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Chewy double chocolate cookies with mint in the batter and on top with a sprinkling of crushed candy cane. We use a double chocolate chip cookie recipe and add peppermint instead of vanilla extract. With a sprinkle of crushed candy canes on top, they I love the idea of gifting these double chocolate chip peppermint cookies too. These Double Chocolate Peppermint Cookies are fluffy, rich, and the perfect holiday treat!
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To begin with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few components. You can cook double chocolate peppermint cookies using 16 ingredients and 19 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Double Chocolate Peppermint Cookies:
- Get Cookies
- Prepare 2 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips, 15 to 16 oz divided
- Prepare 1 1/2 cup AP flour
- Take 1/4 cup cocoa powder, natural unsweetened
- Make ready 1 tsp baking powder
- Make ready 1 tsp instant espresso powder
- Prepare 1/2 tsp salt
- Prepare 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature, 1 stick
- Get 1 cup sugar
- Get 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Prepare 1 tsp peppermint extract
- Prepare 2 eggs, large
- Make ready 1/2 cup chocolate chips, bittersweet (do not exceed 61% cacao)
- Get Topping
- Make ready 4 candy canes, coarsely crushed
- Get 1 bunch mint chocolate Hershey's kisses
And double chocolate peppermint chunk cookies. While these cookies are festive, the chocolate cookie recipe turned out fabulous. Occasionally I like a crispy cookie (my dad's favorite!), but usually I am a sucker for soft and chewy. These Double Chocolate Peppermint Cookies are so easy to make (made with a boxed cake mix) and are a great way to use up those candy canes!
Steps to make Double Chocolate Peppermint Cookies:
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Stir 2 cups chocolate chips in medium metal bowl set over saucepan of simmering water until melted and smooth.
- Measure 2/3 cups melted chocolate; transfer to small metal bowl and reserve for drizzling.
- Whisk flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, espresso powder, and salt in medium bowl.
- Using electric mixer, beat butter in large bowl until creamy.
- Add sugar and both extracts; beat until smooth.
- Add eggs; beat to blend.
- Beat in melted chocolate from medium bowl.
- Add dry ingredients; beat until just blended.
- Stir in remaining 1/2 cup chocolate chips.
- Measure 1 level tablespoonful of dough; roll dough between palms to form a ball. Place on prepared baking sheet.
- Repeat with remaining dough, spacing cookies 1 1/2" apart.
- Bake cookies until cracked all over and tester inserted into center comes out with large, moist crumbs attached, 8 to 9 minutes.
- Cool cookies on baking sheet 5 minutes.
- Transfer cookies on parchment paper to racks to cool completely.
- Place unwrapped kisses in center of cookies prior to final cooling so kisses bottoms will melt and meld to the cookies.
- Rewarm reserved 2/3 cups chocolate over small saucepan of simmering water. Using fork, drizzle chocolate over cookies.
- Sprinkle crushed candy canes over, arranging some pieces with red parts showing.
- Chill just until chocolate sets, about 30 minutes.
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