Easiest Way to Cook Delicious Double Chocolate Peppermint Cookies

Double Chocolate Peppermint Cookies.

You can cook Double Chocolate Peppermint Cookies using 16 ingredients and 19 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Double Chocolate Peppermint Cookies

1. You need of Cookies.
2. Prepare 2 1/2 cup of milk chocolate chips, 15 to 16 oz divided.
3. It's 1 1/2 cup of AP flour.
4. Prepare 1/4 cup of cocoa powder, natural unsweetened.
5. It's 1 tsp of baking powder.
6. You need 1 tsp of instant espresso powder.
7. You need 1/2 tsp of salt.
8. Prepare 1/2 cup of unsalted butter, room temperature, 1 stick.
9. You need 1 cup of sugar.
10. You need 1 tsp of vanilla extract.
11. It's 1 tsp of peppermint extract.
12. It's 2 of eggs, large.
13. It's 1/2 cup of chocolate chips, bittersweet (do not exceed 61% cacao).
14. Prepare of Topping.
15. Prepare 4 of candy canes, coarsely crushed.
16. You need 1 bunch of mint chocolate Hershey's kisses.

Double Chocolate Peppermint Cookies instructions

1. Preheat oven to 375°F..
2. Stir 2 cups chocolate chips in medium metal bowl set over saucepan of simmering water until melted and smooth..
3. Measure 2/3 cups melted chocolate; transfer to small metal bowl and reserve for drizzling..
4. Whisk flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, espresso powder, and salt in medium bowl..
5. Using electric mixer, beat butter in large bowl until creamy..
6. Add sugar and both extracts; beat until smooth..
7. Add eggs; beat to blend..
8. Beat in melted chocolate from medium bowl..
9. Add dry ingredients; beat until just blended..
10. Stir in remaining 1/2 cup chocolate chips..
11. Measure 1 level tablespoonful of dough; roll dough between palms to form a ball. Place on prepared baking sheet..
12. Repeat with remaining dough, spacing cookies 1 1/2" apart..
13. Bake cookies until cracked all over and tester inserted into center comes out with large, moist crumbs attached, 8 to 9 minutes..
14. Cool cookies on baking sheet 5 minutes..
15. Transfer cookies on parchment paper to racks to cool completely..
16. Place unwrapped kisses in center of cookies prior to final cooling so kisses bottoms will melt and meld to the cookies..
17. Rewarm reserved 2/3 cups chocolate over small saucepan of simmering water. Using fork, drizzle chocolate over cookies..
18. Sprinkle crushed candy canes over, arranging some pieces with red parts showing..
19. Chill just until chocolate sets, about 30 minutes..