Dessert for 4

Chocolate Peppermint Cookies

Name: Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
Total time: 19 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour; 1/2 cup cocoa powder; 1 tsp baking soda; 1 tsp instant coffee; 1/4 tsp salt; 1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips; 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar; 1 cup salted butter; 2 large eggs; 1 tsp vanilla extract; 1/4 tsp peppermint extract; 2 cups white chocolate baking chips or candy melts; 1/2 cup crushed peppermint candies

$15.54for 419 minServes 4

Chocolate cookies with peppermint flavor bake until firm, then receive a white chocolate coating and crushed candy topping.

Photo: gonnawantseconds.com

What it costs

Pick your city to see which ingredients are on sale

Ingredient	Amount	Cost
	Coffee and tea, a little$0.80/oz typical	a little	$0.13Typical price
	Chocolate chips and baking chocolate, 21 oz$0.45/oz typical	21 oz	$9.45Typical price
	Butter, 8 oz$0.40/oz typical	8 oz	$3.20Typical price
	Eggs, 2$0.30 each typical	2	$0.60Typical price
	Marshmallows and candy, 1 oz$0.25/oz typical	1 oz	$0.23Typical price
Total for the servings shown		$15.54

Swaps

Swap butter for margarine and vegan butterabout $0.15/oz less at typical prices

Pantry staples you likely have

FlourCornstarch, vanilla, yeast, cocoaBaking powder and sodaSugar and brown sugar

Not included in the cost.

19 minstart to table
Easydifficulty
4servings as written
$$$typical cost tier

American Vegetarian Kid-friendly Desserts

Typical price

$3.88 per serving$15.54 for 4

City Store

Typical price: Salefork's estimate of an everyday US shelf price for each ingredient. Pick your city to price it from this week's ad.

Ingredients

2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup cocoa powder
1 tsp baking soda
1 tsp instant coffee
1/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
1 cup salted butter
2 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/4 tsp peppermint extract
2 cups white chocolate baking chips or candy melts
1/2 cup crushed peppermint candies

Steps

Heat the oven to 350 F and lightly grease a baking sheet with cooking oil.
Whisk the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, instant coffee, and salt in a bowl.
Melt the semisweet chocolate chips and butter together, then stir in the sugar.
Beat in the eggs, vanilla extract, and peppermint extract, then stir in the dry mixture.
Fold in any remaining semisweet chocolate, drop spoonfuls onto the baking sheet, and bake for 10 to 12 minutes.
Melt the white chocolate, spread it over the cooled cookies, and sprinkle with crushed peppermint candies.

Main ingredient on sale this week? See what to make with eggs on sale.