These White Chocolate Coconut Cream Cheese Cookies are loaded with white chocolate, crispy on the outside, chewy on the inside and packed with rich flavor.
This is the type of cookie my husband likes…you have white chocolate, coconut and a crispy-chewy texture. Baking cream cheese right into the dough keeps the texture soft in the center, but the edges crisp up so everyone’s a winner.
They are really quite unassuming looking…but I have to say, quiet cookies are usually the best cookies. Add too many fancy drizzles, candies or sprinkles and it’s like you’re trying to cover up something. They’re like cookie make-up.
These guys are just sitting in the corner waiting around for you to come to your senses and choose them. Sure, have your fun with sprinkles, but we all know you just want a delicious cookie that you can eat in your elastic pants and feel happy about. These cookies are a more “long term relationship”, not a fling. They want you to take them home to meet mom. And you should.
White Chocolate Coconut Cream Cheese Cookies
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Chill Time: 2 hours
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Total Time: 2 hours 22 minutes
- Yield: 24 cookies 1x
- Category: Cookies
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: Dessert
Description
Crispy on the outside and chewy on the inside and boasts a flavor fusion that’s utterly irresistible.
Ingredients
- 6 tablespoons butter, room temperature
- 3 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
- 3/4 cup light brown sugar
- 1 egg + 1 egg yolk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup shredded sweetened coconut
- 1 cup white chocolate chips
Instructions
- In a medium-sized bowl, combine butter, cream cheese, and sugar and mix with paddle attachment on medium speed for 2 minutes.
- Add in egg and yolk, vanilla, salt, and baking soda and continue mixing until combined.
- Turn mixer to low and add in flour, mixing until just incorporated.
- Add in coconut and white chocolate.
- Chill dough for at least 2 hours or overnight.
- When ready to bake cookies, preheat the oven to 350°F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Using a medium (2- tablespoon sized) cookie scoop, place dough 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake cookies for 10-12 minutes until edges are golden and centers are set.
- Allow cookies to cool for 5 minutes on the baking sheet before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
Store cookies airtight at room temperature for up to 3 days for best freshness.
Freeze cookies airtight for up to 2 months. Thaw at room temperature.
This combination sounds so good. I would have never thought of it. I can`t wait to make them.
I followed this recipe as written and I ended up with a crumbly bunch of ingredients instead of a “dough”. It seemed like there was too much flour or not enough liquid? Either way, my crumbly mixture wouldn’t hold together unless I pressed them into balls and then they wouldn’t flatten out when I tried to bake them. HELP!! I was really looking forward to scarfing a few of these down (not to mention my husband’s disappointment!). Love your site and hope to hear from you! Debra
I had the same problem and would love some advice too!
The recipe has a typo… should be one egg plus one yolk. I will get the recipe fixed asap… my fault! So sorry!
I made these with the one egg and one egg yolk but I had similar results….
I had same issue
I had the same issues….dry & not good. I did use one egg & one yolk…actually 2 of each as they looked so good I doubled the recipe. There’s either too much flour or not enough butter in this recipe…either way, epic fail 🙁
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Oh my word, these cookies are amazing!
Fabulous! My two favorite ingredients, White Chocolate and Coconut, you can’t go wrong there! 😉
I love making cookies on Sundays, I’m definitely trying these! Haha and I’ll definitely take them to meet mom. And probably the rest of the family. Things could get serious fast, they should probably be introduced.
I would love some with coffee..they look lovely
I’m guilty of too often saying I love a recipe and really want to try it and then never getting round to it. Every so often though I find one that makes me 100% sure without a doubt that it is the next one I’ll be making, and it really does get made. This is one such recipe. I like how it isn’t as high in sugar as a lot of other cookie recipes too 🙂
Your recipes are wonderful
Thank you!!
They look magical Shelly! I love soft and chewy cookies and those brown edges – yum.