Description
Classic Polar Bear Cookies invite winter magic onto your dessert plate, blending sweet chocolate and marshmallow textures. Crisp snowflake shapes and delicate white frosting bring nostalgic charm to holiday baking experiences you’ll treasure.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 cups white chocolate chips or candy melts
- 1 ½ cups (375 ml) all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup (150 g) granulated sugar
- ½ cup (1 stick or 113 g) unsalted butter, softened
- 1 large egg
- Mini marshmallows
- Candy eyes
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ¼ tsp salt
- Mini chocolate chips or black edible pearls
- Optional: Red or blue sprinkles
Instructions
- Dough Preparation: Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, then blend in egg and vanilla until smooth and homogeneous. Separately, combine flour, baking powder, and salt, then gradually incorporate into the wet mixture to create a uniform dough.
- Cookie Formation: Preheat oven to 350F (175C) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Shape dough into tablespoon-sized balls, spacing them two inches apart on the sheet. Gently flatten each ball with your palm to create a slight disc shape.
- Baking Process: Slide the baking sheet into the preheated oven and bake for 10-12 minutes until edges turn delicately golden. Transfer cookies to a wire rack and allow to cool completely.
- Chocolate Coating: Melt white chocolate chips in short microwave bursts, stirring between intervals to achieve a smooth, glossy consistency. Carefully dip each cooled cookie into the melted chocolate, ensuring complete coverage.
- Decorative Detailing: While chocolate coating remains wet, attach two mini marshmallows at the top of each cookie to create bear ears. Position candy eyes and a mini chocolate chip or pearl to form the nose. Optional embellishments like sprinkles can be added for extra character.
- Finishing Touch: Let cookies rest at room temperature until the white chocolate sets completely. For quicker setting, refrigerate for 10-15 minutes before serving.
Notes
- Butter Softening Technique: Ensure butter is at room temperature but not melting for the perfect creamy base, which helps create a smoother, more uniform cookie dough.
- Chocolate Melting Precision: Use short 15-second microwave intervals and stir thoroughly between each cycle to prevent chocolate from burning or becoming grainy.
- Cookie Shaping Pro Tip: Roll dough balls consistently and flatten gently to guarantee even baking and uniform cookie appearance.
- Decorating with Patience: Work quickly when adding marshmallow ears and decorations while the white chocolate is still wet to ensure proper adhesion and a clean polar bear design.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 25
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 10 g
- Sodium: 50 mg
- Fat: 7 g
- Saturated Fat: 4 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 20 g
- Fiber: 0 g
- Protein: 1 g
- Cholesterol: 15 mg