Christmas Peppermint M&M Fudge Cookies
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Christmas Peppermint M&M Fudge Cookies are everything you could ever hope for in festive Christmas cookies!
White chocolate peppermint chunks, pretty green and red M&M’S, mini chocolate chips all neatly wrapped in chocolate fudge cookies. Yummy! Check out 60 Easy No Bake Treats and these Christmas Chocolate Chip Cookies for more holiday recipe ideas!
Christmas is coming…the goose is getting fat! I feel like I’m the goose! Gahhh!
I’ve been sampling so many sweets lately, trying a little of this and a little of that and then more…vicious cycle going on over here!
About The Christmas Goodies in these White Chocolate Peppermint M&M Cookies!
- Anywhooo…I had an impulsive buy the other day. I spotted Ghirardelli White Chocolate Peppermint Chunks
! They got together with Christmas M&M’S and Christmas Peppermint Chunk M&M’S Fudge Cookies were born! Hallelujah! Merry Christmas!
- These chocolate peppermint m&m cookies have just the right hint of peppermint. Nothing too overpowering. Plus, the white chocolate chunks have bits of tiny crushed peppermint in them. So you get that extra crunch of peppermint *Surprise!*
- The M&M’s give them a crunchy chocolate vibe and they are festive red and green!
- Mini chocolate chips make them extra fudgy!!
How to make Cookies Taste like Fudgy Brownies
- You don’t want to under-bake or over-bake too much.
- If baked under-done, they will be too fudgy and won’t hold together.
- If over-baked, you will get something like brownie brittle OR bordering there, I’m guessing.
- The mini chocolate chips gives these a fudgy vibe for sure!
Here’s more Christmas Peppermint Treats to add to your Baking List!
Peppermint Frosted Chocolate Cookies, 13 Holiday Peppermint Desserts, GF White Chocolate Peppermint & Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies, Peppermint Marshmallow Fudge and we can’t leave out Peppermint Crunch Marshmallow Brownies!
Ingredients You Need
White Chocolate Peppermint M&M Cookie Recipe
You can make these Christmas brownie cookies jumbo-sized or smaller. I love the jumbo ones! Go figure, but for parties and gift-giving, you might opt to go for the regular cookie size.
This recipe only requires about 15 minutes to prepare, 15 minutes to bake! Let’s get to baking!!
- semi-sweet/or 60% bittersweet chocolate chips. I used Ghirardelli’s
- unsalted butter
- all-purpose flour
- unsweetened cocoa powder, I used King Arthur’s black cocoa powder, but Hershey’s
works fine
- baking soda
- salt
- eggs
- brown sugar
- granulated sugar
- whipping cream or milk
- vanilla extract
- semisweet mini chocolate chips
, I used Ghirardelli
- Ghiradelli Peppermint Chunks
- Christmas M&M’S
- *Extra Ghiradelli Peppermint Chunks & Christmas M&M’s for top of cookies
How to Make White Chocolate Peppermint M&M Cookies
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees (F). Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a microwave-safe bowl, melt 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips and butter for 15 second intervals until just melted, whisking in between each increment, until butter and chocolate are melted and mixture is smooth (like ganache). Set aside.
- In another bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt and set aside.
- In another bowl whisk together the eggs, sugars, cream or milk and vanilla. Add in chocolate mixture and whisk together well.
- Start adding in the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, and stir until combined.
- Fold in the chocolate chips and 1 cup of m&m’s into the batter, stirring until everything is just combined. Let dough sit for 5 minutes before scooping.
- Using a ¼ cookie or ice cream scoop, Scoop up 6 cookies onto each of the baking sheets or use small scoop and place 12 on baking sheets. Add M&M’S and peppermint chunks to the tops of the cookies, pressing down slightly.
- Bake for 15 -17 minutes for larger cookies and 12- 14 minutes for smaller cookies.
- Makes 12 Mega Cookies and 24 – 32 small.
- Let cookies cool before transferring to baking rack or counter.
- Enjoy!
Storage & Tips
- Seal cookies after they have cooled.
- Freeze up to 3 months or will keep up to 5 days.
- For thicker cookies, you can refrigerate for 10-15 minutes, but you will have to add a minute or two on to the baking time.
- You can also add the peppermint to the top right after they come out of the oven if you don’t want browning on your white chocolate. Works great!
- For more extra peppermint flavor, add ¼ teaspoon peppermint extract.
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Christmas Peppermint Chunk M&M'S Fudge Cookies
Christmas Peppermint Chunk M&M'S Fudge Cookies are everything you could ever hope for in a festive Christmas cookie! White chocolate peppermint chunks, pretty green and red M&M'S, mini chocolate chips all neatly wrapped in chocolate fudge cookies.
Ingredients
- 1 cup semi-sweet/or 60% bittersweet chocolate chips I used Ghirardelli's
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 1 ¼ cups all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder I used black cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 large eggs
- ½ cup firmly packed light brown sugar
- 6 tablespoons granulated sugar
- 2 tablespoons whipping cream or milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup semisweet mini chocolate chips I used Ghirardelli
- 1 cup Ghiradelli Peppermint Chunks
- ¾ to 1 cup Christmas M&M'S
- *Extra Ghiradelli Peppermint Chunks & Christmas M&M's for top of cookies
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees (F). Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a microwave-safe bowl, melt 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips and butter for 15 second intervals until just melted, whisking in between each increment, until butter and chocolate are melted and mixture is smooth (like ganache). Set aside.
- In another bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt and set aside.
- In another bowl whisk together the eggs, sugars, cream or milk and vanilla. Add in chocolate mixture and whisk together well.
- Start adding in the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients, and stir until combined.
- Fold in the chocolate chips and 1 cup of m&m's into the batter, stirring until everything is just combined. Let dough sit for 5 minutes before scooping.
- Using a 1/4 cookie or ice cream scoop, Scoop up 6 cookies onto each of the baking sheets or use small scoop and place 12 on baking sheets. Add M&M'S and peppermint chunks to the tops of the cookies, pressing down slightly.
- Bake for 15 -17 minutes for larger cookies and 12- 14 minutes for smaller cookies.
- Makes 12 Mega Cookies and 24 - 32 small.
- Let cookies cool before transferring to baking rack or counter.
- Enjoy!
- Seal cookies after they have cooled. Freeze up to 3 months or will keep up to 5 days.
Notes
For thicker cookies, you can refrigerate for 10-15 minutes, but you will have to add a minute or two on to the baking time.
You can also add the peppermint to the top right after they come out of the oven if you don't want browning on your white chocolate.
For more extra peppermint flavor, add 1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract.
You can also add the peppermint to the top right after they come out of the oven if you don't want browning on your white chocolate.
For more extra peppermint flavor, add 1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract.
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