Okay, so the cookie ended up not being a brownie cookie, but oh my gosh y'all, this is a fantastic treat. I had a few people send me good ideas for recipes that were similar to this, and I can pretty much guarantee I will probably end up making all of them at some point or another...
But then I got a Taste of Home email the other day, and this cookie was in it but with crushed up starlight mints on top. I looked at it and I thought "That's cream cheese frosting, I bet chopped up candy cane kisses would be quite yummy on top of that!" And, well, at the risk of sounding like a genius, I was right.
So here you are, a delicious Christmas time treat! (And I PROMISE, I will be getting my mom's caramel recipe to you BEFORE Christmas...)
Triple-Chocolate Peppermint Treats
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons Spice Islands® pure vanilla extract
- 2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup baking cocoa
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup 60% cacao bittersweet chocolate baking chips
WHITE CHOCOLATE FROSTING:- 1/2 cup white baking chips
- 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 3 cups confectioners' sugar
- 1/3 to 1/2 cup crushed peppermint candies (or candy cane kisses!!!)
Directions:
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla. Combine the flour, cocoa, salt and baking soda; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in the chocolate chips.
- Drop by rounded teaspoonfuls 2 in. apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 8-10 minutes or until set. Cool for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely.
- In a microwave, melt baking chips; stir until smooth. Cool.
- In a small bowl, beat cream cheese and confectioners' sugar until smooth. Beat in melted chips. Frost cookies; sprinkle with peppermint candies.
*My only side note, I think a teaspoon is a ridiculously small amount of dough to make a cookie. I did about a tablespoon of dough for each and I got 5 dozen out of this. I also put about a tablespoon of frosting on top of each one and it was practically perfect in every way. Also, when sprinkling on the kisses (or mints), push them into the frosting a little bit. And above all else, for the love, please enjoy these!
Mike said he could've eaten a whole plate of the cookies by themselves, without the topping. It's all good, either way :)
Anticipaaaaaaaaaaaaation!!!! (read that as if Oprah was saying it)
I flattened them slightly, before baking. It's a very thick dough and won't spread much. You don't have to flatten it, but I prefer flat cookies to round ones. This is suddenly sounding like a conversation about boobs...
I know, right?
It's delicious people!!!!
Recipe source: Taste of Home