Peppermint Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies

These cookies are essentially chocolate chip cookies with added cocoa powder to make
the cookies themselves chocolaty and the addition of festive crushed crunchy peppermint candy canes! Of course this recipe is super easy to make where you just need to mix the dry ingredients, mix the wet ingredients, mix them together along with the chocolate chips and crushed candy canes and bake them until they are nice and crispy on the bottom but still soft and chewy on the inside! You really can't go wrong by spending a few minutes to make these peppermint chocolate chocolate chip cookies for the holidays this year!

Chocolate chocolate chip cookies filled with festive crushed peppermint candy canes!

ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter
• 1/2 cup white sugar
• 1/2 cup brown sugar
• 1 egg
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 1/4 cup flour
• 1/4 cup cocoa powder
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 cup chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup crushed peppermint candy cane

directions

1. Cream the butter and sugars and then mix in the egg and vanilla extract.
2. Mix the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder and salt and then mix it into the wet ingredients followed by the chocolate chips and crushed candy cane.
3. Form 1-2 tablespoon balls of dough and place them on a parchment paper lined baking sheet and bake in a preheated 350F/180C oven until the bottoms are lightly golden brown, about 8-10 minutes.

Nutrition Facts: Calories 143, Fat 6g (Saturated 3g, Trans 0.2g),Cholesterol 19mg, Sodium 82mg, Carbs 20g (Fiber 0.8g, Sugars 14g),Protein 1g

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