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Chocolate Peppermint Cookies Recipe
Decadent chocolate peppermint cookies are oozing with chocolate and topped with crunchy crumbles for an easy holiday treat!
Prep Time
10 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
18 mins
Servings: 36 cookies
Calories: 161 kcal
Course:
Dessert
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened
- 1½ cups granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- ¼ teaspoon peppermint extract
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ⅔ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ¾ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 cups chocolate chips semi-sweet, milk, or both
- ¼ cup Crushed candy canes peppermint puffs, or peppermint crunch baking chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In a stand mixer, cream together butter and sugar. Add eggs, peppermint extract, and vanilla and mix until fluffy.
- Add flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt and mix until combined.
- Fold in chocolate chips.
- Scoop cookies (using a medium cookie scoop) out onto a greased cookie sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes. Top with additional chips as soon as they come out of the oven as well as crushed candy canes.
- Transfer to a cookie rack and let cool.
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Notes
- Store cookie dough. Store chocolate peppermint cookie dough covered in the fridge for 1-2 days before baking.
- Freeze cookie dough for up to 3 months.
- Log form: Divide the dough into two sections and form each section into a log shape. Wrap each tightly with plastic wrap and store them together in a freezer Ziploc. Thaw before shaping and baking.
- Cookie dough balls: Place cookie dough balls together on a baking sheet and freeze. Once solid transfer them to a freezer Ziploc. Bake them directly from the freezer just add 2-3 minutes to the baking time.
Nutrition Information
Serving
1cookie
Calories
161kcal
(8%)
Carbohydrates
21g
(7%)
Protein
2g
(4%)
Fat
8g
(12%)
Saturated Fat
5g
(25%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.3g
Monounsaturated Fat
1g
Trans Fat
0.2g
Cholesterol
24mg
(8%)
Sodium
106mg
(4%)
Potassium
37mg
(1%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
15g
(30%)
Vitamin A
193IU
(4%)
Vitamin C
0.1mg
(0%)
Calcium
18mg
(2%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 36cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 161
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1cookie | |
| Calories | 161kcal | 8% |
| Carbohydrates | 21g | 7% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 8g | 12% |
| Saturated Fat | 5g | 25% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.3g | 2% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Trans Fat | 0.2g | 10% |
| Cholesterol | 24mg | 8% |
| Sodium | 106mg | 4% |
| Potassium | 37mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 15g | 30% |
| Vitamin A | 193IU | 4% |
| Vitamin C | 0.1mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 18mg | 2% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.