Double Chocolate Mint Cookies are a rich, chewy chocolate cookie topped with Junior Mints! Perfect fudge cookie recipe for mint chocolate lovers.
Soft & Chewy Mint Chocolate Cookies
The combinations of mint and Chocolate just reminds me of Christmas.. especially when you throw baked goods into the mix! I fell like the combination is either a love it or hate it type of thing. I happen to LOVE it!
If you fall into the same category, you are going to go bananas over these cookies. Extremely soft and chewy with just the right amount of peppermint to compliment the rich chocolate cookie.
Take these Chocolate Mint Cookies to your Cookie exchange party this year, they will be a hit, pinky promise! The best part about these cookies.. They are no harder than a regular chocolate chip cookie recipe. Taste fancy, but honestly there is no extra work!
Ingredients for Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
- Butter
- granulated sugar
- brown sugar
- egg
- vanilla
- all purpose flour
- cocoa
- baking soda
- salt
- mini chocolate chips
- Junior Mints candies
You’ll need a couple of packages of the Movie Theater size Junior Mints. Be on the lookout for the seasonal boxes of Christmas Junior Mints! They’re flecked with red and green candy and add a really festive look to these cookies!
All of the other ingredients are pretty basic, most of which (if not all) should be easily found in your pantry. For exact amounts and the step by step instructions, visit the recipe card below.
How to make Chocolate Mint Cookies
Making Chocolate Mint Cookies is just as easy as making regular chocolate chip cookies. We will cream together the butter and sugars first. Then the egg and vanilla goes into the mix. Next, the dry ingredients are added, followed by the mini chocolate chips.
We are not going to add the Junior Mints until after the cookies have baked. It is important to wait until after the are cooked or else all of the pepperminty goodness will escape and dissolve into the cookie instead of having a burst of Pepperminty goodness.
As soon as the cookies come out of the oven, press 2-3 junior mints onto the top of each cookie and allow them to cool.
How to Freeze Chocolate Cookie Dough
If you’d like to freeze the doughbeforebaking, I would suggest scooping the dough and then freezing the balls on a cookie sheet for about 1 hour. After the hour is over, you can then toss the cookie dough balls into a zip top bag without the cookie dough balls sticking to each other.
When you are ready to bake the cookies, arrange on the cookie sheet and let them sit at room temperature while your oven preheats. You will then bake as usual before topping the cookies with Junior Mints.
Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
Chocolate Peppermint Cookies are a rich, chewy chocolate cookie topped with Junior Mints to give it that fresh, Holiday feel. Serve these at your next Christmas Cookie Exchange!
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Course: Cookies, Dessert
Keyword: chocolate peppermint cookies
Prep Time: 10 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Servings: 24 cookies
Calories: 155kcal
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup salted butter softened
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp vanilla (yes, 1 tbsp 😉 )
- 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup mini chocolate chips
- 75 junior mints approx.
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350°.
Cream together the butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar.
Add the egg and vanilla. Mix until light in color and creamy.
Add in the dry ingredients (flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt), mix into the dough. Mix until completely combined. The dough will be soft.
Fold in the mini chocolate chips.
Scoop or roll the cookie dough out into equal sized balls. Arrange on a cookie sheet. and add a few extra mini chocolate chips on top of the dough, if desired.
Bake at 350° for 7-9 minutes or until the cookies are puffy and no longer glossy on top.
Remove from oven and immedietly press 2-3 junior mints onto the top of each cookie. Allow the cookies to cool on the cookie sheet.
Nutrition
Calories: 155kcal | Carbohydrates: 20g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 23mg | Sodium: 154mg | Potassium: 19mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 204IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 16mg | Iron: 1mg
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What Can I use Instead of Junior Mints?
If you prefer not to use Junior Mints, you can also break up pieces of Andes Mint candies and place on top of each cookie.
Double Chocolate Mint Cookies are a rich, chewy chocolate cookie topped with Junior Mints! Perfect fudge cookie recipe for mint chocolate lovers.
