Pomegranate White Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Updated March 26, 2019
Oatmeal cookies with pomegranate arils and white chocolate chunks! These festive cookies are a favorite Christmas cookie!
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! I am so excited the holiday season is here. Of course, one of my favorite things about the holidays is baking. My baking list is very long this year so on Saturday I turned on the Christmas tunes and got started. To kick off the holiday baking season I made pomegranate white chocolate chunk cookies.
I adore pomegranates. They are such a unique and fun fruit. I eat as many as I can during the winter months. I recently bought a pomegranate to make a pomegranate salad, but this one never made it to the salad. I used it for a batch of cookies instead:) I thought the bright red pomegranate arils would be so pretty in a cookie and I was right! They really made these cookies pop with color and flavor. The pomegranate arils burst in your mouth and are a great compliment to the white chocolate chunks.
If you are looking for a new Christmas cookie to try this year, make pomegranate white chocolate chunk cookies. They are fun, festive, and oh so delicious!
Check out my favorite holiday cookies from last year! I will be posting new holiday treat recipes throughout December, so stay tuned!
If you like these pomegranate white chocolate chunk cookies, you might also like:
- White Chocolate Dipped Snickerdoodles
- White Chocolate Peppermint M&M Cookies
- Oreo White Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
Pomegranate White Chocolate Chunk Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter at room temperature
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 1/4 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup old fashioned oats
- 1 cup white chocolate chunks
- 1 cup pomegranate arils
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat and set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream butter and sugars together until smooth. Add the egg and vanilla extract and mix until well combined.
- In a separate bowl whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt. Slowly add flour mixture to the wet ingredients. Mix until just incorporated.
- Stir in the oats and white chocolate chunks. Make dough balls-about 1 tablespoon of dough per cookie. Tuck about 6-8 pomegranate arils in each cookie dough ball. Bake cookies for 10-12 minutes, until the cookies are golden brown. Remove from oven and let cool on baking sheet for two minutes. Transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling.
- *Note-you can gently stir in the pomegranate arils, but I didn't want the cookies to turn pink at all. If you don't have white chocolate chunks, white chocolate chips will work as well. Enjoy!
Have you tried this recipe?
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OMG. I am so ready for cookies….but payday is SOOO far away and I have EVERYTHING I need right here right now for these!
Thanks to How Sweet It Is for getting me on the cookie road and Food for My Family for freezing cookies tips.
Off to soften the butter now….
Thanks!
I know this recipe is from last year, so you probably won’t see this, but I had to compliment you anyway. I saw these cookies on your “favorites” list and decided to make them as thank-you gifts for the TA’s of the class I’m teaching, so they don’t hate me too much for asking them each to grade 55 term papers. Of course, I had to test a few myself. . .just to make sure they came out OK. . .and they were amazing! Thanks so much for sharing!
Trying these cookies today…can’t wait to taste one! I’m in love with pomegranates these days and these look like a perfect combo!
Love it! I just saw at Trader Joe’s the pomegranate seeds already removed-I think I’ll save some time and buy those. Thanks for the great idea!
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These are fabulous! When I make them again, I will only reserve only 1/2 – 1/2 cup for the cookies, 1 cup was way too much. Delicious and pretty.
I was a little bit skeptical about how these were going to turn out but I really wanted to try them… THEY ARE SO GOOD. Deliciously tangy and sweet all at the same time — so yummy!
I made these yesterday, and they turned out PERFECT. We live @ 7500ft. in CO, so I added a couple of scant T of flour, but I see you are in Salt Lake, so maybe didn’t need to? Either way, they are nice and fluffy with a bit of crunch on the outside.
I think these might be the best cookie I’ve ever had. Thanks for the wonderful recipe!!
I made these today and they are absolutely divine! Thankyou for posting up the recipe 🙂 I have linked you on my blog. Thanks again!
Glad you liked the cookies!
This was AMAZING! I INTENDED to make these for company, but by the time I stopped myself from “tasting”, they are almost all gone! I’ll be whipping up another batch soon!
Cookies are delicious! Just wondered how to get them to flatten out more like yours?
You can flatten them slightly with the palm of your hand or a spatula before baking. I always bake with a Silpat baking mat too, which helps them bake evenly.
I want to try this recipe but I only have steel cut oats. Will the cookies still taste good if I omit them?
If you omit the oats, add more flour.
I’m about to make these because I have leftover pomegranate arils that need to be used but I’m wondering if I could freeze some of the dough balls or maybe just freeze the finished product? What do you think? Have you tried either? I just don’t have any use for that many cookies right now! Thanks in advance!
I freeze a lot of cookie dough and cookies and most freeze just fine. I haven’t tried these though. I am not sure how the arils would freeze. Let me know if you try it!
What a unique cookie! I will definitely be attempting these this holiday season!
I made these for friends this weekend and they were a huge hit! We all LOVED how chewy they are. I used quick oats and white chocolate chips, and tucked in the pomegranate seeds as suggested. Next time (and there will definitely be a next time!) I will flatten them a little bit before cooking!
Thank you sooo much for sharing this delicious recipe!! I made these cookies over the weekend and the cookies were so so good. My dad even said they’re the best cookies he can ever remember having (and he has had A LOT of cookies in his lifetime :P). The cookies turned out just how yours look and were absolutely fantastic. This is a recipe I will DEFINITELY be making again and again!
Made these delicious cookies tonight.. They don’t look quite as picturesque as yours but they taste great! After a couple balls I just poured the rest of the Pom seeds into the mix & gently hand mixed them into the batter & none turned pink 🙂 Also I normally don’t like eating Pom seeds alone bc of the seeds inside but baked into the cookies I didn’t even notice them or if I did I just considered them to be like nuts in any other cookie you eat
can i exclude the oats? ^^
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absolutely delicious! I made these a bit smaller, which yielded 3-4 dozen. They were perfect with about 4-5 arils in each one. they were a huge hit at the christmas party I hosted. this recipe will be passed along – thanks!
Omg! I used Mini semi sweet chocolate chips and they are amazing! Thank you for the recipe and inspiration yummy!
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I make a bunch of baking and freeze the cookies and pull them as needed. Would these freeze well?
I tried these cookies as part of my home-made gift giving this year. I did’nt realize how popular they would be! Everyone(and that includes people that were given one when visiting my friends) Loved them! I am now making them for my youngest daughter and her husband(both grandkids Addison and Even)and an old friend who stopped by. Anyone who had one wanted me to make them for them-yikes Lol! I had some minneolas from New Years and put a small amount in my last batch.Just a Tiny bit and they were fabulous!! Decided not to share those! Thanks for this wonderful recipe!!! Happy holidays!
Thanks for letting us know that you liked the cookies!
Just found this recipe when googling “pomegranate white chocolate” because I was thinking of trying to dye white chocolate (for cookies) using pomegranate juice. I try to avoid food dye (especially red & yellow) but wanted to make some festive Valentine’s cookies for a party. I think I might intentionally burst a few arils in the batter so they FO turn out pink, then plant the rest into the dough balls for the “burst” when you eat them. So excited to try this! Thanks for the recipe & Happy Valentine’s Day! 🙂
These sound lovely! I will be trying these on a rainy day!
I just made these and mine spread a bit more than yours did; I was expecting a more soft and chewy cookie, but mine are a little crispy on the edges. But I think I actually like this texture better, and they’re incredibly delicious! Definitely the best variation on an oatmeal cookie that I’ve ever baked.
How do you eat this?? Do you spit the seeds out? I’d imagine that would be difficult with the rest of the cookie..
You eat the seeds! They are delicious!
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I will definitely give these a go! Thank you 🙂
I love cookies and will try your recipes. I live in Asia so we seldom have pomgrenates. Will dried cranberries be a good substitute?
Thank you.
More power.
Do these cookies freeze well? They’re delicious!!
Sweet treat baked well. Only used 1/3 cup of the pomegranate arils putting 8 in each of the 30 cookies. Getting the arils from the pomegranate and placing them in the cookie is time consuming
Easy and delicious!
Easy and delicious! Highly recommend
I had a self inflicted cookie disaster when I went to add my Pom seeds and realized they had spoiled (I had bought one of those containers of arils, not opened or expired but were definitely off). Salvaged with some dried cranberries and nuts but can’t wait to remake these as intended. The recipe itself and cookie base turned out great.
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Excited to try this!
Can I leave the oats of this recipe?
No, it will change the texture of the cookie.
It’s hard to find educated people on this matter, however you sound like you already know what you’re speaking about! Thanks
Can these be prepared ahead & frozen?