Chocolate Dipped Shortbread Cookies

Get ready for the Christmas cookie season! Whether you love baking or not, we've got a deliciously easy solution for you.

Introducing Chocolate Dipped Shortbread Cookies - the perfect choice for those who want to make impressive Christmas cookies without the stress of countless recipes.

The base cookie recipe is easy to make and you can decorate these shortbread Christmas cookies in many ways. They make a great cookie exchange recipe!

You can take this one very easy Shortbread Cookie recipe and turn it into four or even more different Christmas cookies just by the way you decorate them.

You could even change the entire flavor note of the shortbread cookie by adding lemon zest or orange zest to the cookie recipe.

I only made four different types of Christmas cookies for this Easy Chocolate Dipped Shortbread Cookie post but you could make so many other different cookies by using different colored candy melts and sprinkles to top the shortbread cookies.

6 More Ways to Decorate Christmas Shortbread Cookies

• White Candy Melts with crushed candy canes
• White Candy Melts with a drizzle or red or green candy melts.
• White Candy Melts with red or green sprinkles.
• Dark Cocoa Candy Melts with candied orange zest.
• Dark Cocoa Candy Melts with crushed candy cane
• Red Candy Melts with a drizzle of green Candy Melts.

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• How to Host a Christmas Cookie Exchange: I share all the tips and tricks to plan a beautiful cookie exchange. I’ve been hosting cookie exchanges for over 20 years!
• DIY Christmas Cookie Exchange Thank You Gift: Here I show you how I make cute cookie exchange party favors for all of my cookie exchange guests to take home with them.
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• Christmas Cookie Exchange Take Home Cookie Bags: I’ll show you how you can make easy cookie exchange treat bags for everyone to package up the cookie exchange cookies to take home.
• Christmas Cookie Exchange Invitations: Print the free printable cookie exchange invitations here.
• Christmas Cookie Exchange Recipe Cards: You can print out these cookie exchange recipe cards for your guests to write their cookie exchange recipes on to share with the party. Or the cookie exchange hostess can write her Christmas cookie exchange recipe for everyone to take home a copy. Or attach it to the cookie exchange take-home boxes with a piece of ribbon with the cookie exchange thank you gift.
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How To Make Chocolate Dipped Shortbread Cookies

Ingredients

• Shortbread Cookie Recipe I used this Shortbread Cookie Recipe from Veena Azmanov
• Wilton Light Cocoa Candy Melts
• Christmas Sprinkles
• Slice Almonds, chopped
• Andes Peppermint Baking Bits
• 2 teaspoons Crisco shortening
•  Wilton 12 inch Decorating bag or a quart size plastic bag.

Shortbread Cookie Directions

1. Bake the Shortbread Cookie recipe following the directions.
2. Allow cookies to cool completely.
3. Place ½ cup of the Wilton Candy Melts into a Wilton decorating bag or a quart size ziplock bag and add the Crisco shortneing. If using a decorator bag secure the top with a rubber band. If using a sandwich bag twist the top up and secure with a rubber band.
4. Melt the candy melts in the microwave at 10 second intervals until liquid. Or place the bag is a pot of water on the stove set at the lowest setting and allow to melt.
5. Once the candy melts are melted squash the bag until the shortening has been mixed in with the melted candy melts making the chocolate thinner.
6. Snip a tiny hole in the corner or bottom of the bag and drizzle on to a cookie.
7. Immediately dip or sprinkle, chopped nuts, Christmas color sprinkles or Andes candy on the melted candy coating.
8. Decorate one cookie at a time and add the topping before the candy coating begins to harden.
9. Set each cookie onto a cooling rack or parchment paper covered cookie sheet.
10. Allow the candy coating to harden completely before storing in a single layer in an air tight container.
11. Place a sheet of parchment or wax paper between the cookie layers to prevent damage.
12. Makes 18-24 cookies depending on how big you make them.

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Chocolate Dipped Shortbread Cookies

Arlene Mobley - Flour On My Face

Shortbread cookies are so easy to make. You can decorate them in so many ways. Just dip them in melted chocolate and add some sprinkles. This easy cookie exchange recipe will be a big hit.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 12 minutes mins

Total Time 22 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings 24 cookies

Calories 90 kcal

Equipment

• Wilton 12 inch Piping Bag

Ingredients  

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• ▢ 1 batch Shortbread Cookie Recipe I used this Shortbread Cookie Recipe from Veena Azmanov
• ▢ 1 bag Wilton Light Cocoa Candy Melts
• ▢ 1 bottle Christmas Sprinkles
• ▢ ¼ cup Slice Almonds (chopped)
• ▢ 1 bag Andes Peppermint Baking Bits
• ▢ 2 teaspoons Crisco shortening

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Instructions 

• Bake the Shortbread Cookies following the directions.
• Allow cookies to cool completely.
• Place ½ cup of the Wilton Candy Melts into a Wilton decorating bag or a quart size ziplock bag and add the Crisco shortneing. If using a decorator bag secure the top with a rubber band. If using a sandwich bag twist the top up and secure with a rubber band.
• Melt the candy melts in the microwave at 10 second intervals until liquid. Or place the bag is a pot of water on the stove set at the lowest setting and allow to melt.
• Once the candy melts are melted squash the bag until the shortening has been mixed in with the melted candy melts making the chocolate thinner.
• Snip a tiny hole in the corner or bottom of the bag and drizzle on to a cookie.
• Immediately dip or sprinkle, chopped nuts, Christmas color sprinkles or Andes candy on the melted candy coating.
• Decorate one cookie at a time and add the topping before the candy coating begins to harden.
• Set each cookie onto a cooling rack or parchment paper covered cookie sheet.
• Allow the candy coating to harden completely before storing in a single layer in an air tight container.
• Place a sheet of parchment or wax paper between the cookie layers to prevent damage.

Recipe Expert Tips

• Get the shortbread cookie recipe.
• Makes 18-24 cookies depending on how big you make them.

Nutrition

Serving: 2CookiesCalories: 90kcalCarbohydrates: 15gProtein: 1gFat: 3gSaturated Fat: 2gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 1mgSodium: 9mgPotassium: 22mgFiber: 1gSugar: 12gVitamin A: 1IUCalcium: 4mgIron: 1mg

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