These Chocolate Peppermint Crinkles are an easy way to add a fun spin to a traditional recipe. These cookies are chewy and fudgy but they also have a delicious mint flavor. They are the best Christmas cookie for kids to make and eat!
½cupof candy canescrusted into a powder (I used my meat mallet to pound them to smithereens!)
Instructions
Melt your chocolate. You can do this in a double boiler, melt the chocolate over medium heat, stirring frequently (keep an eye on this and go slow because it can seize if the heat is too high!). You can also microwave it for 15 seconds then stir. Then another 15 seconds and then stir again and then in 10 second increments stirring between each until it's fully melted.
In a bowl, mix oil, chocolate and sugar. Add your eggs and vanilla and mix until it's all well combined.
Add flour, baking powder and salt to the wet ingredients and mix until they're just combined (don't over mix!).
Chill for at least a few hours. I chilled it overnight.
Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Prepare your cookie pans by either greasing them or lining with parchment paper.
In a small bowl, mix your confectioner's sugar and the crushed candy canes until well combined.
Roll teaspoons of dough into small balls and cover in confectioner's sugar mixture. Bake for 10-12 minutes (don't over bake!).