Can you turn red velvet cake into a cookie? Though they’re not exactly like red velvet cake, these white chocolate red velvet cookies have the same vanilla, butter, and cocoa flavors as their cake counterpart. Enjoy soft-baked centers, chewy edges, and of course, a generous dip in smooth white chocolate!
A lot of red velvet first timers always ask me… what does it taste like? Is it just red chocolate? Well, to be honest… red velvet tastes like buttery vanilla and cocoa combined; a harmonious marriage of chocolate and vanilla together, if you will. Dip all that into some pure white chocolate and you have one impeccably tempting dessert.
Readers have made these with blue sprinkles for 4th of July or green sprinkles for Christmas. Lots of festive possibilities!
Tinting the cookie dough red is certainly optional. If you skip the red food coloring, the cookies will be light brown and still perfectly festive if you use colorful sprinkles.
. You can control how vibrant the red color is, so use more or less if desired. You can find gel food coloring in craft stores, some grocery stores, or online. (I like Americolor Red Red or Super Red.) Liquid coloring is fine in a pinch, but you need more of it for the color to actually show up. If you’re looking for a natural alternative, use 2 teaspoons of beet powder. I’ve done this successfully with my red velvet chocolate chip cookies. The color stands out a lot more in cookie dough than in cake batter, and you won’t taste it.
By the way, these cookies are wonderful plain without the white chocolate. You could even frost them with cream cheese frosting so it’s truly like a red velvet cake cookie.
Make sure the cookies are relatively cool before you dip them into the white chocolate. And once the chocolate has set, the cookies can be stacked, stored, transported, or gifted.
I don’t recommend using white chocolate chips for the white chocolate dip (see above and recipe note below). However, you could certainly add white chocolate chips to the cookie dough and skip the white chocolate coating. I recommend beating 1 cup (180g) of white chocolate morsels into the cookie dough after you mix in the milk and food coloring.
Red velvet lovers, you are about to enter into cookie heaven. Warning: you may never turn around!
For more festive Valentine’s Day dessert recipes, try my Valentine’s Day Cookies, Sparkle Sweetheart Cookies, and these Nutella-inspired Valentine’s Day Cupcakes!
These are soft & chewy red velvet cake inspired cookies made from scratch. Dip them in white chocolate and finish with festive sprinkles. Do not skip the cookie dough chilling step.
