Holidays are about baking. Baking for you, baking for others, baking for no reason in particular. This year I had MANY different things on my list that I wanted to make, but as always, I had to pick and choose because I was limited with time.
One of my favorite hot coffee drinks of all time is the peppermint latte. I drink them year round, and I love them. Before I liked coffee all that much, I enjoyed mocha latte’s. The chocolate does a good job of hiding the sometimes bitter coffee flavor. When I saw these cookies, I knew I needed to make them. They are a fantastic combination of two things I love – my peppermint latte’s, and chocolate. You can find the recipe here.
The photos don’t really do these cookies justice. You need to smell them to know the awesomeness.
I changed a couple of small things about the recipe. I used semi-sweet chocolate chips instead of dark chocolate, and I didn’t do the white chocolate drizzle on top. I don’t really think those things impacted the cookies much though, because they still turned out to be delicious. They do not taste super pepperminty, or super a lot like coffee, the chocolate does a good job of slightly disguising the stronger flavors and blending it all together.
I’ve made these twice now, one batch I brought into work, and the other will be part of our Christmas brunch cookie spread. My co-workers LOVED these cookies – and I did too.
Ease: A, just like any other basic cookie!
Taste: A+, really delicious – but if you don’t like coffee they might not be your thing. The husband is not a fan of coffee at all and said he could definitely taste it in the cookie.
Would I make them again? I have already, and I’m sure I will again. They are a nice change from a simple chocolate chip cookie or brownies – but they are just as easy to make!
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Looking for more Holiday dessert inspiration? Check out Little Bitty Bakes. Liz has been doing 17 days of cookies – 17 different recipes using the same base dough! I’m pretty sure I have bookmarked every single recipe to make at some point. I feel these s’more’s cookie cups calling my name….
Filed under: Cookies, Dessert Tagged: | chocolate, cookie, dessert, Mocha, peppermint
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Peppermint mocha cookies sound incredible – I’m obsessed with the Starbucks drink this year, and consequently am obsessed with all things peppermint and mocha. And of course cookies… 😉
You would LOVE these cookies.
And seriously, I think I want to make every cookie that you have made so far. And I LOVE that they all have the same base dough! 🙂
YUM! They’re like the cookie version of my fave holiday Sbucks drink 😀
Thats exactly what they are! SO good!