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White Chocolate Cherry Coconut Cookies

Teresa Ambra

White Chocolate Cherry Coconut Cookies have it all! White chocolate chips, check. Coconut, check. Cherries, check. Texture, check. Chewiness, check. Taste: outrageous, check! I started with one of my favorite Chocolate Chip Cookie recipes. I swapped out white chocolate chips for the chocolate chips. Then I added coconut and dried cherries. Yum.

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White Chocolate Cherry Coconut Cookies are incredible. If you’re a chocolate lover, a cherry lover and a coconut lover, you will adore these lovely cookies. Plus they’re perfect for holiday parties and Christmas Cookie Exchanges. But since they’re made with dried cherries, they can be made anytime of the year.

I made these festive cookies last month to take to my dentist’s office staff for my regular six-month dental cleaning. They love getting sweet treats from their patients. I love making goodies for them. We’ve been going to that office for 18 years so we know everyone quite well. They all have a sweet tooth so they look forward to our visits!  They loved these jewels.

I recommend White Chocolate Cherry Coconut Cookies for your holiday baking as well. They’re beautiful in texture, taste and appearance. Your family and friends are sure to enjoy them as much as my dentist’s office did. Consider baking up a batch of White Chocolate Cherry Coconut Cookies soon and put a big smile on everyone’s face at your house.

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White Chocolate Cherry Coconut Cookies are festive and beautiful for holiday baking.

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These lovely White Chocolate Cherry Coconut Cookies taste as wonderfully as they look!

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Make up a batch of White Chocolate Cherry Coconut Cookies and you will have a bunch of happy campers residing in your home!

Here’s what I did.

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Soften butter. Add sugar, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla.

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Dissolve baking soda in hot water, add mixture with salt to other ingredients in mixing bowl.

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Cream ingredients with an electric mixer until smooth.

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Add UNBLEACHED all-purpose flour. Bleached flour toughens baked goods. Add coconut and white chocolate chips.

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Add dried cherries.

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Stir with a wooden spoon until well combined.

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Spray cookie sheets with cooking spray. Roll dough into balls and place on prepared cookie sheets.

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Bake at 350 for about 15-17 minutes or until done.

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White Chocolate Cherry Coconut Cookies are soft and chewy.

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Each bite of these cookies is so irresistible.

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If you enjoy white chocolate, coconut and cherries, you’ll love these cookies.

WHITE CHOCOLATE CHERRY COCONUT COOKIES

(Recipe inspired from my niece, Heather’s Best Chocolate Chip Cookies)

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White Chocolate Cherry Coconut Cookies

Teresa Ambra
White Chocolate Cherry Coconut Cookies are the ultimate in holiday baking. These festive cookies are filled with white chocolate chips, dried cherries and coconut. They are absolutely scrumptious to the taste buds and will have you drooling from the first bite. If you enjoy cherries, white chocolate and coconut, you'll simply rave over these delectable cookies.
5 from 2 votes
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 17 minutes
Total Time 37 minutes
Course Cookies, Brownies and Bars, Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 60
Calories 129 kcal

Equipment

  • 3 18x26" cookie sheet pans
  • 1 large mixing bowl
  • 1 electric mixer
  • 1 wooden spoon
  • measuring cups
  • measuring spoons
  • 1 large cookie scoop
  • 1 spatula

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup unsalted butter softened
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup light brown sugar packed
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 3 1/2 to 4 cups UNBLEACHED all-purpose flour bleached flour toughens baked goods
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 2 tsp. hot water
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 2 cups white chocolate chips
  • 1 cup coconut
  • 6 oz. dried cherries

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350°.
  • Dissolve baking soda in hot water.
  • Set aside.
  • Cream together the butter, white sugar, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, salt and baking soda mixture with an electric mixer.
  • Stir in flour, white chocolate chips, dried cherries and coconut with a wooden spoon until ingredients are very well combined.
  • Roll into balls and place on cookie sheets that have been sprayed with cooking spray.
  • Bake 15-17 minutes at 350° or until done.
  • Rotate cookie sheet pans on oven racks every seven minutes of baking time.
  • Cool completely.

Notes

NOTE: I accidentally over-softened the butter so I ended up using extra flour to compensate. I recommend using about 3 1/2 cups of flour normally.
 
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Nutrition

Calories: 129kcalCarbohydrates: 18gProtein: 2gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.2gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 16mgSodium: 49mgPotassium: 38mgFiber: 1gSugar: 12gVitamin A: 206IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 21mgIron: 0.5mg
Keyword cherries, cherry dessert, chocolate, chocolate chip cookie, chocolate chips, chocolate dessert, coconut, cookie, dessert, white chocolate chips
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

 

[b]White Chocolate Cherry Coconut Cookies[/b]
Recipe Type: Cookies, Brownies and Bars
Cuisine: American
Author: Teresa Ambra inspired from my niece, Heather’s [url href=”http://cantstayoutofthekitchen.com/2012/12/19/best-chocolate-chip-cookies/” target=”_blank” title=”best chocolate chip cookies”]Best Chocolate Chip Cookies[/url]
Prep time:
Cook time:
Total time:
Serves: 60
These festive cookies are filled with white chocolate chips, dried cherries and coconut. Festive and beautiful cookie for holiday baking.
Ingredients
  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 cup white sugar
  • 1 cup packed brown sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 4 cups UNBLEACHED all-purpose flour (bleached flour toughens baked goods)
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 teaspoons hot water
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 2 cups white chocolate chips
  • 1 cup coconut
  • 6-oz. dried cherries
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350°.
  2. Dissolve baking soda in hot water.
  3. Set aside.
  4. Cream together the butter, white sugar, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, salt and baking soda mixture with an electric mixer.
  5. Stir in flour, white chocolate chips, dried cherries and coconut with a wooden spoon.
  6. Roll into balls and place on cookie sheets that have been sprayed with cooking spray.
  7. Bake 15-17 minutes at 350° or until done.
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Don’t White Chocolate Cherry Coconut Cookies look terrific?

White Chocolate Cherry Coconut Cookies | Can't Stay Out of the Kitchen | these amazing #cookies have it all! They're festive, beautiful and taste incredibly good. Perfect for #holiday parties or #ChristmasCookieExchanges. #tailgating #dessert #ChocolateDessert #WhiteChocolateChips #Cherries #coconut #CherryDessert

These lovely cookies are great for  tailgating parties, baby showers, potlucks or any family get-together.

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The cherries in the cookies will absolutely delight you!

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White Chocolate Cherry Coconut Cookies | Can't Stay Out of the Kitchen | these amazing #cookies have it all! They're festive, beautiful and taste incredibly good. Perfect for #holiday parties or #ChristmasCookieExchanges. #tailgating #dessert #ChocolateDessert #WhiteChocolateChips #Cherries #coconut #CherryDessert

White Chocolate Cherry Coconut Cookies

Teresa Ambra
White Chocolate Cherry Coconut Cookies are the ultimate in holiday baking. These festive cookies are filled with white chocolate chips, dried cherries and coconut. They are absolutely scrumptious to the taste buds and will have you drooling from the first bite. If you enjoy cherries, white chocolate and coconut, you’ll simply rave over these delectable cookies.
5 from 2 votes
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 17 minutes
Total Time 37 minutes
Course Cookies, Brownies and Bars, Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 60
Calories 129 kcal

Equipment

  • 3 18×26" cookie sheet pans
  • 1 large mixing bowl
  • 1 electric mixer
  • 1 wooden spoon
  • measuring cups
  • measuring spoons
  • 1 large cookie scoop
  • 1 spatula

Ingredients
  

  • 1 cup unsalted butter softened
  • 1 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup light brown sugar packed
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 3 1/2 to 4 cups UNBLEACHED all-purpose flour bleached flour toughens baked goods
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 2 tsp. hot water
  • 1/2 tsp. salt
  • 2 cups white chocolate chips
  • 1 cup coconut
  • 6 oz. dried cherries

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350°.
  • Dissolve baking soda in hot water.
  • Set aside.
  • Cream together the butter, white sugar, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla, salt and baking soda mixture with an electric mixer.
  • Stir in flour, white chocolate chips, dried cherries and coconut with a wooden spoon until ingredients are very well combined.
  • Roll into balls and place on cookie sheets that have been sprayed with cooking spray.
  • Bake 15-17 minutes at 350° or until done.
  • Rotate cookie sheet pans on oven racks every seven minutes of baking time.
  • Cool completely.

Notes

NOTE: I accidentally over-softened the butter so I ended up using extra flour to compensate. I recommend using about 3 1/2 cups of flour normally.
 
© Can’t Stay Out of the Kitchen

Nutrition

Calories: 129kcalCarbohydrates: 18gProtein: 2gFat: 6gSaturated Fat: 4gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.2gMonounsaturated Fat: 1gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 16mgSodium: 49mgPotassium: 38mgFiber: 1gSugar: 12gVitamin A: 206IUVitamin C: 0.1mgCalcium: 21mgIron: 0.5mg
Keyword cherries, cherry dessert, chocolate, chocolate chip cookie, chocolate chips, chocolate dessert, coconut, cookie, dessert, white chocolate chips
Tried this recipe?Let us know how it was!

4 Comments

  • Theresa

    December 26, 2023 at 6:39 pm

    5 stars
    These are awesome just as the recipe is written and have the right balance of soft chewy with crispy edges and wonderful flavor. Since they did not last long I made a second batch but added the zest of one orange to take them up a notch. Not that the 2 teaspoons of vanilla in the original recipe did not provide enough flavor, but the orange zest added a little more holiday pizzazz.

    1. Teresa Ambra

      December 27, 2023 at 10:42 am

      Hi Theresa. So glad you enjoyed them especially with the boost of flavor from the orange zest.

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