Chewy chocolate cookies sandwiched with a cream cheese filling, sprinkled with crushed peppermint candy for a festive touch – a dessert that will get you in Christmas spirit.
Peppermint Chocolate Cookies
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 2 hr 0 min
- Servings 34
- Ingredients 11
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 1/2 cups Gold Medal™ all-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1 cup powdered sugar
- 4 oz semisweet baking chocolate, melted, cooled
Filling
- 2 oz cream cheese (from 3-oz package), softened
- 1/4 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1 3/4 cups powdered sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract
- 1/2 cup crushed peppermint candy

Make With
Gold Medal Flour
Instructions
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Step1In medium bowl, mix flour, cocoa and salt. In large bowl, beat 1 cup butter and 1 cup powdered sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Gradually beat in chocolate. On medium-low speed, beat in flour mixture until blended. Cover with plastic wrap and refrigerate 30 minutes.
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Step2Heat oven to 325°F. Shape dough into 3/4-inch balls. On ungreased cookie sheets, place balls 2 inches apart. Bake 12 to 14 minutes or until set. Remove from cookie sheets to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
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Step3In large bowl, beat cream cheese and 1/4 cup butter with electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. On medium-low speed, gradually add 1 3/4 cups powdered sugar and peppermint extract. For each sandwich cookie, spread 1 rounded teaspoon filling on bottom of 1 cookie. Top with second cookie, bottom side down. Roll edges in crushed peppermint candy.
Nutrition
170
Calories
8g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
23g
Total Carbohydrate
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories
- 170
- Total Fat
- 8g
- 0%
- Saturated Fat
- 5g
- 0%
- Sodium
- 80mg
- 0%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 23g
- 0%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
1 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 1 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
1 1/2
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