These Chocolate Peppermint Cookies are a delicious, festive holiday treat. Dark and white chocolate chips, peppermint oil, and all the chewy goodness of a cookie – you can’t miss this irresistible holiday treat on your cookie tray!
Hello hello! Welcome to my favorite month! I am hustling and bustling around here trying to shoot as many recipes as I can while entertaining a two months old baby. Not an easy job, but I don’t mind as long as it involves cookies.
Speaking of which, I have a list of sweet treats for the whole month of December. But first, chocolate peppermint cookies. I think you’re really going to like it 🙂
The ingredients
- Flour. I use all-purpose flour for this recipe
- Brown sugar and that’s the only sugar for this recipe
- Butter. Always use unsalted butter unless it is mentioned in the recipe
- Egg. Always use large size
- Baking powder, salt, cocoa powder
- Chocolate. I use a combination of dark chocolate chips and white chocolate
- Peppermint oil or extract (and not peppermint flavor) as the star of these chocolate peppermint cookies
With darker cookies like these, it is hard to tell when they are done; however, you’ll know when the tops are crackly and the cookies are an even circle cookie shape. Avoid leaving them in the oven for too long so they don’t get harden.
How to store chocolate peppermint cookies
Allow the cookies to cool completely and store them in an airtight container for 7 days. If you leave these cookies at room temperature, you can microwave it for 5-10 seconds when you crave a bite.
Other cookies to try:
- Snickerdoodle Bars – These simple and delicious homemade Snickerdoodle Bars are your favorite cookie in bar form! They are soft, tender with a hint of vanilla and lots of cinnamon. The best part is no chill time necessary!
- Dark Chocolate Bark Thins – Dark chocolate bark thins is one of the easiest and quickest treats to make with chocolate. The possibilities are practically endless! Make them for yourself (definitely do this), or make them as gifts for family & friends.
- White Chocolate and Lavender Madeleines – These precious cookies are sure to turn your after-dinner tea into a meal of its own.
If you have been on the hunt for a good chocolate peppermint cookie, this one is pretty darn good and they are the perfect Christmas dessert for a cookie swap, Christmas Eve, or just when you feel like doing some Holiday baking.
Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
Ingredients
Cookies:
- 7/8 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter melted
- 11/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3 tablespoons cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 large egg
- 3.5- ounce dark chocolate chips see notes
- 3 drops peppermint oil or 1 teaspoon peppermint extract
- Pinch of salt
Decoration:
- 3.5- ounces white chocolate melted
- Crushed candy cane
Instructions
- Cookies. In a medium bowl, combine flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt. Mix well and set aside.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together sugar and butter for 30 seconds, or until combined.
- Add egg and peppermint extract, and whisk until smooth. Gradually add the dry ingredients. Mix gently with a wooden spoon until combined.
- Add dark chocolate chips into the dough. Mix well and refrigerate the dough for 30 minutes – 2 hours.
- Preheat the oven to 350F. Line a large baking tin with parchment paper.
- Roll the dough into walnut-size balls and arrange them on the sheet, keeping at least 2 inches distance between each dough.
- Bake the cookies for 12 minutes, or until the bottoms are well set. Let them cool on a wire rack.
- To decorate cookies: use a teaspoon to draw zig-zag lines on top of the cookies with melted chocolate. Then, sprinkle crushed candy cane on top.
Chocolate and peppermint – the best flavors of the season in every bite!
Chocolate and peppermint are a match made in heaven, I cant wait to make these this year!
The perfect Christmas cookies!
I love chocolate. I love peppermint. You made my favorite cookies. Thank you.
I tried this & I can’t wait to feed this to everyone at Christmas party at mine! A lovely dessert perfect for the season.
I love chocolate and peppermint, what a great pairing for Christmas!
Yum! Triple chocolate is the beat! Can’t wait to make these!
So delicious and easy, thanks!
These are beautiful, tasty….and so much fun! Thanks for the easy recipe.
so good! loved it!
This looks amazing! Definitely making it this weekend.
I just can’t wait to have these cookies for our gathering!
I have bookmarked this recipe and managed to make it too – beautiful! My kids are still raving about it so will be on the make again for Christmas. Thank you for sharing!
The perfect festive sweet treat! These are so delicious!
Great!
These are perfect for any Christmas treat boxes for friends and neighbors!
Love this Chooclate peppermint cookies so yum.
These Chocolate Peppermint Cookies are so mouthwatering!
Loos so yummy! I’ll have to see if I can figure out a low carb version!
The kids loved this cookie recipe, thank you for sharing I will be making again over Christmas 🙂
I love the combination of chocolate and peppermint!
These cookies look so deliciously good. I wish I could eat that right this minute!
So pretty…and tasty too! Love the two colored peppermint sticks…need to find some.