Dark Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
Dark Chocolate Peppermint Cookies are thick and chewy chocolate cookies packed full of dark chocolate chips and incredible peppermint flavor. Delicious!
Servings 18
Ingredients
- 1 tsp Nielsen-Massey’s Pure Peppermint Extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour 140g
- 2/3 cup cocoa powder 93g
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 10 tbsp butter
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar 143g
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar 48g
- 1 egg room temperature
- 1-1/4 cups dark chocolate chips 188g
- 1/2 cup peppermint bark chips 75g
Instructions
- Whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Set aside.
- Beat butter and sugars together in a large mixer bowl.
- Add eggs and Nielsen-Massey Pure Peppermint Extract. Mix well.
- Slowly add in the dry ingredients.
- Fold in dark chocolate chips and peppermint chips.
- Cover and chill at least 2 hours or up to 48 hours.
- When chilled, preheat the oven to 350 degrees (180 degrees C)
- Roll dough, making sure the balls are slightly taller than they are wide.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes or until the tops are just set.
- Press a few extra chocolate and peppermint chips into the tops before they cool after baking.
- Cool on baking sheet 5 minutes before transferring to a wire rack to finish cooling completely.