Neapolitan Cookies

Neapolitan Cookies combine red velvet, strawberry, and chocolate chip doughs into one colourful, flavourful, and fun-to-make treat!

Neapolitan Cookies are a delightful way to enjoy three classic flavours—red velvet, strawberry, and chocolate chip – all in one treat. Each cookie is made by combining portions of three different doughs, creating a unique and colourful dessert that’s as fun to make as it is to eat.

Perfect for celebrations, gifting, or simply indulging your sweet tooth, these cookies are a crowd-pleaser that everyone will love.

With their soft texture and rich flavour combinations, they’re bound to become a favourite in your baking rotation!

Tips for Perfect Neapolitan Cookies:

• Accurate Flour Measurement: Use the spoon-and-level method to measure flour, preventing overly dense cookies.
• Avoid Overmixing: Mix the dough just until ingredients are combined to maintain a tender texture.
• Uniform Cookie Sizes: Employ a cookie scoop or kitchen scale to ensure even baking.
• Single-Sheet Baking: Bake one sheet at a time for consistent results.

Ingredients & Substitutions

• Butter: Opt for unsalted butter to control salt levels; if using salted butter, reduce added salt by half.
• Sugars: Combine granulated sugar with packed light brown sugar for balanced sweetness.
• Eggs: Room temperature eggs integrate more smoothly into the batter.
• Vanilla Extract: Pure vanilla extract offers superior flavour, though artificial extract can be used if necessary.
• Cocoa Powder: Select unsweetened cocoa powder, such as Hershey’s dark cocoa, ensuring it’s not hot chocolate mix.
• Flour: Spoon and level the flour to avoid dense cookies; mix until just combined.
• Baking Soda: Acts as a leavening agent; verify its freshness for optimal results.
• Salt: Enhances overall flavour; adjust if using salted butter.
• Chocolate Chips: Incorporate your preferred variety to complement the chocolate chip dough.
• Food Colouring – Red gel food colouring provides the colouring without watering down the dough.
• Jell-O Mix – Strawberry Jell-O flavours the strawberry cookie dough.
• Pudding Mix – I used white chocolate instant pudding mix, but you could use vanilla pudding instead if you like.
• Chocolate Hearts – Red foil chocolate hearts top the cookies off, these are optional but delicious and cute!

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How to Make Neapolitan Cookies

Yields: 24 cookies | Prep Time: 20 minutes | Cook Time: 10-12 minutes

Ingredients:

For the Red Velvet Dough:

• 1 ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
• 2 cups granulated sugar
• ⅔ cup light brown sugar
• 4 large eggs, room temperature
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 1 cup dark hershey cocoa powder
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon kosher salt
• 1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
• 4 tablespoons red gel food colouring

For the Strawberry Dough:

• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 cup granulated sugar
• 2 tablespoons strawberry jello mix
• 2 large eggs, room temperature
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 3.4 oz white chocolate instant pudding mix
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ teaspoon kosher salt
• 8 oz bag white chocolate chips

For the Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough:

• 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
• 1 ½ cups light brown sugar
• ½ cup granulated sugar
• 2 large eggs, room temperature
• 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
• 2 ½ cups all-purpose flour
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon kosher salt
• 2 ¾ cups semi sweet chocolate chips
• 26 red foil chocolate hearts

Directions:

Prep for Baking:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit, and line a cookie sheet with metal baking rings.

Prepare the Red Velvet Dough:

• Using an electric mixer, cream together the butter, sugar, and brown sugar until light in colour and fluffy.
• Beat in the eggs, one at a time, followed by mixing in the vanilla and red gel food colouring.
• Using a medium bowl, whisk together the cocoa powder, flour, baking soda, and salt.
• Gradually mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until just combined.
• Gently fold in the chocolate chips, then set aside.

Prepare the Strawberry Dough:

• Cream together the butter, sugar and jello mix in a large bowl.
• Beat in the eggs and vanilla until combined.
• Using a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, pudding mix, baking soda and salt.
• Gradually mix the dry ingredients into the wet mixture, then fold in the white chocolate chips. Then set aside. (Image 1)

Prepare the Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough:

• Beat together the butter, brown sugar, and sugar until pale in colour and fluffy.
• Beat in the egg and vanilla until combined.
• Using a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, and salt.
• Gradually beat the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, then fold in the chocolate chips. (Image 2)

Assemble the Neapolitan Cookies:

• Using a small cookie scoop and baking scale, weight some dough balls from each mixture to about 1.5 oz.
• You want to make sure to have 3 dough balls in total, 1 for each recipe, for each cookie.
• Using you hands, press together the dough balls and gently press the dough into a thick disk and place inside one of the rings on the sheet pan. (Image 3)
• Repeat with remaining dough. (Image 4)

Bake:

• Preheat the oven to the specified temperature.
• Bake the cookies for the recommended time or until edges are set and centers are slightly soft.
• Allow cookies to cool on the baking sheet for a few minutes before transferring to a wire rack to cool completely.