Chewy Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
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These chocolate peppermint cookies are soft and delicious, dipped in white chocolate and candy cane pieces. It’s a perfect Christmas cookie with chocolate and peppermint flavors.
Nothing better than a chewy cookie and these chewy chocolate peppermint cookies hit the spot this holiday season.
You’ll need some simple ingredients, including some candy canes or peppermint candies.
You’ll cream the sugar and add in the eggs.
Form rounded balls on cookie sheet and bake.
Once the cookies have cooled you can dip them in the melted white chocolate.
Add the peppermint candy cane pieces and the candy cane sprinkles before the chocolate hardens.
These are such adorable cookies.
They’re perfect for a cookie exchange or a gift too! You’ll also love our easy Grinch cookies!
Want More Christmas Cookies?
- Christmas Wreath Cornflake Cookies
- Ooey Gooey Christmas Cookies
- Chewy Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
- Pinwheel Sugar Cookies
- Cranberry and White Chocolate Cookies
- Peanut Butter Balls
- Fruitcake Cookies
- Candy Cane Kiss Cookies
- Frosted Christmas Cookies
- Christmas Sugar Cookies
Chewy Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 12 ounces white chocolate melts
- 1 teaspoon peppermint extract
- 3-4 mini candy canes crushed
- candy cane-shaped sprinkles optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a mixing bowl, beat the butter and sugar.1/2 cup butter, 1 cup sugar
- Add in the egg and vanilla and beat well.1 egg, 1 teaspoon vanilla
- In a small bowl, combine the flour, cocoa powder, salt, and baking powder. Add it into the sugar mixture and mix until combined well.1 cup all-purpose flour, ½ cup cocoa powder, ½ teaspoon baking powder, ½ teaspoon salt
- Use a cookie scoop to drop cookie dough onto cookie sheets and bake for about 8-10 minutes.
- Cool the cookies completely.
- Melt the white chocolate per package directions and dip each cookie into the chocolate until coated halfway.12 ounces white chocolate melts
- Put 2 candy cane sprinkles on the white chocolate and sprinkle crushed candy canes around on the chocolate. Let harden.3-4 mini candy canes, candy cane-shaped sprinkles
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These look so good! I was just talking to the kids about what cookies we would bake this year. Now this is on my list. 🙂
These look delicious and festive! Perfect for Christmas!
Holy cow, these look absolutely delicious! My favorite type of cookie is chewy, but I live at high altitude and the chewy recipes never come out. Any recommendations to help that?
Ohhh I love chewy cookies! These look adorable and delish – going to add them to my holiday to-do list 🙂
Ooh these look so good! I’m a sucker for a yummy Christmas cookie.
We are doing a cookie swap in a week and this would be the perect recipe!
These looks so delicious! And beautiful too!
Yum! Those look absolutely delicious!
Belle | One Awesome Momma
I need to try these!! I absolutely love peppermint and chocolate. I can only imagine how amazing these beauties taste. Hopefully I can try to make some for myself.
yum I always need new cookie recipes for the holidays.
Those cookies look and sounds so delicious! Will definitely try this recipe out!
These are so pretty! I love how simple it is and how festive they look! Thank you for the recipe 🙂
These looks so very yummy!
Just added these to my recipes and I may very well life off them in December
When do you add peppermint extract?
Doesn’t say how much peppermint extract you need or when to use it.
we used 1 teaspoon peppermint extract