Thick fudge peppermint brownie cookies baked with chocolate chips and topped with a peppermint patty.
These delicious cookies have a fudgy brownie texture with a rich chocolate flavor. Creamy peppermint patties team up with these chocolate cookies to bring a dark chocolate and peppermint flavor to every bite!
Ingredients in Peppermint Brownie Cookies
- Unsweetened cocoa powder
- Instant coffee granules or espresso powder
- Unsalted butter
- Vegetable oil
- Granulated sugar
- Light brown sugar
- Egg
- Vanilla extract
- All purpose flour
- Baking powder
- Salt
- Semi sweet chocolate chips
- Peppermint patties
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Peppermint Brownie Cookies Directions
Preheat the oven and prepare the cookie sheets- Preheat the oven to 350°F and line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
Mix the wet ingredients- In a large bowl, combine together the cocoa powder, melted butter and instant coffee granules or espresso powder (mix these together before adding the mixture to the bowl to allow the granules to melt), granulated sugar, brown sugar, and vegetable oil.
Next, beat in the vanilla extract and egg.
Combine the dry ingredient- In a separate bowl, stir together the all-purpose flour, baking powder, and salt.
Slowly add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until the dry ingredients are moistened. Avoid overmixing the dough to keep the cookies a brownie texture.
Scoop the cookies- Scoop using a #30 cookie scoop (or by 2 tablespoons full) onto the parchment paper-lined cookie sheet. Flatten the cookies with a back of a spoon. There is no baking soda in these brownie cookies so the cookies will not spread. Bake one cookie sheet at a time.
Bake the brownie cookies- Bake in the preheated oven for 10-12 minutes. Do not overbake. They will be soft.
The cookies will be soft like a brownie hot out of the oven but will firm up as they cool.
Gently press a peppermint patty into the center of the cookies hot out of the oven. Allow the cookies to cool for 5 minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack. Store cooled coolies in an airtight container.
Alternately, crush peppermint candies and sprinkle on top of the cookies fresh out of the oven.
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Peppermint Brownie Cookies
Thick fudge peppermint brownie cookies baked with chocolate chips and topped with a peppermint patty.
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup melted butter
- 1 teaspoon coffee or espresso powder
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1/2 cup white granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 egg
- 1 1/3 cups all purpose flour, spooned & leveled
- 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 20 Peppermint patties or crushed peppermints
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F and line cookie sheets with parchment paper.
- Melt the butter add the instant coffee granules or the espresso powder and stir.
- In a large bowl, combine together the cocoa powder, melted butter/coffee mixture, granulated sugar, brown sugar, and vegetable oil.
- Beat in the vanilla extract and egg.
- In a separate bowl, stir together the all-purpose flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Slowly add the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until the dry ingredients are moistened. Avoid overmixing the dough to keep the cookies a brownie texture.
- Scoop using a #30 cookie scoop (or scoop by 2 tablespoonsful) onto the parchment paper-lined cookie sheet.
- Flatten the cookies with a back of a spoon. There is no baking soda in these brownie cookies so the cookies will not spread.
- Bake one cookie sheet at a time.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes. Do not overbake. They will continue baking as they cool.
- Gently press a peppermint patty into the center of the cookies hot out of the oven. Allow the cookies to cool for 5 minutes before transferring them to a cooling rack. Store cooled coolies in an airtight container.
Notes
Instead of peppermint patties, you can crush peppermint candies and top the brownie cookies with the crushed candies fresh out of the oven.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 20 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 253Total Fat: 14gSaturated Fat: 7gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 5gCholesterol: 34mgSodium: 148mgCarbohydrates: 31gFiber: 1gSugar: 21gProtein: 2g
Nutrition calculation is a rough estimate and can vary depending on the cooking technique and the exact ingredients used. For informational purposes only.
Hayley
Monday 7th of February 2022
Oh how fun! The texture sounds absolutely fantastic and I love the addition of the peppermint in here. Such a delicious treat!
Lauren
Monday 7th of February 2022
My chocolate mint loving son definitely approved of these cookies! We just made them last night and they are almost gone already! Great recipe!
Aya
Sunday 6th of February 2022
These look amazing! Peppermint and brownie sounds like the perfect combination. I have to try this!
Leslie
Saturday 5th of February 2022
You just cannot go wrong with this flavor combination..chocolate and peppermint - cookies & brownies...it's perfect!
Amanda Dixon
Friday 4th of February 2022
These cookies are delicious! They're super chocolatey with just the right touch of peppermint flavor.