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Dark Chocolate Dipped Funfetti Shortbread Cookies

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I'm on my way to Utah to spend time with friends and I wanted to share these cookies with them (I have some in my carry-on) and with you. I love love sending cookies to friends, been sending a bunch this year. For birthdays, just because, broken bones or just to say hi. I love sending cookies because it's like sending a little bit of myself to friends who live too far for me to pick up the phone and say let's get coffee, let's do lunch THIS WEEK…I can't be with them in person so I'm sending them a smile.

I love sending them so much, on a whim yesterday, I posted a giveaway on both facebook and instagram…one winner on each site and I'll send a dozen of these wonderful DoubleTree Hotel Chocolate Chip Cookies! PS If you're a food blogger, be sure to sign up for the Great Food Blogger Cookie Swap, sign ups are in full swing and we hope to beat the amount of almost $14,000 raised last year for Cookies for Kid's Cancer!

Dark Chocolate Dipped Funfetti Shortbread Cookies from thelittlekitchen.net

These cookies are a variation on Lindsay's cookies from the cookie swap last year. I tweaked them a little bit and added sprinkles! And chocolate!

A couple of months ago, I went to Asheville for Food Blog Forum and was fortunate to get to meet Jael (co-owner of French Broad Chocolates) and they gave all of the attendees a brick of chocolate. Seriously, amazing…they bring these cookies up another level! I told Jael I will return to Asheville and I will!

Dark Chocolate Dipped Funfetti Shortbread Cookies from thelittlekitchen.netDark Chocolate Dipped Funfetti Shortbread Cookies from thelittlekitchen.net

I'm seriously obsessed with this 2-cup measuring cup. I also bought a 1 1/2 and a 3 cup one too! Ever since I saw Ree mention it on her Food Network show, I had to get them. Saves a lot of time measuring!

Dark Chocolate Dipped Funfetti Shortbread Cookies from thelittlekitchen.net

Whisk the flour, salt and cornstarch.

Dark Chocolate Dipped Funfetti Shortbread Cookies from thelittlekitchen.net

Beat the butter, sugar and vanilla extract.

Dark Chocolate Dipped Funfetti Shortbread Cookies from thelittlekitchen.net

Add the flour in batches and mix with your hand mixer.

Dark Chocolate Dipped Funfetti Shortbread Cookies from thelittlekitchen.net

But just until combined, don't overmix it!

Dark Chocolate Dipped Funfetti Shortbread Cookies from thelittlekitchen.net

Add sprinkles! I use A LOT of them. Mix with a rubber spatula.

Dark Chocolate Dipped Funfetti Shortbread Cookies from thelittlekitchen.net

Split the dough in half and roll into rounded logs in plastic wrap.

Dark Chocolate Dipped Funfetti Shortbread Cookies from thelittlekitchen.net

Once you have a nice log…

Dark Chocolate Dipped Funfetti Shortbread Cookies from thelittlekitchen.net

Peel the plastic wrap and

Dark Chocolate Dipped Funfetti Shortbread Cookies from thelittlekitchen.net

Get a new piece of wrap and add sprinkles…because you want sprinkles on the edges of the cookies.

Dark Chocolate Dipped Funfetti Shortbread Cookies from thelittlekitchen.net

Chill the dough for at least three hours.

Dark Chocolate Dipped Funfetti Shortbread Cookies from thelittlekitchen.net

Cut them into 1/2 to 3/4-inch cookies. Place on parchment paper and bake for 10 to 12 minutes.

Dark Chocolate Dipped Funfetti Shortbread Cookies from thelittlekitchen.net

Let them cool completely before dipping them in chocolate!

Dark Chocolate Dipped Funfetti Shortbread Cookies from thelittlekitchen.net

Let the excess chocolate drip back into the bowl. I put them in the fridge for at least 20 minutes and for transporting or shipping, I put them in the freezer for 20 to 30 minutes.

Dark Chocolate Dipped Funfetti Shortbread Cookies from thelittlekitchen.net

I'll bet you can't eat just one. These are my new obsession. I hope you'll make them and share them with a good friend or a family member who needs a smile.

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Dark Chocolate Dipped Funfetti Shortbread Cookies Recipe

Prep Time 3 hours 25 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Servings 20 cookies

Ingredients

  • 2 1/4 cups unbleached all-purpose flour
  • 1 1/2 Tablespoons cornstarch
  • 1/8 teaspoon salt
  • 2 sticks, 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
  • 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
  • approximately 5 to 6 Tablespoons sprinkles, nonpareils, divided (plus more for sprinkling on top of chocolate)
  • 6 ounces dark chocolate
  • 1 to 2 teaspoons vegetable shortening

Instructions

  • Mix flour, cornstarch and salt with a whisk in a small mixing bowl.
  • In a medium-sized mixing bowl, beat butter and sugar together (until creamed) using an electric hand mixer, about 1 to 2 minutes. Add vanilla extract and mix thoroughly.
  • Add dry ingredients in two batches to the butter and sugar mixture, mix until ingredients are combined (with hand mixer) but don't over mix. Add 2 1/2 Tablespoons sprinkles to the cookie dough and mix with rubber spatula.
  • Split cookie dough in half. Add first half to a long pieces of plastic wrap. Shape into 7-inch logs that are about 1 1/2 inches thick. Once shaped, remove the plastic and grab a new piece of plastic, add 1/2 Tablespoons sprinkles down the length of the plastic wrap, add cookie dough log and add more sprinkles so the outsides of the cookies have enough. Roll up and refrigerate both logs for at least 3 hours or overnight.
  • Heat oven to 350 degrees F. Cut into 1/2 or 3/4 inch thick slices and place on parchment paper lined baking sheets for 10 to 11 minutes.
  • While cookies are baking and cooling, melt chocolate and shortening in a microwave safe bowl on 50% power and in increments of 30 seconds at a time, mixing thoroughly between each heating.
  • Dip cooled cookies into chocolate halfway and allow the excess chocolate to drip back into the bowl. Dip a few cookies and then add sprinkles on top of the chocolate. Chill in the refrigerator to set the chocolate for 15 to 20 minutes.

Notes

Shortbread Cookie Dough Base slightly adapted from Lindsay's Bourbon, Brown Butter, and Vanilla Bean Shortbread Cookies
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Disclosure: I was provided chocolate by French Broad Chocolates as a conference organizer & attendee of Food Blog Forum. Opinions are always my own. There are affiliate links in this post.

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Categories: Cookies, Desserts, Recipes Tags: Butter, dark chocolate, sprinkles Posted: October 16, 2014 Updated: February 1, 2022

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    1. Aggie @ Aggie's Kitchen says

      November 23, 2015 at 9:07 am

      Oh my, so much to love about these Julie!! The sprinkles are so fun and pretty – and the dipped chocolate puts them over the TOP. Beautiful!

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    2. Alicia says

      November 20, 2014 at 11:36 am

      I’ve got cookies on the brain right now — I’m searching for a cookie to do for the food blogger cookie swap and came across these. They look great!

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    3. Mercedes says

      November 7, 2014 at 7:29 pm

      How adorable and delicious!

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    4. Frances Joy Barker says

      November 1, 2014 at 2:39 pm

      I personally love shortbread cookies and they look so delicious and scrumptious I will be making these next week for sure for a Church dinner and they will be a hit I just know it oh yeah Thank You for sharing this fabulous recipe!!!!
      Sincerely Frances Joy Barker…..

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    5. Sarah says

      October 28, 2014 at 10:30 pm

      I just made these with Halloween mini sprinkles! Tiny pumpkins and black nonpareils! I used semi-sweet chocolate as a personal preference, and I used a little almond extract with the vanilla (1.5 tsp. vanilla, .5 tsp. almond) and these are just so fabulous! (I ran out of vanilla–how terrible! but this substitution works fabulously. Other shortbread recipes have called for it so I’m glad I had some on hand!)

      I did some dipped, and some frosted with the chocolate on top. Both are lovely and delicious! About half of them are gone and they’ve only been out of the oven thirty minutes! Will definitely be making more!! This is going into the recipe box!
      These are great for any holiday with the variations of sprinkles! Red and green for Christmas will be a big hit!

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    6. Lindsey | Cafe Johnsonia says

      October 22, 2014 at 11:20 am

      Anything with rainbow sprinkles! These are really cute. Putting them on the list of cookies to make with my kids for the holidays. They will flip over the sprinkles!

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    7. Laura @ Laura's Culinary Adventures says

      October 22, 2014 at 8:48 am

      I think that baked cookies are a great way to show someone you care and you are thinking about them! This is such a fun cookie recipe!

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    8. Ronda says

      October 21, 2014 at 12:27 pm

      Sprinkles, shortbread, and chocolate how can these not be great. I am going to be adding these to the next care package I send out to my niece. Asheville is the greatest!! I love it there.

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