Make these easy chocolate peppermint cookies by starting with a store bought cookies mix and making them seasonal and peppermint flavored!
When it comes to holiday baking I like to make new recipes every year. But at the same time I don’t always want recipes which require a laundry list of ingredients and take hours in the kitchen to prepare. Especially when I am cooking with my kids – simple is better.
This recipe starts with a package of Double Chocolate Chunk Cookie Mix, so making the cookies is quick and easy. To make the cookies even more seasonal I picked some peppermint candies to crush up add to the cookies.
Crushing peppermint candies is always a big hit with my kids. So my son fetched a hammer, and we set about breaking the candies down into small pieces. It is important to put the candies inside two sandwich bags before you crush them, otherwise peppermint can go flying everywhere.
Then I added about 3/4 of a cup of crushed peppermint candy to the cookie mix, just enough to add some color and a hint of peppermint flavor. I love the big chunks of chocolate in this cookie mix – the more chocolate the better!
Other than add the peppermint candy I made the cookie recipe as directed on the bag, and ended up with about 30 Chocolate Chunk Peppermint cookies. You do need to make sure you line the cookie sheets with parchment paper before baking the cookies, because otherwise the peppermint candies will melt and make a mess on the cookie sheets. We found that out the hard way, and had to do some extra scrubbing to get the cookie sheets clean!
We ate a few of these, and they tasted excellent! But we wanted to make them even more festive, so I made a quick peppermint cream filling for the cookies using a Crisco Shortening Stick, some powdered sugar and peppermint extract. We used the creamy peppermint filling to sandwich two cookies together, and added some more broken peppermint pieces around the edge of the cookie for the ultimate Double Chocolate Chunk Peppermint Cream Cookies.
Making cookie sandwiches and sprinkling peppermint on the cookies was fun, and a great way to get kids involved in baking and creating (and eating) holiday treats.
Double Chocolate Chunk Peppermint Cream Cookies
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 bag Double Chocolate Chunk Cookie Mix
- 1 cup red peppermint candies
- 1/4 cup oil
- 2 Tablespoon water
- 1 egg
Cream Filling
- 1/2 Shortening Stick or shortening
- 2 cup powdered sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 1 teaspoon peppermint extract
- 1 to 3 Tablespoon heavy cream
- crushed peppermint candies
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- Put the peppermint candies inside two ziploc bags and crush with a hammer.1 cup red peppermint candies
- Put 1/4 of the candy aside to decorate the cookies. Add the rest to the cookie mix in a bowl.1 bag Double Chocolate Chunk Cookie Mix
- Add the oil, water and egg to the cookie mix and mix well.1/4 cup oil, 2 Tablespoon water, 1 egg
- Use your hands to roll small 1 inch balls of dough and put them on ungreased cookie sheets lined with parchment paper.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes.
- Remove the cookies to wire racks and let cool completely.
- When the cookies are cool combine the Shortening Stick, powdered sugar, vanilla and peppermint extract in a mixing bowl and mix.1/2 Shortening Stick, 2 cup powdered sugar, 1 teaspoon vanilla, 1 teaspoon peppermint extract
- Add the cream 1 T at a time, beat after each until the filling reaches the desired consistency.1 to 3 Tablespoon heavy cream
- Use the creamy filling to sandwich two cookies together and decorate the edges with the reserved peppermint candy.crushed peppermint candies
Notes
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Wow! Those look so delicious!! They also sound easy enough to make. Might have to make these with my kids!
Yum, peppermint and chocolate, what a combination!
The peppermint/ chocolate combination is one of my favorite seasonal flavors. Those look wonderful!
YUM! My husband is not a fan of peppermint but I’d make these for cookie exchanges!
Oh wow these might need to be added to my big Christmas treat baking day, everyone would love these. Pinning now!
I am drooling. These look delicious and perfect for the holidays.
Oh my oh my those look absolutely divine. Like a party in my mouth and can’t hear the kids yelling kind of divine.
Yum! I love cookies sandwiched together with cream in the middle. Maybe we should leave these out for Santa??
This looks delicious, I need to make a few for my house.
Peppermint is one of my absolute flavors all year round, but during the holidays I can give in and eat it in excess. I can’t wait to try these cookies.
Yum – we are all about peppermint, especially this time of year. I totally have to make these!
You don’t even know how much I love peppermint and chocolate together. I pinned these and they look incredible!
I’m ashamed to admit it, but I haven’t begun my holiday baking yet. I usually start at Thanksgiving. I usually make Snickerdoodles, Chocolate Crinkles, Biscotti Anise, and some sort of almond bark snack mixture with M&Ms. All of them pale in comparison to your peppermint cream cookies. That looks AMAZING!
My husband would be in heaven if I made these. He loves whoopie pies and would love them more so with the peppermint. I have chopped peppermint in my food processor and it works great.
The food processor is a great idea, it would probably be less messy than a hammer for breaking up the peppermint. But not as amusing for the kids!
Those look amazing!!
My mouth watered the entire time I drooled over this article! Thanks for helping out us less creative people!
Mmmmm, those look incredible. When my son sees these pictures he is going to be begging me to make them. Thank you for sharing!
Oh, boy! Those look amazing. Peppermint is definitely my favorite flavor of the season. I am going to have to whip up a batch of these.
I love this idea, I never knew how to do the cream. Can’t wait to make this for my kids this weekend. Thank you.
WHOA! These looks amazing! I love that you made them into sandwiches, too! #client
My cookie party is in two days…thanks for this simple recipe! I wonder though if I can make the cream filling with cream cheese as a base instead of the shortening (for flavor and for peace of mind) not that cream cheese is a whole lot better health wise…
I would LOVE to have one of these Anne! I love the taste combination of the mint and chocolate. They look awesome!
Oh wow! These look so yummy! I love the peppermint and chocolate combo! 🙂
It would be impossible to resist these! Thanks for linking up with What’s Cookin’ Wednesday!
I can almost taste these awesome cookies, they look sooooo good! Thanks so much for sharing with Full Plate Thursday and hope you have a great week.
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I LOVE crushing peppermint candies! and these are certainly festive
I seriously need to make these! They looks so yummy… what a fabulous combination… mint and chocolate! Thanks for linking up with us! Hope to see you back again on Thursday 🙂
These look so fancy and special! Your amazing pictures make me want to give these cookies a try. I’m featuring these on Thursday at Your Turn to Shine as one of my favorites from the party!
Yum! I love those little peppermint candies with chocolate. Thanks for sharing your recipe, it was the most viewed this week, and will be featured in tonight’s linkup! Have a great night 🙂 Pinned!