Description
Double Chocolate Peppermint Cookies are soft, fudgy, and packed with rich cocoa, melty chocolate chips, creamy white chocolate, and crunchy peppermint candy. This easy cookie recipe is perfect for Christmas baking, holiday dessert trays, cookie exchange parties, winter food ideas, quick dessert ideas, and festive homemade treats that taste like a brownie and a peppermint cookie in one bite.
Ingredients
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
3/4 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup white chocolate chips
1/3 cup crushed candy canes or peppermint candies
Instructions
1. Preheat the oven to 350°F and line baking sheets with parchment paper.
2. Whisk the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt together in a medium bowl.
3. Beat the softened butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar in a large bowl until creamy.
4. Mix in the egg, vanilla extract, and peppermint extract until smooth.
5. Add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture and mix just until a thick chocolate dough forms.
6. Fold in the semi-sweet chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, and crushed peppermint candy.
7. Chill the dough for 30 minutes so the cookies bake thicker and spread less.
8. Scoop the dough onto the prepared baking sheets, leaving space between each cookie.
9. Press extra chocolate chips and crushed peppermint on top if desired.
10. Bake for 9 to 11 minutes, until the edges look set and the centers still look slightly soft.
11. Let the cookies cool on the baking sheet for 10 minutes, then transfer them to a cooling rack.
Notes
Do not overbake the cookies. Pull them from the oven while the centers still look a little soft because they continue setting on the warm baking sheet.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 145
- Sugar: 14g
- Sodium: 95mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 21g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 18mg
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