Chewy Double Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
These double chocolate peppermint cookies are made with cocoa powder and peppermint flavored chocolate. They are super chewy, delicious and the best cookie to make for the holidays! The recipe makes 12 perfect chocolatey and minty cookies.
Chocolate and peppermint are such a classic combo and work so well together especially during the holidays! I love sipping on this hot cocoa for one while I’m making these cookies especially for the holiday cookie gift box I make every year! When it’s not holiday season, I leave out the peppermint and make these double chocolate chip cookies!
As a trained pastry chef I love experimenting with different cookie flavors. These are super chocolatey and have a light peppermint flavor that is seriously irresistible. You can add peppermint extract to give an even more minty flavor but you can also leave it out and rely solely on the peppermint bark.
For this recipe I like to use the Ghirardelli Peppermint Bark Squares but you can use any peppermint chocolate! The Hershey kisses work here too.
Our other holiday favorites are these gingersnap cookies, these thumbprint cookies, and these cranberry shortbread cookies!
The hardest part about making these cookies is waiting for them to chill before baking. I know it’s so hard to wait but it is worth it in the end!
What you need
How to make these cookies
Recipe tips
Measure the flour correctly- Either use a kitchen scale or spoon the flour into your measuring cup and level it off. Never scoop flour with a measuring cup because you’ll end up with too much packed flour.
Use other kinds of peppermint chocolate if you cant find the one I use. You can substitute Andes Chocolates, Hershey Peppermint Kisses or any other chocolate peppermint bar.
Perfectly round cookies-To keep the cookies perfectly round, place a larger round cookie cutter or an overturned glass over the cookie while it’s still warm and scoot it around the cookie to shape it.
Chewy Double Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup (113.5 g) unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup (100 g) granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup (110 g) brown sugar
- 1 (1) egg, large
- 1 egg yolk
- ½ teaspoon (0.5 teaspoon) vanilla extract, or peppermint extract for more flavor
- 1 ½ cups (187.5 g) all purpose flour
- ½ cup (43 g) unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon (0.5 teaspoon) baking powder
- ½ teaspoon (0.5 teaspoon) baking soda
- ½ teaspoon (0.5 teaspoon) kosher salt
- 1 cup (175 g) peppermint flavored chocolate bar, such as Ghirardelli peppermint bark, chopped, plus more for garnish
Instructions
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment beat the 1/2 cup butter, 1/2 cup granulated sugar, and 1/2 cup brown sugar on low-medium speed until light and fluffy, about 1 minute. Add the egg and yolk and then pour in the 1/2 tsp either vanilla or peppermint extract. Mix again for 1 minute.
- Add the 1 1/2 cups flour, 1/2 cups cocoa powder, 1/2 tsp baking powder, 1/2 tsp baking soda, and 1/2 tsp salt and continue to mix until dough forms.
- Stop the mixer, add the chopped chocolate and mix by hand, so you don’t break up the chocolate too much. Chill the cookie dough for 1 hour in the fridge.
- Using an ice cream scoop, scoop the dough into even shaped balls and line 5 of them up on parchment lined sheet trays with about 1” of space in between.
- Preheat the oven to 350° F. Take a few small chopped pieces and press them down onto the tops or sides of the cookie dough. Not too hard to press the dough down, just light enough to get it to stick to the top.
- Bake the cookies for 13-15 minutes. 13 if you want them more chewy, 15 if you want it more cakey.
The cookies tasted great and were easy to make but they spread wayyy too much. I even froze them for longer than an hour and only took them out once the oven was preheated. One tray spread so much that it became one whole cookie.
Oh man! That is super frustrating, sad to hear that! I haven’t had an issues with these ever spreading, sometimes if you cream the butter and sugar for too long it makes them spread, if thats not the case I’m sorry these didn’t work out!
I made these for Christmas cookie gift boxes and brought a box to my chiropractor’s office. His staff is STILL talking about these cookies in particular and telling me they’ll refuse all of my future treatment until I make more. They’re insanely good! I’m not even a big peppermint fan, but these… these are good. Thanks Sam!
HAHA Im cracking up! I appreciate your comments so so much it means everything to me!! YAY for trading treats for chiropractic services LOLOLOL!!!
Normally I love your recipes and I was really excited to try these. I added a little peppermint extract to the dough but otherwise I kept the recipe the same. However, they turned out really flat and greasy… I only baked a couple test ones first so I remixed the rest of the dough with about 1 more cup of flour and they turned out way better. The recipe as written didn’t work for me but I’m glad I was able to rescue them. Not sure what went wrong!
Hey Mariah! Sorry they didnt work out for you I have never had that problem or heard anything like that. I am glad you were able to rescue them though, thanks for your comment and review!
I let the boys choose what cookies they wanted to make and Graeme chose this one. A boy after my own heart. We made them together and it was so hard waiting for them to chill, bake, and cool off, but it was worth the wait. These are a great recipe and they’re so chewy and the peppermint is perfect.
Thank you SO much Faith!!! I’m so happy to hear you made these and loved them! Happy holidays to you and your sweet family!