What’s the Project? These chocolate peppermint cookies not only taste great, but they also look festive and fun for Christmas with crushed candy cane on them! Easy to make and they taste amazing!
Christmas is just around the corner and if you are like me, you will be in the kitchen a LOT in the next month. These chocolate peppermint cookies are a twist on an old family favorite for me and I love how they turned out. It’s a soft, chewy, subtle chocolate cookie topped with peppermint frosting and sprinkled with crushed candy canes, which is why I am calling them Candy Cane Cookies. 
Plus, they look fun and festive right?! 
I seriously love these cookies and can’t want to make them again and again. Do you want to make them too? Let’s do it!
Chocolate Peppermint Cookies Recipe:
PrintChocolate Peppermint Cookies for Christmas
These chocolate peppermint cookies not only taste great, but they also look festive and fun for Christmas with crushed candy cane on them! Easy to make and they taste amazing!
Ingredients
Chocolate Cookie Base:
- 1 1/2 C brown sugar
- 2 Tbsp water
- 3/4 C margarine (1 and a half sticks)
- 2 C Nestle’s Semi-Sweet chocolate chips
- 2 eggs (beaten)
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 1/4 tsp baking soda
- 3 1/2 C flour
Instructions
Instructions:
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees.
Sift dry ingredients together and set them aside.
In a large pan on the stove over medium-high heat, melt your brown sugar, water, and margarine together and stir and continue to heat until it boils.
Remove from heat and immediately stir in your Nestle’s Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips. Mix until melted.
Beat your eggs with a fork and then stir them into the chocolate mixture.
Add the dry ingredients and stir them in with a fork until completely combined. If your dough seems runny (and like you can’t make blobs with it) add a little bit more flour.
Roll into large balls (see image below) and drop onto a cookie sheet (preferably with a Silpat mat). If you don’t have a Silpat mat make sure you have a greased cookie sheet.
Bake for about 10-11 minutes. While they bake you can make your caramel sauce and frosting. Scroll down for that recipe.
When your cookies come out of the oven, press them down gently with the bottom of a cup to form a flat cookie with a bit of a rim around the edges:
Peppermint Frosting:
- 4 C Powdered Sugar
- 1/3 C soft butter (not margarine)
- About 1/3 cup warm water
- 1/8 tsp peppermint extract
- Red food coloring
- Candy Canes
Combine above ingredients until smooth. Pipe onto cookies with a Ziploc bag with a corner snipped off. Then spread frosting with a knife. Sprinkle top with crushed candy canes. And enjoy!
I hope you love these chocolate peppermint cookies for Christmas!
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Heart says
November 10, 2015 at 7:12 pmHi Amber! I admire the simplicity and beauty of this recipe. I love baking, too. I will try your recipe. This is just timely for the upcoming holiday.
julie Snook says
November 11, 2015 at 8:35 am3 1/2 C flour.
3 1/2 what of corn flour
Amber says
November 11, 2015 at 11:23 amNot sure what you are asking?
Lindi says
November 14, 2015 at 1:03 pmI think the C stands for cups, not corn …
Susie says
November 11, 2015 at 9:34 amThis recipe looks great! I will be making these with my daughter this weekend to test-taste for our holiday party, I bet they will be a hit!
Ronaldnut says
November 18, 2015 at 8:36 amin candy cane kiss cookies . can I use semi-sweet in place of dark chocolate chips in the recipe? I totally missed that part! Making those cookies tomorrow, thanks!
Amber says
November 19, 2015 at 5:17 pmYes, semi sweet is what I use.
tammie says
December 1, 2015 at 7:40 amHow many cookies does this recipe make? these look yummy!
Amber says
December 2, 2015 at 3:37 pmProbably about 12
thea says
December 6, 2018 at 2:47 pmhow many cookies does this make?
Amber says
December 12, 2018 at 6:35 pmAbout 2 dozen
Luke says
December 9, 2018 at 8:49 pmThe pictures look as though these cookies have cocoa powder but it isn’t in the list??
Amber says
December 12, 2018 at 6:33 pmNope, they have chocolate chips instead.
Kina says
December 23, 2018 at 1:21 amThe recipe clearly States to mix in choc chips til melted. There is no coco powder, idk why people get so confused.
OP- great cookies, thank you!
★★★★★
Pat says
December 10, 2018 at 10:49 amYou said, “While they bake you can make your caramel sauce and frosting. ”. Was that just an error or did I miss something?
Amber says
December 12, 2018 at 6:33 pmSorry, there’s a caramel version here: https://crazylittleprojects.com/chocolate-caramel-cookies/
Jan says
December 10, 2018 at 3:14 pmYour recipe says, while the cookies bake prepare the caramel and peppermint frosting. I don’t see caramel on the cookies nor do I see a recipe for it…just see the peppermint frosting. ???
Amber says
December 12, 2018 at 6:33 pmWhoops-that’s a mistake although I do have a similar one here with caramel: https://crazylittleprojects.com/chocolate-caramel-cookies/
Ashley says
December 13, 2018 at 2:38 pmIs it possible to use non-dairy products to replace the butter?
Amber says
December 20, 2018 at 2:55 pmSorry, I have no idea!
Anna Kersey says
December 22, 2018 at 10:33 amHave you experienced the change Nestle has made in their chocolate and butterscotch chips. They do not melt well nor do the butterscotch chips look or taste the same as they did before Nestle went “healthy” with their product? What brand do you use if that can be revealed in this forum?
Amber says
February 2, 2019 at 8:57 pmI’ve heard that but haven’t noticed the problem?