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No dessert flavor screams Christmas better than peppermint. No dessert better than cookies. Put them together with this chocolate peppermint cookie recipe!
I’m not sure how you all can expect me to bake Christmas cookies when it’s 40 degrees outside and thundering. Is this what it’s like living in the South during the holidays? I mean, don’t get me wrong, snow comes straight from the devil, but really?
40 degrees and rain? In the middle of December?
I can feel all of my holiday spirit just withering up and dying. It burns. It buuuuuuuuurns!
Okay, no, it doesn’t.
I might complain about the snow, but it has come to my attention that I sorta need it.
In the meantime, I guess the Christmas cookies will have to do their job and get me feelin’ all festive. I’ll have to eat double. You know, to make up for the lack of white fluffy stuff happening outside.
These cookies were inspired by the much prettier version found on Taste and Tell. I just made things a bit simpler by using a cake mix for the dough and leaving off the pretty topping. I kind of regret not adding the pretty topping. The pretty topping is pretty. For serious.
Chocolate Peppermint Patty Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 box devil's food cake mix
- 2 large eggs
- 1/3 cup canola oil
- 18 peppermint patties the small ones
- Powdered sugar for sprinkling
Instructions
- Beat together the cake mix, eggs, and oil until well combined and a sticky dough forms.
- Place dough in the fridge for 20 minutes to chill. If you skip this step, the dough will be very hard to work with, but if you're in a hurry just make sure your hands are cold by running them under cold water after you shape each cookie.
- Grab a golf ball sized ball of dough, roll into a ball, and flatten it into a disc.Place a peppermint patty in the center and bring the excess dough up and around the patty to cover it.
- Repeat with remaining dough and place on a parchment lined cookie sheet 2 inches apart from each other.
- Bake in a 350 degree oven for 9 minutes.
- Remove from oven and sprinkle on powdered sugar.
- Cool on a wire rack.
Nichole Branch says
Cooked these for residents in the senior facility I work at. They turned out amazing and were a big hit!!!!
Karly says
Love to hear that!
Shelly says
Karly, this is very similar to the yummy Texas Sheet Cake cookies you have a recipe for. Why do you add an extra egg to this recipe?
Karly says
Hi Shelly! We skipped the extra egg in the Texas sheet cake cookies to make for a more dense cookie. These will be a bit little ligher and fluffier. Good eye catching that! 🙂
Elizabeth Butler says
I don’t have canola oil can I use vegetable oil
Karly says
Yep, any neutral tasting oil is fine.
Sandra Ellis says
The cookies look great, can you freeze them?
Karly says
I haven’t tried freezing these, but I imagine they’d freeze just fine. 🙂
Diane Pichan says
I do not use canola oil or corn oil. Could I use butter or avocado oil?
Karly says
I would use avocado oil.
Charlotte says
I made these tonight! OH SWEET MOTHER OF JESUS! So delicious. THANK YOU!
Abbey says
40 degrees! Thats cold …Try shopping for your Christmas tree in shorts and flip-flops b/c its in the 80’s, phew. Love the cookie recipe. I would have to buy double the peppermint patties since I would eat a bag during prep.
Errandbug Restaurant Delivery Lincoln Ne says
Perfect Christmas cookie…I like to go outside after having a peppermint patty just to breathe the air. It is super crisp feeling. Off to the store we go. 🙂