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Chocolate peppermint chip cookies to get you in the mood for the Holiday season
‘Tis the season! Our tree is up and presents are sort of getting bought and wrapped. I hate wrapping presents, though. In the future, my kids are probably going to think I’m a disappointment cause the gift wrapping on their friends’ birthday gifts will be pathetic. When I was young, I always looked up to my mom and thought, “moms know EVERYTHING and know how to do everything PERFECTLY.” Which, for me, is true cause my mom’s present wrapping was always perfect and she rarely ever used gift bags, she knew how to sew things and hem things, she knew how to do various styles of braids in my hair. And then I think about myself and I panic because I can’t do ANY of that. I don’t know how to French braid, I don’t know how to sew, I don’t know how to wrap a present neatly..it’s kind of panic-inducing cause I don’t want my kids to think I’m a disappointment. I guess I have some time between now and then to learn, right?
Who loves good chocolate cookies with peppermint? Peppermint with cookies around the holidays is always the quintessential reminder that the holidays are amongst us. My favorite cookies around the holidays, especially in December are peppermint and chocolate cookies. I mean, they just TASTE like Christmas!
My coworker found these Andes Peppermint Crunch Baking Chips at the store and immediately texted me about them. I told her to grab me two bags. I already knew what I was going to bake up with them! No doubt in my mind that a soft chocolate cookie was going to be used. These cookies went like hot cakes at work so bake up a batch yourself and spread the holiday cheer :)
Chocolate Peppermint Chip Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup (227 g) unsalted butter, room temperature
- ¾ cup (165 g) dark brown sugar
- ¼ cup (50 g) granulated sugar
- 3.4 ounce (96 g) package of chocolate fudge pudding mix
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 ¼ cups (281 g) all purpose flour
- ¼ cup (22 g) Dutch-processed cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup (237 g) Andes peppermint crunch baking chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 °F (177 °C). Line baking sheets with silicone baking mats or parchment paper. Set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar until creamy and fluffy. Add in the pudding mix, eggs, and vanilla extract. Beat well until incorporated.1 cup (227 g) unsalted butter, 3/4 cup (165 g) dark brown sugar, 1/4 cup (50 g) granulated sugar, 3.4 ounce (96 g) package of chocolate fudge pudding mix, 2 large eggs, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.2 1/4 cups (281 g) all purpose flour, 1/4 cup (22 g) Dutch-processed cocoa powder, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Slowly add in the dry ingredients until just combined. Fold in the peppermint chips with a spatula.1 cup (237 g) Andes peppermint crunch baking chips
- Drop cookies onto baking sheet with a cookie scoop (I used a medium cookie scoop) and bake for 10 minutes or until slightly golden around the edges.
- Remove from oven and let cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes. Transfer to wire cooling racks to cool completely.
- Store in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
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Julie,
I LOVE these cookies!!! We’re going to bake Friday. . and these just might be it! :)
I heart these! Extra peppermint for me :) and I spy a Crate & Bsrrel plate! (Haha I worked there last Christmas season and stocked up!)
Haha, yes you are correct! I bought it during their after Christmas sale so it was a great price!
These look great, but it’s the plate that’s really got my attention. Too cute!!
You must have read my mind! I JUST picked these chips up at the store the other day and have been brainstorming about a cookie to put them in…Can’t wait to try this!
These cookies look awesome! I love wrapping presents – probably because my mom always hated it… when we were little she used to put all our presents in giant bags (i.e. as many as possible in one bag) and my sister and I would get so mad! : ) lol.
I’m making cookies very similar to this over the weekend :)
I adore pudding cookies and those peppermint pieces a little too much! You are going to laugh when you see my cookie swap recipe next week…almost the exact same as yours:-)
Hooray for pudding mix cookies! Awesome photos. :)
YUM-O! I can just smell them in my oven right now….I shall be baking some soon!
Yum! I love cookies made with pudding mix :) And what a cute plate!