Double Chocolate Peppermint Cookies. Chewy double chocolate cookies with mint in the batter and on top with a sprinkling of crushed candy cane. Thankfully this recipe satisfies my deepest chocolate peppermint cravings, perhaps just as much as a double scoop of mint chocolate chip ice cream. recipes. We use a double chocolate chip cookie recipe and add peppermint instead of vanilla extract. I love the idea of gifting these double chocolate chip peppermint cookies too. They taste so good, the cookies would put a smile on anyone's face!

These Double Chocolate Peppermint Cookies are fluffy, rich, and the perfect holiday treat! Slightly dampen hands with cool water and wrap each chocolate mint in a heaping tablespoon of cookie dough, topping with. These Chocolate Peppermint Cookies are for the peppermint lover! You can have Double Chocolate Peppermint Cookies using 16 ingredients and 19 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Double Chocolate Peppermint Cookies

It's of Cookies.
You need 2 1/2 cup of milk chocolate chips, 15 to 16 oz divided.
You need 1 1/2 cup of AP flour.
It's 1/4 cup of cocoa powder, natural unsweetened.
You need 1 tsp of baking powder.
It's 1 tsp of instant espresso powder.
It's 1/2 tsp of salt.
It's 1/2 cup of unsalted butter, room temperature, 1 stick.
You need 1 cup of sugar.
It's 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
Prepare 1 tsp of peppermint extract.
You need 2 of eggs, large.
You need 1/2 cup of chocolate chips, bittersweet (do not exceed 61% cacao).
It's of Topping.
Prepare 4 of candy canes, coarsely crushed.
It's 1 bunch of mint chocolate Hershey's kisses.

A peppermint patty hides inside a chocolate cookie that is drizzled with white Make sure you fully enclose the peppermint patty in the middle of the dough, double checking to make sure there aren't any holes. I made these Double Chocolate Peppermint Chip Swirl Cookies to send to Sharon of Palmer and Brown, Lindsay of Itz Linz and Amber of Loves Remove chocolate peppermint cookie dough from fridge. It's like I've died and gone to Heaven. I decided I wanted to make some double chocolate cookies, since I just can't get enough chocolate.

Double Chocolate Peppermint Cookies instructions

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..

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! I'm slowly starting to put away all our Christmas decor and getting everything organized. We seem to have a ton of leftover candy canes this year. Here's what I love most about my blog and its readers: - I can sit at my lap top in awe of my split ends until I figure out something clever to say to you about cookies. -You'll indulge me if all I want to talk about is. Two types of chocolate, candy canes…could you ask for more?