Chocolate pistachio “Vanillekipferl” | Recipe

Traditional Austrian vanilla crescent cookies for Christmas

Text:
Katharina Kuhlmann

Photography:
© Marzia Balza

4 December 2025

Vanillekipferl mit geschmolzener Vollmilchschokolade und aufgestreuten, gehackten Pistazien.

"Vanillekipferl" are a classic Austrian Christmas biscuit, recognisable by their typical long and curved shape, reminiscent of a crescent. Traditional "Vanillekipferl" are made from shortcrust pastry with ground almonds and flavoured with vanilla pulp. We give this classic a chocolate twist by dipping the hand-shaped crescent cookies in liquid milk cooking chocolate. Finally, they are sprinkled with chopped pistachios.

Ingredients

For 25 vanilla crescent cookies

Für die Kipferl:

150 g

cold butter

200 g

flour

50 g

icing sugar

70 g

ground almonds

8 g

vanilla sugar or 1 tsp ground vanilla

For the coating:

150 g

VIVANI milk cooking chocolate

30 g

chopped pistachios

making

working time
30 minutes

baking time
10–12 minutes

waiting / cooling time
30 minutes

level of difficulty
easy

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Knead the cold butter in small pieces with the flour, icing sugar, ground almonds and vanilla sugar (or ground vanilla) briefly to form a smooth dough.

Cover the dough and leave to rest in the fridge for at least 30 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 175 °C top/bottom heat.

Divide the dough into 25 equal pieces. Roll each portion into a ball and then shape into crescents.

Place the crescents on a baking tray lined with baking paper and bake for 10–12 minutes until the tips are lightly golden. Then leave to cool completely.

In the meantime, roughly chop the chocolate coating and melt carefully in a bain-marie.

Dip half of each crescent into the melted chocolate, allow to drip off and then sprinkle with the chopped pistachios. Place on baking paper and allow to set completely.

This is VIVANI

For 25 years, VIVANI has been developing high-quality organic chocolate from sustainably grown cocoa beans. The brand from Bochum (Germany) stands for ecological cocoa cultivation, transparent supply chains and responsibility along the entire value chain. VIVANI was awarded ‘The National German Sustainability Award’ for this commitment.

Production takes place at the traditional Weinrich chocolate factory in Herford, where each bar is created with a great deal of expertise and craftsmanship.

Milk Cooking Chocolate

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