Brownies and Zucchini

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….

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