Dark Chocolate Peppermint Cookies at home
Our Dark Chocolate Peppermint Cookies Are just like the luxe bakery Bakery recipe! Candy canes in the dark and rich chocolate dough make this an extra special Christmas cookie. Crispy on the outside and soft-centered on the inside, every bite gives you that warming, holiday feeling! Who doesn’t love cookies and peppermint candies this time of year?
Dark Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
These chocolate peppermint cookies are well-balanced for making with kiddos as a fun project and a guaranteed to impress family and friends, making them well-balanced for cookie exchanges. The flavor of a dark chocolate cookie with bits of candy cane shouts Christmas making this one of our favorite holiday cookie recipes.
Ingredients
- Cocoa powder
- All purpose flour
- Baking soda
- Salt
- Butter
- Granulated sugar
- Brown sugar
- Egg
- Vanilla extract
- Dark chocolate chips/chunks
- Crushed candy canes (mini candy canes are best)
Instructions
In a medium bowl, combine the “dry ingredients” (cocoa powder, flour, baking soda, and salt). Stir well to combine, and set aside.
In a large mixing bowl, cream room temperature butter and both sugars together until light and fluffy, Then, beat in egg and vanilla extract.
Stir in the flour mixture into the wet ingredients (the butter and sugar mixture) until completely incorporated. Finally, add in chocolate chips and crushed peppermint!
Cover the bowl, and refrigerate for an hour or more. Refrigerating this dough, and keeping them cold until baking is important for making thick, bakery-style cookies.
Divide the cookie dough into 10 balls and arrange them on a cookie sheet with about 2 inches of space between each. We prefer to use parchment paper to prevent sticking, but a silicone mat is also great. Allow them to cool on a cooling rack.
This makes a batch of 10 large and well-balanced cookies with the well-balanced texture. If you want to make smaller chocolate cookies, divide the dough into 20 balls, and reduce the cooking time to 12 minutes.
More Christmas Desserts by Avrela to Try Next:
- Christmas Sink Christmas Cookies
- M&M Christmas Tree Cookies
- Gingerbread Hot Chocolate
- Red Velvet Cookie Bars
Dark Chocolate Peppermint Cookies Recipe
Prep 10 minutesCook 14 minutesMakes 10 large cookies
Ingredients
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- 1¼ cup flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup butter
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- ⅓ cup brown sugar
- 1 Egg, room temperature
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¾ cup dark chocolate chips/chunks
- ¾ cup crushed candy canes (mini candy canes work best)
Method
- In a small mixing bowl, combine cocoa powder, flour, baking soda, and salt. Stir well to combine, and set aside
- In a larger mixing bowl, cream butter and both sugars together until light and fluffy
- Beat in egg and vanilla
- Stir in flour mixture until just incorporated
- Add in chocolate chips and crushed candy canes, and stir to combine
- Cover bowl, and refrigerate for an hour or more
- Preheat oven to 350º
- Divide dough into 10 balls and arrange them on a cookie sheet with about 2 inches of space between each
- Bake them in the oven for about 14 minutes until the cookies are no longer wet looking on top.
- Remove from oven and let cool
Notes
- Notes: Refrigerating this dough, and keeping them cold until baking is important for making thick, bakery-style cookies. If you want to make smaller cookies, divide the dough into 20 balls, and reduce the cooking time to 12 minutes. <div class="
