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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 a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.
- 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.
- Slowly add in the dry ingredients until just combined. Fold in the peppermint chips with a spatula.
- 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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I am all about this recipe, Julie! I made some intense choc cookies earlier in the week but no peppermint was involved. I love that you rocked the Andes chips!
I H8 giftwrapping – EVERYTHING goes into a gift bag with tissue paper on top. And I would need a whole batch of cookies to get me through wrapping a ton of gifts. These cookies in particular.
I cannot get enough chocolate and peppermint in December. Also…braids and ironing and sewing are total disasters in my world. At least I can bake? :)
GAH! I don’t know how to French braid either. I grew up with all brothers and was never taught the ways of hair braiding. Good thing we have these cookies to keep us distracted!
Came across these on Pinterest as I was searching for a way to use a full bag of Andes Baking chips. Would those work ok in place of the Andes peppermint chips?
I actually have a recipe for the Andes baking chips with the same cookie base :) https://www.tablefortwoblog.com/2012/10/22/mint-chocolate-pudding-cookies/ enjoy!
This makes me want to sing FA LA LA LA LA LA LA LA LAAAA!!!!! I made a cookie like this last week and i inhaled all of them. so yay!
I can’t sew either, and my 7 year old knows it! He likes to point out the Grandma can sew him his Halloween costume, but Mom can’t…so you are not alone!
Love these cookies, my son does call me the best cookie baker, so I guess we all have our places :)
I love those Andes bits so much! Yum!
Chocolate and peppermint is my favorite combination! Love these cookies!
Love these! I made a normal cookie version last year, but I bet that the pudding in the mix ones are 1,000 times better.