Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
Thick double chocolate cookies that are soft and cakey with a peppermint crackle. These just scream Christmas to me and while I weighed out my ingredients, folding this into that, I finally allowed myself to fully immerse in the Christmas spirit {as I feel fairly strongly about not allowing Thanksgiving, my favorite holiday, to serve as a mere speed bump to the glitzier Christmas}. The sexy dark chocolate paired with the bright refreshing peppermint made me finally feel that it was ok to begin ushering in the Christmas spirit. Won’t you join me?
- 1½ c unbleached flour
- ⅓ c unsweetened cocoa
- ¼ ts instant espresso powder
- ½ ts baking powder
- ¼ ts baking soda
- ¼ ts fine salt
- 1 stick soft unsalted butter
- 1 c sugar
- 1 room temperature egg
- ½ c room temperature whole sour cream
- 1 ts vanilla or peppermint extract
- 1 c melted bittersweet chocolate
- 2 crushed candy canes
- In a bowl, sift/whisk together the flour, cocoa, coffee, baking powder/soda, and salt.
- In a separate bowl, cream together the butter and sugar.
- Blend in the egg then the sour cream, and extract.
- In thirds, slowly combine the dry bowl with the second, wet bowl. Do not over mix.
- Chill the dough for 15-30 minutes, if time allows.
- Scoop and bake at 350 for 9-11 minutes. Cool completely.
- Slather melted chocolate onto the tops of each cookie and sprinkle with crushed peppermints.
Love,
Your Squishy Monster
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I love how thick and cakey the cookies look, wouldn’t mind devouring this
Chocolate and peppermint are a wonderful combination Angie. These cookies look so delicate delicious and lovely!! Thank you so much! Have a great day!!!!
Love
Les.
ooooooh SO fudgy and minty!
very tasty for sure. i did similar thing with brownie cupcakes and turned candy canes pulsed in grinder to make scratch vanilla/peppermint frosting. hehe
These chocolate cookies scream Christmas out loud! They look very pretty too, Angela.
I’ll join you for sure! Chocolate and peppermint really match well
Soft, room-temp, unsalted butter. I don’t think I ever did any of that (which might explain why my cookies are shit
Oh man, that sounds right up my alley. I bet all the “peppermint dust” you leave behind makes a great snack too!!
These cookies are so so pretty! I love all the holiday flavors and chocolate and peppermint definitely can’t be beat! The melted chocolate looks irresistible on these thick and soft cookies
These sound heavenly. Love the addition of sour cream!
These cookies are telling me “Make me, today” lol. Love this
used both Squishy. the peppermint dust added lite mint flavor + pinkish tint to vanilla frosting. the bigger bits were left in frosting to make it look like peppermint bark + add crunch. hehe
These look perfect for getting into the holiday spirit!
Ahhh!! These look amazing! I’m all about that chocolate and peppermint combo… SOOOO good!! …and can I just say that your eye make up looks amazing?!! I love it w. your sweater… but enough about fashion… I could use one of these tasty cookies for a lovely post-dinner treat!! YUM!!
A chocolate cookie topped with chocolate and candy cane? i am in, they look scrumptious.
I love the flavour combination of chocolate and mint! Must try these cookies Angela
I’m totally into the Christmas spirit and I feel like it would totally be completed with a plate of these divine little cookies!
So chocolatey delicious!
Mmmm mmm, good!
MUAH!