Ritz Cracker Peppermint Cookies

Cool fresh mint, hardened and creamy white chocolate, and a crisp and salty Ritz Cracker all combine in one bite in these Ritz Cracker Peppermint Cookies, an easy no-bake holiday freezer dessert.

Ritz Cracker Peppermint Cookies

These are super easy and addicting. They’re pretty light too, so it is extremely easy to pop them like popcorn.

They remind me of Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies. How many of you store your thin mints in the freezer? People are usally either vehemently opposed to this or consider it the only way to eat them. I’m in the “it’s the only way to eat them” camp. I don’t like them at room temperature.

Anyway, these are meant to be stored in the freezer and eaten ice cold.

This is the third freezer dessert I’ve posted. The others include:

• Lorna Doone Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars
• Ritz Cracker Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies

Freezer desserts are a major part of my family’s Christmas food traditions. I guess they’re just convenient, easy, and can be somewhat hidden from view.

This doesn’t stop them from being devoured really quickly though. Especially these. They’re just addicting. The cool fresh mint, the hardened and creamy white chocolate, and the crisp and salty Ritz Cracker all combine in one bite. For me, I think it’s the salty-sweet combo that keeps me coming back for more.

Next week I’ll move on to baked Christmas cookies. One of them (Cheesecake Cookies) I’ve never come across anywhere else. I have no idea where the recipe originated from and I’ve never found a similar one.

The other one (Snickerdoodle Cookies) is as common as dirt but I’m still going to share it because it’s part of my Christmas. What are your family’s Christmas treat traditions?

Other Christmas Treats

• Ritz Cracker Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies
• Ritz Cracker Peppermint Cookies
• Cheesecake Cookies
• Snickerdoodle Cookies
• Matcha Frosted Sugar Cookies
• Pistachio Ice Cream Sandwiches with Thin Mint Cookies
• S’mores Chocolate Chip Cookies
• Bradshaw Cookies: A Sour Cream Cookie with Cream Cheese Frosting
• Maple Bacon Ginger Oatmeal Scotchies
• Lorna Doone Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars
• Peppermint Espresso Brownies
• White Chocolate Latte
• Spiced Mocha Hot Chocolate with Curry Paste
• Holiday Mulled Wine
• Mint Mojito Irish Coffee
• Chocolate Cookies with Peppermint Chips

5 from 3 votes

Ritz Cracker Peppermint Cookies

Cool fresh mint, hardened and creamy white chocolate, and a crisp and salty Ritz Cracker all combine in one bite in these Ritz Cracker Peppermint Cookies, an easy no bake holiday freezer dessert.

Servings 62 cookies

Cook Time 30 mins

Ingredients

• 10 ounces white chocolate melting wafers I use Ghirardelli
• 1 teaspoon peppermint extract
• 62 Ritz Crackers two sleeves

Instructions

• Melt the chocolate wafers in a double boiler until smooth, stirring with a rubber spatula. Once the chocolate is melted, add the peppermint extract, mixing until incorporated.
  
• Dip the crackers in the melted chocolate and place on a cookie sheet. Sprinkle with red or green sprinkles. Once the sheet is full, place it in the freezer until the cookies are frozen.
• Store in a zip lock bag in the freezer.

Notes

Sometimes simply dipping the crackers doesn’t get the chocolate on the cracker. I usually drop the cracker in the chocolate, flip it around a couple of times with forks or small tongs, and then pull it out. Tapping the fork or tongs against the side of the double broiler gets the excess chocolate off the cracker.

Author: Megan Wells

Course: Desserts

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