Description
Layers of white chocolate peppermint mousse and wafer chocolate cookies—it’s Christmas on a Plate. With only 4 ingredients, this dessert is surprisingly rich. A little goes a long way. Make it ahead of time. Keep your oven off.
Ingredients
Scale
- 2 1/2 c. heavy cream, divided
- 10 oz. white chocolate, coarsely chopped
- 1/2 c. crushed peppermint candies*, plus more for garnish
- pinch of salt
- about 70 chocolate wafer cookies
Instructions
- Prepare an ice-water bath; set aside. Place white chocolate in a bowl plus a pinch of salt. In a small sauce pan, bring 1 cup cream nearly to a boil. Pour cream over chocolate and whisk until smooth. Set bowl in ice-water bath to cool. Stir occasionally, until thick enough to hold ribbons on surface, about 1 hr. (If it’s still not holding ribbons, pop it in the freezer, stirring every 5 minutes until firmed up.)
- Beat remaining 1 1/2 cups of cream to nearly stiff peaks. Slowly beat in white chocolate mixture until light and fluffy. Stir in crushed peppermint. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1-2 hours.
- Remove from fridge and stir. The mousse will turn a pretty shade of pink. Using a dinner plate or cake stand, spread a very thin layer of mousse to keep cookies in place. Lay 7 cookies down. Spread a layer of mousse over the cookies leaving about a 3/4″ overhang for the cookies to peek through**. Repeat until you have 7-8 layers.
- Spread the remaining mousse over the top. Crush 2-3 cookies and sprinkle over top. Add another sprinkle of crushed peppermint.
- Store overnight in fridge lightly covered. Serve next day.
Notes
*Mini candy canes are the easiest to crush.
**Use a little less mousse than pictured. I wish I had done a couple more cookie layers. I got over zealous.
This looks absolutely spectacular. I wish I had found this before this past Christmas and made it!
SO pretty and SO SO fun! Totally Christmas on a plate material. Hope you had a fabulous holiday filled with MANY dance parties!
This xmas on a plate looks so incredibly delicious, I can’t wait to try it! And who cares if Christmas is over? I’m going for it 🙂 Wishing you a very happy New Year!
I think this is going to have to happen tomorrow! This is so beautiful!
Those wafers are like gold! They’re so hard to find and when you do, you know it’s ice box cake, ahem, Christmas on a plate time! You’ve definitely reached last-minute Christmas dessert perfection with this one — Happy Holidays!
It SO does look like Christmas on a plate! Love this recipe, so fun and different. Merry Christmas to you and your fam!
Looks perfectly festive and absolutely delicious! Hope you have a wonderful holiday!
I think it’s nice to have a Christmas dessert option that we can make from scratch but that won’t take a whole day’s worth of prep/baking. I love it!
LOVE this, it turned out beautiful and I bet tastes even better. Where did you find the chocolate wafers?
I had to go to a couple stores to find the wafers. They are usually by the speciality cookies when you can find them. I can’t remember the brand I initially bought (we’re out of town so I can’t check the packaging). However, I just found some from Nabisco at a grocery store. Bought the last 2. They must be selling out like hot cakes. Hope this helps!
This looks so easy + delicious + pretty! Love the evolution of it.
That does sound like Christmas on a plate! Such a beautiful little cake, and so easy 🙂
I love this! It’s so pretty and Christmas-y and minty! I need to get on the icebox cake bandwagon asap.
Gorgeous and festive. Love it!