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Triple-Chocolate Peppermint Treats Recipe

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Santa is sure to stop by your house if you leave these minty chocolate cookies waiting for him. They're quick and easy for the whole family to make together. —Teresa Ralston, New Albany, Ohio

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Triple-Chocolate Peppermint Treats Recipe

Prep: 40 min. Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling

Yield: 80 Servings

40 10 50

Ingredients

1 cup butter, softened
1 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup baking cocoa
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
1/2 cup 60% cacao bittersweet chocolate baking chips
WHITE CHOCOLATE FROSTING:
1/2 cup white baking chips
4 ounces cream cheese, softened
3 cups confectioners' sugar
1/3 to 1/2 cup crushed peppermint candies

Directions

In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa, salt and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in the chocolate chips.
Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes or until set. Cool for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely.
In a microwave, melt baking chips; stir until smooth. Cool.
In a small bowl, beat cream cheese and confectioners' sugar until smooth. Beat in melted chips. Frost cookies; sprinkle with peppermint candies. Yield: about 6-1/2 dozen.

Originally published as Triple-Chocolate Peppermint Treats in Country Woman December/January 2008, p27

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Reviewed on Feb. 02, 2013 by SherriP12s

Made these at christmas, and words cannot describe how much we loved them!!! Making them for valentines day!! Thanks, Sherri :)

Reviewed on Jan. 07, 2013 by Janaber

Our NEW Christmas favorite. Wonderful. Put a 1/4 tsp. of Peppermint flavoring in the frosting for an extra kick.

Reviewed on Dec. 15, 2012 by MRPinter

Love these. To make these easier to bake with my little kids, I skipped the frosting and added both Andes mint chips and Andes peppermint chips to the dough. They still looked Christmas-y with the green and pink chips!

Reviewed on Dec. 03, 2012 by becky33

Just made these after reading all the good reviews and they were GREAT! Everyone loved them.

Reviewed on Jan. 07, 2012 by moyer1995

This cookie was awesome!! My husband says it's his "new" favorite cookie. I did change it up a little bit though. Instead of 2 tsp. vanilla, I did 1 tsp. vanilla and 1 tsp. peppermint extract.(amazing!) And instead of using both semi-sweet choc. and 60% bittersweet choc., I only used semi-sweet. I also didn't do the frosting. I melted white choc. and drizzled it all over the top then sprinkled with crushed up candy canes!! This is a definite keeper and new Christmas cookie tradition!

Reviewed on Dec. 22, 2011 by IslandWife

Very yummy!!

Reviewed on Dec. 21, 2011 by FaithM

This is my new favorite recipe for the season. Very refreshing and christmas-y with the candy cane topping.

I didn't have the white baking chips for the frosting and just made it without and it turned out just fine. I just added a bit more powdered sugar so it wasn't so thin.

A VERY TASTY COOKIE!

Reviewed on Dec. 18, 2011 by blueshell

Loved these cookies...I did some with just green sprinkles and some with candycanes and they looked pretty on plate for giving as gift!!

Reviewed on Dec. 16, 2011 by crkent

Lots of chocolate flavor but worry about having icing with cream cheese--would this need refridgerated? Kinda hard to give as cookie gift if so.

Reviewed on Dec. 14, 2011 by LadySullen

I just finished baking seven different kinds of Christmas cookies and these were by far the very best ones. The sweetness of the frosting balances beautifully with the subtle bittersweet taste of the chocolate. This is a very elegant and lovely addition to my Christmas cookie repertoire. No wonder it's a contest winning recipe!!

Reviewed on Dec. 14, 2011 by IiIbree

My husband says these are his new favorite Christmas Cookie. :-) Mine turned out just fine following the recipe...no alterations needed!

Reviewed on Dec. 28, 2010 by l2bake

Easy to make and they are excellent and full of flavor!!

Reviewed on Dec. 28, 2010 by solar0209

So good! Chocolate and cream cheese-peppermint frosting make for an excellent combination. Also used the frosting on a mocha cookie, which was also really good - tasted like a drink from Starbucks!

Reviewed on Dec. 13, 2010 by megan44411

They are very good - my daughter and I made them. We had a lot of trouble with the frosting though. I had to add a little milk to mixture to get it smooth and spreadable. Other than that, they were easy to make. Will make again.

Reviewed on Dec. 12, 2010 by carebearkiddie85

This cookies are great.... now that I know what to expect! This cookies burn very easily, both me & my mom experienced this in our own seperate ovens. Also - the icing... I don't know how other people made it following those directions! It came out SOO thick, I couldn't even mix it with the beater! I had to add 1/4 cup of melted butter to it, then it was good to go. I too added some peppermint extract (1/4 teaspoon) & piped the frosting on for a neater look.

Also - crush the candies up as fine as possible. I liked it better than having chunks of candy on top of the cookie. If it's fine, it's more like a little sugar on top of the cookie.

VERY SWEET cookie. If you're looking for something not too sweet, this is NOT the cookie for you! But - good none the less.

Reviewed on Dec. 06, 2010 by mcgregger

Can these triple chocolate peppermint treats be frozen with the icing?

Reviewed on Nov. 18, 2010 by jerryandmaaret

These cookies have WOW! They are delicious as well as beautiful! They recipe was very simple and easy to follow. They turned out perfect! I changed the frosting a bit by adding white candy melts instead of white chocolate. I also added 1/8 tsp peppermint extract to the frosting which gave it a perfectly cool kick for the holidays. And just for fun, I tinted the frosting pink and used a pastry bag with a large round tip to pipe it on, which is really pretty on the chocolate brown cookies.

Reviewed on Dec. 16, 2009 by DebAnderson1

very chocolaty, with a nice hint of peppermint. yummy!

Reviewed on Dec. 16, 2009 by Kris Countryman

These were delicious. Mine appeared flatter than those pictured but were very nice. I had trouble meltling the white chocolate; it burned in the microwave. I went to Hershey's web site and they recommended melting with 1 Tablespoon of shortening at 50% power for 30 seconds, stir and continue melting stirring every 15 seconds until melted. That seemed to work.

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