Name: White Chocolate Peppermint Mocha Cookies
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 12 min
Total time: 42 min
Yield: 40
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 1/4 cups All-Purpose Flour; 1/4 teaspoon Salt; 1/2 teaspoon Baking Soda; 1 1/2 tablespoons Coffee Grounds; 1/2 cup Sugar; 1/2 cup Light Brown Sugar; 14 tablespoons Unsalted Butter, Room temperature; 2 Eggs, Room temperature; 2 teaspoons Pure Vanilla Extract; 1 teaspoon Peppermint Extract; 3/4 cup Green Mint Chips; 3/4 cup White Chocolate Chips

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These white chocolate peppermint mocha cookies turn two Starbucks drinks into one cookie. They're fluffy and cakey, with white chocolate and mint chips stirred right in.

Stack of white chocolate peppermint cookies showing coffee specks.

If you love the white chocolate mocha and the peppermint mocha at Starbucks, here are both in cookie form. Coffee grounds go straight into the dough for real coffee flavor. White chocolate chips and mint chips do the rest.

The texture is fluffy and cakey. They're a good fit for cookie season and for anyone who likes a little coffee in their dessert.

A Starbucks White Chocolate Mocha in Cookie Form

These cookies started with two Starbucks orders: the white chocolate mocha and, in winter, the peppermint mocha. Both flavors go into one cookie here.

This isn't the first coffee drink turned into dessert. The vanilla bean latte cupcakes came from the same idea.

Want the drink too? Here's how to make an iced white chocolate mocha at home.

Broken white chocolate peppermint mocha cookie to show inside cakey texture.

These Cookies Are Cakey, Not Fudgy

A lot of mocha cookies are dense and fudgy, close to a brownie. These bake up differently. They're light, with a soft, cakey crumb.

The flavor is coffee first, from the grounds in the dough, with white chocolate and mint alongside. If you came here expecting a rich chocolate cookie, you may want to take a look at my chocolate peppermint chip cookies instead.

What You'll Need

The full list and amounts are in the recipe card below. These are the ingredients that give the cookies their flavor.

Coffee grounds. Stirred right into the dry mix for real coffee flavor. They're the tiny black specks you can see in the cookies. I used Trader Joe's Wintry Blend, which is blended with peppercorns, cloves, and cinnamon, so the extra spice may have added a little something. It's not required. Any grounds work.
Green mint chips. They bring the mint flavor and give the cookies their green color.
White chocolate chips. The white chocolate side of the white chocolate mocha.
Peppermint extract. Adds peppermint flavor to go with the mint chips.

Platter of white chocolate peppermint mocha cookies inspired by Starbucks drinks.

How to Make White Chocolate Peppermint Mocha Cookies

Start by whisking the flour, salt, baking soda, and coffee grounds together. Putting the grounds in with the dry ingredients spreads them evenly through the dough, so you get coffee flavor and those little specks in every cookie.

Cream the butter and both sugars until light and fluffy. This step adds air and sets up the cakey texture. Mix in the vanilla and peppermint extracts, then add the eggs one at a time so each one works in fully before the next.

Add the dry mix and stir until just combined. Stop as soon as the flour disappears. Overmixing works the flour too much and firms up the cookies. Fold in the white chocolate chips and mint chips by hand.

Scoop about 2 tablespoons per cookie and press each mound slightly. Bake at 350°F for 10 to 12 minutes, then move them to a cooling rack. Once cooled, sprinkle red confetti quins on top for a festive look.

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