Things to Bake With White Choco Chips

White chocolate chips aren’t really chocolate. In fact, they are a chocolate derivative that doesn’t contain cocoa solids. Instead, white chocolate has cocoa butter, milk, sugar and salt. The chocolate taste isn’t noticeable in white chocolate chips, but there is a strong taste of vanilla. Even though it might not be real chocolate, it is still a highly versatile ingredient for baking.

Whip Up Some Cookies

  • White chocolate chips and cookies pair nicely with each other. Swap milk or semi-sweet chocolate chips for white chocolate chips in any cookie recipe for a smoother, more vanilla-like taste -- for example, in a chocolate cookie with white chocolate chips or in toll house cookie dough with white chocolate chips, cranberries and pecans mixed in. Melt white chocolate chips and use them in a shortbread cookie batter.

Make Some Cakes

  • White chocolate chips add flavor as a mix-in with your favorite cake recipe; add them to a red velvet cake batter for a little extra flavor, or mix them in with a devil’s food cake. Melt the white chocolate chips and use them in the cake batter to make a white chocolate cake. Pair the white chocolate cake with a raspberry or strawberry extract and frosting to enhance the flavor.

Dip and Drizzle

  • Leftover melted white chocolate chips make elegant, tasty dips and drizzles. Melt the chips over a double boiler and dip strawberries or cherries. Allow the coated fruits to harden at room temperature on wax paper. Dip cake pops into white chocolate for a twist on a cake pop coating. Use melted white chocolate to drizzle over finished cakes, cookies or to accent milk or dark chocolate-coated pastries.

Make a Mousse

  • Mousse is a silky, light and airy pudding-like dessert. Create a mousse using melted white chocolate chips, egg yolks, heavy whipping cream and sugar. Chill in the refrigerator until cold or serve immediately. Top with chocolate curls, fruit or a dusting of cocoa powder. Serve alongside some shortbread cookies, or top off a piece of cake with your the mousse.

Create a Pie

  • Melted white chocolate chips incorporated into a pie filling can create a silky, creamy dessert. Make the filling using cream cheese, melted white chocolate, powdered sugar and milk. Spoon into a prepared, baked pie crust. To enhance the flavor, mix in fresh fruits, orange zest or a shot of your favorite liqueur. Drizzle the pie with a layer of melted white chocolate to finish.

Use Them in Frosting

  • White chocolate frosting is rich and decadent and can complement spicy cakes and cupcakes such as pumpkin, sweet potato, carrot and gingerbread, but works just as well for rich cake flavors like chocolate and vanilla and for fruit cakes. Whip melted white chocolate chips in with butter and powdered sugar to create a light, fluffy white chocolate frosting.