What's better than drinking fresh strawberry milk? These Strawberry Milk Cookies with white chocolate chips! With sweet strawberry milk and lots of rainbow sprinkles, they're perfect for a party or anytime celebration.

Stack of strawberry milk cookies with rainbow sprinkles and white chocolate chips all around and recipe title at top.

It's cold out there. And it's rough.

Not so rough that a few pink cookies with sprinkles don’t brighten things up, of course. I made these strawberry milk cookies with white chocolate chips recently and just thinking about them makes me happy.

They're made with fresh strawberry milk (but you can use store-bought) and are packed with white chocolate chips and rainbow sprinkles.

🗒 Ingredients

All-purpose flour
Baking powder
Unsalted butter room temperature
Granulated sugar
Large egg yolks
Vanilla extract
Strawberry milk: from recipe shared in post or with store-bought
White chocolate chips
Rainbow sprinkles
Red or pink food coloring: optional for color

🍓 How to make strawberry milk

Of course, you can use store-bought strawberry milk if you really want to. But I highly recommend making your own fresh strawberry milk for these cookies.

If you want to make a big batch of it, you can follow my fresh strawberry milk recipe, but if you want just enough for these cookies, follow the recipe below.

All you really have to do is make a strawberry syrup, chill it, and mix it with milk. It's delightful!

Place the strawberries, sugar, and water in a medium size saucepan over medium high heat and bring to a boil.

Lower heat a bit to medium-low and let simmer, stirring occasionally, until sugar dissolves and mixture thickens into a syrup, about 10 minutes.

Overhead view of sliced strawberries in syrup in saucepan.

Strain liquid into a bowl, pressing with the back of a wooden spoon to extract as much juice as possible. Discard solids. Chill strawberry syrup.

Pour the milk into a glass and mix in ¼ cup chilled strawberry syrup until combined.

Homemade strawberry milk in a bowl with a spoon.

🍪 How to make strawberry milk cookies

Now you're ready to mix that fresh strawberry milk into cookie batter!

To start, preheat your oven to 350 degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone mat.

In a medium bowl, whisk together flour and baking powder.

In the bowl of a stand mixer or in a large bowl with a hand mixer, cream together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy, 2-3 minutes. Mix in egg yolks and vanilla extract.

Pour in half the homemade strawberry milk and half the flour mixture and mix until just combined. Repeat with remaining milk and flour mixture. Take care not to over-mix.

Fold in the chocolate chips and sprinkles. If you want to make the cookies a little "pinker," mix in some food coloring, too.

Strawberry milk cookie batter with rainbow sprinkles in mixing bowl.

Drop tablespoonfuls of batter about an inch apart on prepared cookie sheet.

This is the kind of cookie dough that it's really difficult not to just eat by the spoonful.

Strawberry milk cookie dough scooped on a baking sheet.

Bake cookies for 10-12 minutes, until just starting to turn golden around the edges. Cook on pan for a couple minutes before transferring to baking racks to cool completely.

I know it is not currently strawberry season. I have come to terms with the fact that we’re focused on squash and brussels sprouts right now. And that temperatures are rapidly dropping. And the winter coat conversations have started in my head.

But I really couldn’t resist these strawberry milk cookies. They're packed with light strawberry flavor and the white chocolate chips add a delicious sweetness.

Close-up view of strawberry milk white chocolate chip cookies surrounded by white chocolate chips and rainbow sprinkles with platter of cookies in the background.

I made this fresh strawberry milk for the first time last year. And I think about it all the time. That’s saying a lot, considering I’m not a huge milk drinker. But the milk is my ideal way to feel like a kid again.

When added to the batter, the strawberry milk cookies are given just a slight strawberry essence. It’s not overpowering at all, but you can definitely tell there’s something special going on.

If you couldn’t already tell by the extreme amount of rainbow sprinkles. No, I have no shame.

Landscape view of a stack of four strawberry milk cookies surrounded by white chocolate chips and rainbow sprinkles with platter of cookies and glass of strawberry milk in the background.

I also choose dark chocolate over white chocolate almost EVERY single time. But the thought of strawberries and white chocolate made me swoon so much, I couldn’t resist.

If you want to make these cookies even more spectacular, consider frosting them with this rainbow chip frosting!

But honestly, they really are perfect as is.

Head-on view of strawberry milk cookies surrounded by white chocolate chips and rainbow sprinkles with more cookies and strawberries in the background.

Clearly, I’m in denial about the seasons here. And instead of getting my winter coat out of the closet, I’m about to put a sundress and sandals back on and bake another batch of strawberry milk cookies.

But hey, it’s going to be a long winter, so we need to do whatever gets us through. Back to our original orange scheduled programming tomorrow I’m sure…

If you're looking for more ways to enjoy strawberries in the off-season, try these Strawberry Funfetti Energy Bites or my Strawberry Lemonade Shortbread Cookies (both made with freeze-dried strawberries!). I also love these Strawberry Pistachio Shortbread Cookies from My Baking Bliss!

📖 Recipe