Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
10 Ingredient Chocolate Peppermint Cookies are easy to make drizzled with chocolate and crushed candy cane for the perfect holiday cookie!
Servings: 18 cookies
Calories: 195kcal
Ingredients
- ¾ cup butter at room temperature 1.5 sticks
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- ½ teaspoon peppermint extract
- 1 ¾ cups flour
- ⅓ cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup chocolate baking chips plus extra for drizzling on the cookies!
- crushed candy cane
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream the butter and sugar until light and fluffy (around 3 minutes).
- Add eggs one at a time and peppermint extract.
- Mix the flour, cacao powder, baking powder and salt together in a bowl and gradually mix into the batter.
- Mix in the chocolate chips.
- Drop the dough on a greased baking sheet and bake for 8-10 minutes.
- Let cookies cool before drizzling with chocolate and crushed candy cane.
Notes
- If you plan to omit the chocolate drizzle and peppermint topping, you may want to add an additional ¼ teaspoon of peppermint extract to the dough.
- The key in this recipe is creaming the butter and sugar until fluffy. It adds so much air and texture. I forgot to add baking powder in the batch of cookies I shot for this post, but you'd never know it! They still had a great fluffy texture thanks to taking a good 3 minutes to cream the butter and sugar - so definitely don't skip this step and make sure the butter truly is room temp (soft to the touch but not melted).
Nutrition
Calories: 195kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 10g | Saturated Fat: 6g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.5g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 39mg | Sodium: 157mg | Potassium: 75mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 265IU | Calcium: 25mg | Iron: 1mg
