Peppermint Chocolate Cookies combine deep chocolate and peppermint flavors in every bite. Dipped in white chocolate and sprinkled with crushed candy canes, our holiday cookie will be the star of your dessert table.
Are you ready to bake your new favorite Christmas cookie? With just a few basic kitchen ingredients, the aroma of these chocolate cookies will be filling your kitchen. #ChristmasCookies
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Peppermint Chocolate Cookies
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Butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar, cocoa powder and peppermint extract, along with a few other basic ingredients, are all you need to bake up our decadent chocolate cookies.
While the cookies are cooling on the cooling rack, crush the candy canes (I used a meat mallet but the edge of a heavy pot will work too) and melt some white chocolate chips until smooth and creamy.
Yes, I was tempted to lick the spoon, how about you?
After the cookies cool, dip them halfway into the melted chocolate, sprinkle with crushed candy cane pieces and return them back to the cooling rack to firm up.
How festive do these White Chocolate Peppermint Cookies look?
Almost too pretty to eat. Almost! But I’m not letting that stop me from indulging in their deliciousness.
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Swirls of Flavor Recipe Tips
- Not a fan of peppermint flavor in your cookies? No problem, just leave out the peppermint extract.
- Be sure that your butter is at room temperature for easy creaming
- Whenever baking, use table salt not kosher salt
Substitutions
- Use crushed peppermint starlight candy in place of the candy canes
- You can substitute semi-sweet chocolate chips for the white chocolate chips
Ingredients
Ingredients for white chocolate peppermint cookies
- flour
- unsweetened cocoa powder
- baking powder
- salt
- baking soda
- butter
- brown sugar
- granulated sugar
- eggs
- vanilla extract
- peppermint extract
- white chocolate chips
- candy canes
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Ingredients
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup butter , at room temperature
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon peppermint extract
- 1 pkg. (12 ounces) white chocolate chips , 2 cups
- 8 candy canes , crushed
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Instructions
- Whisk flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, salt and baking soda in medium bowl until blended; reserve.
- With mixer on medium-high beat butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar until combined and blended, about 3 minutes.
- Add eggs and vanilla and peppermint extracts and beat until fluffy, about 2 minutes.
- Add reserved flour mixture and beat until a thick dough forms.
- Using wet hands, shape into 1-inch balls and chill 30 minutes.
- Meanwhile, preheat oven to 350F.
- Arrange cookie dough 3 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
- Bake 14 minutes or until cookies are set. Cool 3 minutes on baking sheets. Transfer to wire rack and cool completely.
- Melt white chocolate in microwave for 45 seconds. Stir and repeat in 10 seconds intervals until melted and smooth.
- Dip cookies halfway in melted white chocolate and top with crushed candy cane pieces. Return cookies to wire rack until chocolate has set.
Notes
- Use crushed peppermint starlight candy
- Be sure that your butter is at room temperature for easy creaming
- Always use table salt, not kosher salt, when baking
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These are so pretty! I love the presentation too.
Perfect Christmas Cookies. Not only beautiful but I'm sure delicious as well.
These are so pretty! I love the chocolate and peppermint combination.
Peppermint just makes the holidays better! What a fun Cookie Idea especially for a cookie exchange.
Is there anything more festive than a cookie decorated with candy canes? I don't think so!!!
Chocolate and peppermint make a great Christmas cookie combo!
Perfect combination of holiday flavors to me...chocolate and peppermint
Peppermint and chocolate are my son's favorite flavor combo, he will love these!
These look so good. I actually bought peppermint candies to crush up with a sense I was going to need them 🙂
My kids love mint cookies and paired with chocolate, I know they will love these treats. They look so pretty too!
These are so pretty. They remind me of peppermint bark but in cookie form and more addictive!
Thank youJennifer. And yes, they are extremely addictive and I say this from experience! Savor the Moments, GG
Thanks Ellen. It's a great flavor combination and so festive too!
How festive with the candy cane pieces on top! Such a fun and cute cookie.