Arrange decorated cookies on a parchment-lined tray to solidify.
- Whimsical Character Design: Transform cookies into charming reindeer by positioning pretzel pieces as antlers, attaching candy eyes, and adding a vibrant red candy nose.
- Chromatic Holiday Variation: Create colorful variations using green candy melts, coating cookies uniformly. Elevate their festive appeal by sprinkling green sanding sugar and tiny red heart-shaped decorations.
- Peppermint Bark Crafting: Spread melted chocolate on a parchment sheet to form a smooth base. Scatter crushed peppermint pieces across the surface. Allow complete solidification before breaking into delectable fragments.
Notes
- Master Chocolate Melting: Use gentle heat and constant stirring to prevent burning, ensuring a silky smooth texture without scorching.
- Strategic Cookie Coating: Dip wafers at a three-quarter angle for an elegant, professional-looking finish with minimal chocolate drips.
- Speedy Decoration Technique: Add embellishments immediately after coating while chocolate remains wet to guarantee perfect adhesion of sprinkles and decorative elements.
- Chill and Set Smartly: Allow decorated cookies to rest on parchment paper at room temperature or briefly refrigerate to expedite chocolate hardening and maintain crisp design details.
- Prep Time: 25 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Mixing
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 13
- Calories: 220
- Sugar: 20 g
- Sodium: 150 mg
- Fat: 10 g
- Saturated Fat: 6 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 30 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 2 g
- Cholesterol: 5 mg