With a hint of coffee and mint flavors, these Peppermint Mocha Chocolate Chunk Cookies are perfect for Christmas parties or holiday gifts.
Course Cookies, Dessert
Cuisine Dessert
Keyword candy cane cookies, chocolate chunk cookies, mint chocolate chip cookies, peppermint mocha cookies
Prep Time 20 minutesminutes
Cook Time 10 minutesminutes
Total Time 30 minutesminutes
Servings 24cookies
Calories 245kcal
Author Carrie Ypma
Ingredients
1cupButterSoftened
1/4cupSugar
3/4cupLight Brown Sugar
3.4ozWhite Chocolate Instant Pudding and Pie Filling MixPackage - 4 serving size
1teaspoonVanilla
2Eggs
1/2cupBrewed Coffee
1teaspoonPeppermint Extract
12DropsGreen Food Coloringoptional
1teaspoonBaking Soda
2 1/4cupsAll-Purpose Flour
11.5ozChocolate Chunks
10Candy Canescrushed
Instructions
In a large mixing bowl, beat together butter, sugar, brown sugar, pudding mix and vanilla until creamy.
Add eggs, coffee, peppermint extract and baking soda. If you want your cookies to have a minty green hue to them, add the drops of food coloring too. Mix well.
Stir in flour.
Pour in the chocolate chunks and stir until combined. The batter will be stiff.
Drop by the tablespoon full onto ungreased baking sheets. Gently press crushed candy canes into the top of the cookies.
Bake at 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes. After you remove the baking sheet from the oven, let the cookies cool for 5 minutes before moving them with a spatula to a cooling rack.
Notes
Increase the peppermint flavor and add a little crunch to the cookies, but putting half the crushed candy canes directly in your cookie batter when you pour in the chocolate chunks.