If you want a fun cookie for your next get together then this funfetti cookie with white chocolate chips is it. It’s a soft thick chewy cookie with white chocolate chips and sprinkles. These are some seriously delicious fun cookies I know you are going to love baking up for your friends and family.
Sometimes your day needs a cookie. With sprinkles. Because I mean who doesn’t love sprinkles am I right? Ok everyday of my life needs a cookie with sprinkles. Yours does too I bet.
I took my favorite cookie recipe, the New York Times chocolate chip cookie recipe and made a few alterations to it to make these white chocolate funfetti cookies. Like birthday cake in a cookie.
Fun. Fun. Fun.
What ingredients do I need to make these funfetti cookies?
These cookies use all the classic ingredients you probably have in your pantry already with the addition of the sprinkles (I mean hello, they re funfetti so we gotta add the fun) and the white chocolate chips.
- All purpose flour
- Baking powder
- Baking soda
- Salt
- Unsalted butter
- Light brown sugar
- Granulated white sugar
- Eggs
- Vanilla extract
- Sprinkles
- White chocolate chips
How to make these White Chocolate Funfetti cookies – step by step
- First start by sifting your dry ingredients- flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
2. Then cream your butter and sugar together. Creaming your butter and sugar helps to add air into the mixture which will help the cookies from spreading.
3. Then add in your eggs one at a time.
5. Then add in your dry ingredients. Be sure to not overmix. And then stir in with a spatula your sprinkles and chocolate chips.
6. This dough needs to chill for 24 to 72 hours. Scoop your cookie dough then chill. Trying to scoop afterwards will take a Herculean effort. And then bake on a parchment lined baking sheet for about 12 minutes. Let the cookies cool for a few minutes once you take them out of the oven, then move them to a cooling rack to cool completely.
Do I need to chill the cookie dough?
Yes! Chilling your dough is like marinating your meat before cooking. It helps to develop the flavors. It will also help with the cookies not spreading as much.
A few tips on making these Funfetti cookies
- Measure your flour correctly. I use the spoon and level method. Meaning I spoon my flour into my cup then level off with a spatula or the back of a knife. By measuring your incorrectly means you could end up with more flour then you want. Added flour in your cookie recipe means your cookie may end up cakier or tougher than you would like.
- You need to use room temperature butter so your dough is properly creamed and aerated. To soften your butter quickly, here are 3 quick ways.
- Make sure to use room temperature eggs so they are easily incorporated into the cookie dough. I place mine into a bowl of warm water for 10 minutes before using them.
- The dough is chilled. Chilling the dough will help having the cookies spread less in the oven.
Can I make these cookies ahead of time?
Yes! The great thing about these cookies (and all scoop and bake cookies) is that they freeze so well! I freeze my cookie dough first uncovered for about 30 minutes. Then place them in a zip-loc bag. You can have cookies whenever you need them. Because seriously some days just need a cookie, don’t they?
And they super easy to pull out of the freezer and pop into the oven. Just simply bake them for a couple minutes longer, no need to thaw!
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Funfetti White Chocolate Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 3 2/3 cup (440 grams) all purpose flour
- 1 ¼ teaspoons baking soda
- 1 ½ teaspoons baking powder
- 1 ½ teaspoons coarse salt
- 20 tablespoons (1 1/4 cups, 283 grams) unsalted butter softened
- 1 ¼ cups (10 ounces, 267 grams) light brown sugar
- 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons (8 ounces, 223 grams) granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs room temperature
- 2 teaspoons natural vanilla extract
- 1 cup sprinkles
- 2 cups white chocolate chips
Instructions
- Whisk flour, baking soda, baking powder, and salt into a bowl. Set aside.
- Using a mixer fitted with paddle attachment, cream butter and sugars together until very light, about 5 minutes.
- Add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each addition. Stir in the vanilla..
- Reduce speed to low, add dry ingredients and mix until just combined, 5 to 10 seconds.
- Stir in the white chocolate chips and sprinkles in and incorporate them without breaking them.
- Scoop dough into 1-inch balls, place a second 1-inch ball on top for a tall cookie. Repeat with rest of dough and refrigerate for 24 to 36 hours. Dough may be used in batches, and can be refrigerated for up to 72 hours.
- When ready to bake, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a nonstick baking mat. Set aside.
- Bake until golden brown but still soft, 12 to 15 minutes. Transfer sheet to a wire rack for 10 minutes, then slip cookies onto another rack to cool a bit more. Repeat with remaining dough, or reserve dough, refrigerated, for baking remaining batches the next day.
Notes
- Measure your flour correctly. I use the spoon and level method. Meaning I spoon my flour into my cup then level off with a spatula or the back of a knife. By measuring your incorrectly means you could end up with more flour then you want. Added flour in your cookie recipe means your cookie may end up cakier or tougher than you would like. Â
- The dough is chilled. Chilling the dough will help having the cookies spread less in the oven.
- The dough is scooped into tall mounds of dough. By scooping the dough this way, you will have thick and taller cookies than if you just simply scooped them and placed them on the cookie sheet.Â
Robin says
Under the pictures it says to bake for 18 to 22 minutes but under the recipe it says 12 to 15 minutes. Which is it?
Heather says
My apologies – 12 to 15 in the recipe is correct.
Lori says
Such a good recipe! It’s become a favorite. I prefer this over the funfetti recipes that call for a pudding mix.
Heather says
aw thanks Lori for such a wonderful review…glad you love the cookies!
Lori M says
This has become a family favorite. In the US we don’t typically measure by weight but I’ve been doing it that way with this recipe. I feel like it’s more accurate that way. It would be easy the change sprinkle colors to coordinate events or holidays.
Taylor Smith says
What a great idea to change the color of the sprinkles depending on the event/party!
Madison says
The steps that are accompanied by the pictures misses the step for mixing in the vanilla, but the recipe with instructions has it so I didn’t miss it but beware if you make these yourself not to make the accident I almost did.
The cookies are phenomenal. The recipe makes a lot of cookies but luckily friends and family are eager to take some home with them!
Heather says
So glad you loved them Madison! And thank you for letting me know about the mistake I’ll be sure to fix that 🙂
Ashley Chastain says
nevermind I see I didn’t put the correct amount of butter! I don’t know how I missed that! Trying to fix it, hopefully it will turn out!
Heather says
Hi Ashley! The dough will be a bit thicker then what you might be used to. But You could always do a test cookie to see how they turn out. If the cookies don’t spread much then you may have added too much flour. Hope that helps!
Ashley says
is the dough supposed to me thick like sugar cookie dough or have I messed up somewhere? I can’t figure it out if I did so thought I would ask!
Elleanor says
Amazing cookies! So delicious we can’t stop eating them! I halved the batch and put dough in the freezer for 20 minutes before baking, turned out great. Thank you!
Heather says
Hi Eleanor! Aw that’s wonderful! I’m so glad you loved them! And yes I love freezing my cookie dough too for when the cravings hit. 🙂
Ace says
AWE-SOME recipe! These cookies are FABULOUS, and especially cool you can bake half the batch, then freeze the other half for a cookie or two now and then. I did only use half cup of white sugar and they were still super duper sweet.
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Aw thank you Ace! I’m so glad you liked the recipe! Yes freezing cookies is a game changer 🙂