This recipe for Double Chocolate Candy Cane cookies is going to be your new favorite Christmas cookie recipe. Perfect for gifting (if they last that long). They are so easy and simple to make and so delicious too. If Christmas could be wrapped up into a single cookie, these Double Chocolate Candy Cane cookies would be it. Dark chocolate chips and Hersheys Candy Cane Kisses make these cookies chocolaty and pepperminty (yes I made that word up) and they MUST be eaten with a hot cup of cocoa. Seriously you will want to do that.
I love Christmas!
Can you tell? Baking cookies, decorating the house, listening to Christmas music. I seriously love it all. Nothing brings me more joy than cooking up a batch of Christmas cookies for someone while singing my heart out to Mariah. Chills, literal chills. Okay if you haven’t seen that episode of Brooklyn 99 then you better get on that.
I have to admit, before I was married I would aim to have my tree up on Nov 1st. I’m not sure when it’s considered to be socially acceptable to put your tree up, but I can admit that I was probably leaning a tad towards the early side. Aaron has talked some sense into me now, and I reluctantly wait a little bit longer. That and our four kids go off the walls with excitement and ask me every single day how long it is until Christmas. Oh and did I mention our daughter tries to hold Christmas hostage until AFTER her birthday on Nov 29th? Which in my opinion is just plain grinchworthy (I still love you Felicity!) so there’s that too.
Anyway, I am a full blown sucker for all things pepperminty (it’s catching on isn’t it) and can probably be found in front of the TV watching Hallmark Christmas movies with a cup of hot cocoa and some cookies. Honestly Hallmark doesn’t get enough credit. IS it even Christmas if you aren’t watching chin chiseled men in gingham plaid shirts rescue the damsels in distress right before Christmas? I for one am thankful for them and if you aren’t watching your share of them then you are seriously missing out.
Chocolate & Peppermint are like peanut butter and jam.
This recipe for Double Chocolate Candy Cane Cookies is high on my list of snacking choices. They are double chocolate (your welcome) and they have just enough peppermint to make it a real Christmas cookie. There’s a fine line between a good amount of peppermint and you’ve gone to far peppermint. These cookies fall right into the sweet spot. Also I am aware that pepperminty is not a word but it should be so here we are.
You know how I feel about long recipes posts so here you are (again, you’re welcome).
Double Chocolate Candy Cane Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup softened butter
- 1 cup white sugar
- ½ cup of brown sugar golden yellow
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 cups dark chocolate chips
- 1 88g bag of hershey's candy cane kisses about 18
Instructions
DIRECTIONS
- Preheat oven to 375 ° and line two baking sheets with parchment paper
- In a medium sized bowl, beat together the butter and sugar until smooth. Then beat in your eggs and vanilla.
- In a separate bowl gently mix flour, baking soda, and salt.
- Stir into butter mixture. Then mix in the dark chocolate and chopped Hershey kisses.
- REFRIGERATE FOR A MINIMUM OF 30 MIN (don't skip it or you'll regret it)
- Drop tablespoon sized amounts of cookie dough onto baking sheets lined with parchment paper. You can kinda roll them with your hands and then flatten them. You don't want them to be to thick. Leave some space for them to spread!
- Bake in the oven for 10-11 minutes. You will want them to be slightly underbaked and golden brown around the edges. If you start to smell them, they are probably ready to come out! Let sit for 5 minutes then transfer to cool.
- Serve with a cup of hot cocoa for dipping!
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I hope you love this Christmas cookie recipe as much as I do. As always I love to hear from you and I LOVE to see your creations. Upload your pictures on social media using #thegoodwivesblog and invite me into your kitchen 
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