Description
Delicious peppermint chocolate cookies coated in smooth chocolate.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon peppermint extract
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil
- 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract (for coating)
Instructions
- Cream together butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add vanilla and peppermint extract and mix to combine.
- Sift in flour, cocoa powder, and salt. Mix until a dough forms.
- Roll dough between parchment paper to 1/4 inch thickness and chill for 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C). Cut out cookies with a round cutter.
- Bake cookies for 10-12 minutes and let them cool completely.
- Melt chocolate and coconut oil together until smooth.
- Stir in peppermint extract into the melted chocolate.
- Dip each cookie in the chocolate coating and let excess drip off.
- Place on parchment and chill until chocolate is set.
Notes
- Chilling the dough helps the cookies maintain their shape while baking.
- Make sure to let the cookies cool completely before dipping them in chocolate.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 12 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 10g
- Sodium: 50mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 20g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 30mg