This White Chocolate Matcha Cookie Recipe Will Change Your Life
These aromatic white chocolate chip matcha cookies are perfect for matcha lovers. These white chocolate chip matcha cookies are soft and chewy and just melt in your mouth!
The blog post was updated on June 30, 2025
Introduction
Forget about spending $2-3 bucks at the bakery for soft and chewy chocolate chip matcha cookies, you can now make your very own freshly baked cookies that rival the bakeries at home!
If you’re a matcha lover and you love chewy chocolate chip cookies, then you need to give this recipe a try.
These white chocolate matcha cookies, otherwise known as green tea white chocolate cookies, are soft, gooey, with an aromatic matcha flavour, and the right amount of sweetness.
The matcha cookies with white chocolate complement each other, bringing together both the slight bitterness of the matcha that isn’t overbearing with the sweetness of the white chocolate chips, with a soft and chewy texture that brings a whole new dimension of flavor to the matcha cookies.
If you ever want a change from consuming regular chocolate chip cookies, then these matcha white chocolate chip cookies are the next best thing out there.
These matcha chocolate cookies are fast and easy to make, and before you know it, you’ll have a whole batch of cookies ready to eat.
These are some of the best chewy matcha white chocolate cookies I have ever tasted.
But hey, don’t take my word for it, give the recipe a try and see for yourself!
Here’s what you’ll need to make this white chocolate matcha cookie recipe:
White Chocolate Matcha Cookie Ingredients
- 190 grams of unsalted butter (room temperature)
- 95 grams of white granulated sugar
- 95 grams of light brown sugar
- 285 grams of all-purpose flour
- 2 eggs at room temperature
- 1 Tbsp of cornstarch
- 1 tsp of vanilla extract
- ½ tsp of table salt
- 2 tsp of baking powder
- 15 grams of matcha powder
- 150 grams of white chocolate chips
Ingredient Notes
White chocolate chips: You can use whatever brand you prefer for the white chocolate chips.
Eggs: You can use any type of eggs that you prefer, such as omega-3 eggs, free-range, etc. Just make sure the eggs are at room temperature.
Vanilla extract: Adds an extra hint of flavor to the cookies.
Unsalted butter: Any brand of unsalted butter is fine.
Table salt: Salt helps balance out all of the sweetness in the matcha cookies.
Matcha powder: Try to look for a good-quality matcha powder to use for this recipe. Also, depending on how bright or dark you want your matcha cookies to look, you can opt for either a lighter or darker matcha powder.
Substitutions
- White chocolate chips: You can substitute white chocolate chips with chopped-up white chocolate, which I previously used in the old version of this recipe. You may also use semi-sweet or dark chocolate chips in place of white chocolate chips as well.
- Vanilla extract: You can substitute it with some vanilla beans or vanilla bean paste.
- Unsalted butter: You can substitute it with some salted butter. Just make sure to leave out the salt if you’re using salted butter, otherwise it will be too salty!
How to Make White Chocolate Matcha Cookies
- In a large mixing bowl, add in your butter, white & brown sugar, and cream everything together.
- Next, add in your eggs and vanilla extract to the mixture and continue mixing everything together.
- Now, in another bowl, combine your all-purpose flour, salt, cornstarch, baking powder, and Matcha powder. Sift this mixture over your wet mixture and then mix everything until you no longer see any white flour spots on your dough. Do not overmix!
- Next, add in your white chocolate chips to the dough and mix everything well together.
- Then, take an ice cream scoop and scoop out a large helping of the cookie dough onto a large baking tray lined with parchment paper.
- Repeat this for the rest of the dough, leaving about 1-2 inches between each cookie, as the cookie will spread out when baked. Optional: You can add additional white chocolate chips to the top of the cookies if you want your cookies to look prettier.
- Now, place the cookie dough in the fridge to chill for at least 1 hour.
- After 1 hour, take the cookie dough out and bake the cookies in a preheated oven at 350°F or 180°C for about 12 minutes.
- Once baked, allow the cookies to cool down before serving.
Tips
- To get a nice vibrant color for your matcha green tea white chocolate cookies, I recommend that you use high-quality matcha powder with a bright green colour and avoid the more dull, darker-looking Matcha powders.
- If you’re not a fan of white chocolate, you can also substitute it with either dark, semi-sweet, or milk chocolate chips as well; however, you may need to adjust how much Matcha powder you add to the dough to get the perfect balance of sweetness and bitterness.
- If you prefer a more crispy type of cookie, you’ll need to bake the cookies for a bit longer in the oven.
- Don’t overmix the dough; otherwise, gluten will form, and it will become tougher and denser instead of soft and chewy.
- If you find your cookies spreading out too much, then keep them in the fridge longer before baking.
- Feel free to adjust the sweetness of the recipe by adding or subtracting the amount of white chocolate chips that you use.
Common Mistakes Beginners Make
- Not sifting your dry ingredients causes clumps to form
- Overmixing the cookie dough leads to tough, dense cookies that don’t taste good.
- Not refrigerating the cookie dough prior to baking causes the cookies to spread out too much.
How to Store White Chocolate Matcha Cookie Dough
Just put the cookie dough in plastic wrap or an airtight container and store it in the freezer for up to 3 months.
When you’re ready to bake the cookies, just pop them onto a baking tray and bake them. There’s no need to thaw the cookies 😁 You might need to increase the baking time though, as the cookie dough is frozen.
How to Store White Chocolate Chip Matcha Cookies
The cookies can be stored at room temperature in an airtight container for up to 4 days or in the fridge for up to a week.
Recipes That Go Well With White Chocolate Matcha Cookies
You may want to consider pairing this recipe with some of my other matcha recipes, such as my matcha bread recipe or my matcha pound cake recipe.
Frequently Asked Questions (F.A.Q.S)
How Do I Prevent My Cookies From Collapsing When Baking?
You need to chill your dough either in the fridge or freezer to ensure that they don’t collapse when you bake the cookies. You should try to chill your dough for at least 1 hour if you’re using the fridge or 30 minutes if you’re using the freezer.
How Do I Make My Cookies Look More Vibrant and Colourful?
Try to use high-quality matcha powder with a bright green colour and avoid using darker coloured matcha powder when making your cookies.
Can I Substitute the White Chocolate Chips With Something Else?
Yes, feel free to substitute the white chocolate chips with either dark, semi-sweet, or milk chocolate chips, or even nuts or dried fruit. Basically, any sort of topping that you see on most other cookies would work with these matcha cookies.
How Do I Make My Cookies More Crispy and Less Chewy?
Bake the cookies for a little bit longer in the oven. A good starting point is adding an extra 2-3 minutes to the baking time and adjusting it based on your own preference.
How Do I Make My Cookies Taste Less Bitter?
To make your cookies taste less bitter, you can adjust the amount of matcha powder that you add to the cookies. The more you add, the stronger the aroma and vice versa.
I Don’t Have Unsalted Butter, Can I Use Salted Butter Instead?
Yes, you can; however, you will need to omit the salt in the recipe, otherwise your cookies may end up tasting too salty.
I Don’t Have Cornstarch at Home, Can I Use Something Else?
Yes, you can substitute the cornstarch with tapioca starch if you don’t have any cornstarch lying around the house.
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Ingredients
- 190 grams unsalted butter (room temperature)
- 95 grams white granulated sugar
- 285 grams all-purpose flour
- 2 eggs (room temperature)
- 1 Tbsp cornstarch
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp table salt
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 15 grams matcha powder
- 150 grams white chocolate chips
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, add in your butter, white & brown sugar and cream everything together.
- Next add in your eggs and vanilla extract to the mixture and continue mixing everything together.
- Now in another bowl, combine your all-purpose flour, salt, cornstarch, baking powder, and Matcha powder.
- Sift this mixture over your wet mixture and then mix everything together until you no longer see any white flour on your dough.
- If you’re using a large chocolate bar, you will need to chop up the chocolate into smaller pieces. If on the other hand you’re using white chocolate chips then you can skip this step.
- Now add in about 75-80% of your white chocolate to the dough and mix everything together.
- Take an ice cream scoop and scoop out a large helping of the cookie dough onto a large tray lined with parchment paper. Repeat this for the rest of the dough leaving about 1-2 inches between each cookie, as the cookie will spread out when baked.
- Add in the rest of the white chocolate to the top of each cookie then place the cookie dough in the fridge to chill for at least 1 hour.
- After 1 hour, take the cookie dough out and bake the cookies in a preheated oven at 350°F or 180°C for about 12 minutes.
- Once baked, allow the cookies to cool down before serving.
