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November 10, 2017 ·

Chocolate Peppermint Cookies for Christmas

Christmas· Christmas Favorites· Cookies· Desserts· Food & Recipes

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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. Chocolate Peppermint Cookies for Christmas-This fun Candy Cane Cookies Recipe tastes amazing and looks so festive for the holidays! #christmas #christmascookies #candycane #peppermint #dessert #cookies

Plus, they look fun and festive right?!   Christmas Cookies-Peppermint Candy Cane

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:

Candy Cane Cookie Recipe

Chocolate Peppermint Cookies for Christmas

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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!
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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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Candy Cane Christmas Cookies Recipe-These chocolate peppermint cookies are a perfect Christmas treat! Crushed candy cane on top of mint frosting and a soft and chewy chocolate cookie. #christmas #cookies #candycane #christmascookies

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  1. Heart says

    November 10, 2015 at 7:12 pm

    Hi 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.

  2. julie Snook says

    November 11, 2015 at 8:35 am

    3 1/2 C flour.
    3 1/2 what of corn flour

    • Amber says

      November 11, 2015 at 11:23 am

      Not sure what you are asking?

    • Lindi says

      November 14, 2015 at 1:03 pm

      I think the C stands for cups, not corn …

  3. Susie says

    November 11, 2015 at 9:34 am

    This 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!

  4. Ronaldnut says

    November 18, 2015 at 8:36 am

    in 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 pm

      Yes, semi sweet is what I use.

  5. tammie says

    December 1, 2015 at 7:40 am

    How many cookies does this recipe make? these look yummy!

    • Amber says

      December 2, 2015 at 3:37 pm

      Probably about 12

  6. thea says

    December 6, 2018 at 2:47 pm

    how many cookies does this make?

    • Amber says

      December 12, 2018 at 6:35 pm

      About 2 dozen

  7. Luke says

    December 9, 2018 at 8:49 pm

    The pictures look as though these cookies have cocoa powder but it isn’t in the list??

    • Amber says

      December 12, 2018 at 6:33 pm

      Nope, they have chocolate chips instead.

    • Kina says

      December 23, 2018 at 1:21 am

      The 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!

      ★★★★★

  8. Pat says

    December 10, 2018 at 10:49 am

    You 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 pm

      Sorry, there’s a caramel version here: https://crazylittleprojects.com/chocolate-caramel-cookies/

  9. Jan says

    December 10, 2018 at 3:14 pm

    Your 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 pm

      Whoops-that’s a mistake although I do have a similar one here with caramel: https://crazylittleprojects.com/chocolate-caramel-cookies/

  10. Ashley says

    December 13, 2018 at 2:38 pm

    Is it possible to use non-dairy products to replace the butter?

    • Amber says

      December 20, 2018 at 2:55 pm

      Sorry, I have no idea!

  11. Anna Kersey says

    December 22, 2018 at 10:33 am

    Have 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 pm

      I’ve heard that but haven’t noticed the problem?

  12. Cathy B says

    December 31, 2019 at 10:31 am

    LOVE this recipe. going to try it this week. Does anyone know how we can remove photos and ads for printing out?? I have to conserve on ink and want to use less paper… and make simple. Also, does anyone know with cookies, what to substitute for the shortening? Thank you for any answers!

    • Amber says

      April 22, 2020 at 11:49 am

      There’s a print button on the recipe.

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