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Dipped sugar cookie sticks are sweet, tasty, bite-sized snacks. Why not make a double batch and take half to a cookie exchange or the perfect cookies for Santa? Sprinkle decorated cookie sticks also make cute Christmas gifts for friends, neighbours and co-workers. You can customize these Christmas cookie sticks with any sprinkles, chopped nuts or even crushed candy.
Have you made sugar cookies before? Christmas cookie sticks are made with sugar cookie dough and then decorated to make them festive.
More festive baking ideas include chocolate almond horns, white chocolate ginger cookies, crinkle Grinch cookies and cranberry pistachio white chocolate bark.
I love how fun they are to decorate. You can go wild using different colors and shapes of sprinkles. Try white, dark or milk chocolate chips, as you prefer. Although national sugar cookie day is July 9, you’ll find dipped sugar cookie sticks perfect for the winter months too!
Chocolate Dipped Cookie Sticks Ingredients
If you prefer making easy cookies that don’t call for hundreds of ingredients, you’re in luck. Because these Christmas cookie sticks are super-quick and easy!
You’ll need unsalted butter, sugar, egg, all purpose flour, baking powder, salt, and vanilla for the cookies. Then you need sprinkles, nuts, coconut and chocolate chips to decorate them. That’s all! Sugar cookies date back to Persia in the 7th century when sugar was cultivated for the first time on a large scale. These days they’re often found in bakeries during the festive season.
How to Make Chocolate Dipped Sugar Cookies
Got all the ingredients ready and raring to go for these cookie sticks dipped in chocolate? Then it’s time to make your own chocolate dipped cookie sticks. Cream together the sugar and butter in one bowl and mix the dry ingredients in another. Add the flour mixture to the sugar mixture gradually. Next you can mix in the vanilla and egg into the dough mixture.
Chill the dough in the refrigerate on a large cookie sheet for a few hours. Next you can cut it into strips using a sharp knife or a pizza wheel to make the dipped sugar cookie sticks. They’d also work as circles or festive Christmas shapes like bells or baubles, but I love making sticks. The sugar cookie sticks are easier to dunk in homemade latte that way!
If your kitchen is warm, you may want to freeze the strips of dough on a baking sheet for a few minutes before cooking. This helps them hold their shape and not spread out during baking. Once baked and cooled, you can get to the most fun part – the decorating with melted chocolate chips and sprinkles!
Melt chocolate chips for dipping. Unsweetened chocolate or semi-sweet chips will work. You can either use a microwave or put the chocolate in a glass bowl over a pan of simmering water. The microwave method is faster. Once melted chocolate is ready, dip the cookie sticks in there. Then just add some assorted sprinkles. That’s all – your sprinkle decorated cookie sticks are ready for eating, or a cookie exchange, or both!
7 Top Tips for Dipped Sugar Cookie Sticks
- Make sure the butter is at room temperature before you begin. That way it blends more easily with the sugar.
- Make sure you’re using parchment paper on the baking sheets, so the Christmas cookie sticks don’t, well, stick! You only want them stick-like in shape.
- Use real vanilla extract, not synthetic vanilla ‘essence’ – they’re a world apart in flavour and you want the authentic stuff for the best sprinkle decorated cookie sticks.
- Use a sharp knife or pizza cutter to slice the cookies into the stick shape. Make sure the cookie shape is made into equal sizes so they bake consistently.
- Don’t omit the chilling in the refrigerator and later in the freezer. The chocolate dipped cookie sticks will only be cookie exchange worthy if they look good! Skip the chilling and they’re spread out while baking in the oven and not look as neat.
- Only add the melted chocolate to completely cooled cookies.
- Add the sprinkles while the melted chocolate is still wet so they stick. So make sure you have the sprinkles to hand as soon as you’re ready to dip the cookies. Once it’s dry, it’s dry. You could always add another coat though, I guess!
- Vary the type of sprinkles you use. I like to use round sprinkles, long ones, and I add red, white and green sprinkles to make them extra ‘Christmassy’. But get creative and use whatever you prefer. You can also use different kinds of chocolate on these.
Whether you dip these dipped sugar cookie sticks in homemade hot chocolate, a steaming hot latte or a cappuccino, you’re going to love the flavour. Sugar cookies are really simple, which makes them perfect.
Dipped Cookie Sticks Variations
There are sugar cookie recipes with chocolate and sprinkles, ones with frosting or icing and other tasty treats made with sugar cookie dough. As for the decorations, you can change up the cookies in a different way with nuts, sprinkles or even crushed candy canes. It is simple to make in alternate ways to other holidays, too. Just use themed sprinkles. Royal icing could be used instead of melted chocolate. If you want to use cookie cutters instead of making sticks, that is an option, too.
Sugar Cookie Sticks FAQs
Yes, you can bake cookies and then freeze in an airtight container. Add the melted chocolate and sprinkles once thawed. Making cookies ahead this time of year is a timesaver!
Yes, you can use melting wafers or candy melts. Just melt per the package instructions.
Easy Dipped Sugar Cookie Sticks Recipe
Easy Dipped Sugar Cookie Sticks
Ingredients
- 2 1/4 Cups all purpose flour
- 1/2 Teaspoon baking powder
- 1/4 Teaspoon salt
- 3/4 Cup unsalted butter, softened
- 3/4 Cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 Teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 Cup semisweet chocolate chips
- Assorted sprinkles, toast coconut flakes or chopped nuts
Instructions
- In a bowl, whisk the flour, baking powder, and salt together. Set aside.
- In another bowl using a hand mixer or a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat the butter and sugar together on high speed until smooth and creamy.
- Add the egg, and vanilla and beat on high speed until combined.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix on low until combined. If the dough seems too soft for rolling, add a small amount of flour.
- Divide the dough into 2 parts. Place each part on a piece of floured parchment paper or a floured silicone mat. Flour your rolling pin and roll the dough out to a ¼ inch thick rectangle.
- Lightly dust one of the rolled dough pieces with flour. Place a piece of parchment on top. Place the 2nd rolled dough piece on top. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or overnight.
- Once chilled, preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone mats.
- Remove the top dough piece from the refrigerator.
- Using a sharp knife or pizza wheel, cut the dough into strips measuring ½ inch wide by 4 inches long. Repeat with other piece of dough.
- Arrange cookies on baking sheets. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes or until lightly golden around the edges. Rotate the baking sheet after 4 minutes.
- Allow cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes and then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Once the cookies are completely cool, line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Melt the chocolate in the microwave or a double boiler, stirring until smooth.
- Dip the cookies in the chocolate and garnish with assorted sprinkles or toppings. Place the dipped cookie sticks on the baking sheet and allow the chocolate to set until it’s fully hardened.
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Once you know how to make these cookie sticks dipped in chocolate, you’ll want to make them all the time. They’re so quick and easy, and they’re sure to be everyone’s favourite at your next cookie exchange party!
Add these sprinkle cookie sticks to your list of favourite holiday cookie recipes. Great recipes like this are perfect cookies for Santa or cookie platters this holiday season.
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Bella Bucchiotti
Bella Bucchiotti is a Canadian-based syndicated food, travel, and lifestyle writer, photographer, and creator at xoxoBella. She founded xoxoBella in 2015, where she shares her love for food, dogs, sustainability, fitness, crafts, outdoor adventures, travel, and philanthropy to encourage others to run the extra mile, try new recipes, visit unfamiliar places, and stand for a cause. Bella creates stress-free and family-friendly recipes for weeknight dinners and festive feasts.
