Double Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
Double Chocolate Peppermint Cookies

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Chewy double chocolate cookies with mint in the batter and on top with a sprinkling of crushed candy cane. These Double Chocolate Peppermint Cookies are fluffy, rich, and the perfect holiday treat! Two types of chocolate, candy canes…could you ask for more?

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to prepare a few components. You can have double chocolate peppermint cookies using 16 ingredients and 19 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Double Chocolate Peppermint Cookies:
  1. Get Cookies
  2. Get 2 1/2 cup milk chocolate chips, 15 to 16 oz divided
  3. Make ready 1 1/2 cup AP flour
  4. Prepare 1/4 cup cocoa powder, natural unsweetened
  5. Take 1 tsp baking powder
  6. Take 1 tsp instant espresso powder
  7. Prepare 1/2 tsp salt
  8. Get 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature, 1 stick
  9. Get 1 cup sugar
  10. Make ready 1 tsp vanilla extract
  11. Make ready 1 tsp peppermint extract
  12. Get 2 eggs, large
  13. Make ready 1/2 cup chocolate chips, bittersweet (do not exceed 61% cacao)
  14. Take Topping
  15. Make ready 4 candy canes, coarsely crushed
  16. Take 1 bunch mint chocolate Hershey's kisses

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. For each cookie flatten ball slightly; press peppermint pattie into dough. Mold dough around pattie so that it is completely covered.

Instructions to make Double Chocolate Peppermint Cookies:
  1. Preheat oven to 375°F.
  2. Stir 2 cups chocolate chips in medium metal bowl set over saucepan of simmering water until melted and smooth.
  3. Measure 2/3 cups melted chocolate; transfer to small metal bowl and reserve for drizzling.
  4. Whisk flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, espresso powder, and salt in medium bowl.
  5. Using electric mixer, beat butter in large bowl until creamy.
  6. Add sugar and both extracts; beat until smooth.
  7. Add eggs; beat to blend.
  8. Beat in melted chocolate from medium bowl.
  9. Add dry ingredients; beat until just blended.
  10. Stir in remaining 1/2 cup chocolate chips.
  11. Measure 1 level tablespoonful of dough; roll dough between palms to form a ball. Place on prepared baking sheet.
  12. Repeat with remaining dough, spacing cookies 1 1/2" apart.
  13. Bake cookies until cracked all over and tester inserted into center comes out with large, moist crumbs attached, 8 to 9 minutes.
  14. Cool cookies on baking sheet 5 minutes.
  15. Transfer cookies on parchment paper to racks to cool completely.
  16. Place unwrapped kisses in center of cookies prior to final cooling so kisses bottoms will melt and meld to the cookies.
  17. Rewarm reserved 2/3 cups chocolate over small saucepan of simmering water. Using fork, drizzle chocolate over cookies.
  18. Sprinkle crushed candy canes over, arranging some pieces with red parts showing.
  19. Chill just until chocolate sets, about 30 minutes.

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. These Chocolate Peppermint Cookies are for the peppermint lover! 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. Fold chocolate chips and peppermint chunks into cookie dough.

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