Baking Christmas cookies is one of my favorite activities during the holiday season. I always bake all my favorite recipes and then try out a couple of new cookies too. I particularly enjoy whipping up many different types of cake mix cookies. To make some festive and tasty cookies for the Christmas season, I made some dark chocolate peppermint cake cookies using dark chocolate cake mix and peppermint candy canes.
Ingredients
- 1 box of dark chocolate cake mix
- 6 tablespoons of softened butter
- 2 eggs
- 2 tablespoons of water
- 15 miniature peppermint candy canes
- 1/2 cup of cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon of corn starch
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 375°.
- Combine the cocoa powder and corn starch in a small bowl.
- Beat together the softened butter, eggs, and water in a large bowl.
- Crush the candy canes.
- Add the crushed candy canes to the butter mixture. Stir.
- Slowly add the cake mix to the butter mixture. Combine thoroughly.
- Drop teaspoons of the cookie dough into the cocoa powder mixture.
- Roll the dough ball in the cocoa powder until thoroughly covered.
- Form the cocoa powder-covered dough into a ball.
- Place the cocoa powder-covered dough ball on an ungreased cookie sheet. Leave 2 inches between the dough balls.
- Bake the cookies for 9 minutes or until the bottoms begin to brown.
- Allow the baked cookies to rest for a minute before removing from the cookie sheet.
- Store the dark chocolate peppermint cake cookies in an airtight container.
Image Credits
Dark Chocolate Peppermint Cake Cookies Recipe © 2016 Heather Johnson
Ingredients for Dark Chocolate Peppermint Cake Cookies © 2016 Heather Johnson
Crushing Candy Canes for Dark Chocolate Peppermint Cake Cookies © 2016 Heather Johnson
Crushed Candy Canes and Butter Mixture for Dark Chocolate Peppermint Cake Cookies © 2016 Heather Johnson
Adding Cake Mix to Wet Ingredients for the Dark Chocolate Peppermint Cake Cookies © 2016 Heather Johnson
Dough for Dark Chocolate Peppermint Cake Cookies © 2016 Heather Johnson
Dough Balls for Dark Chocolate Peppermint Cake Cookies © 2016 Heather Johnson
Baked Dark Chocolate Peppermint Cake Cookies © 2016 Heather Johnson
Dark Chocolate Peppermint Cake Cookies © 2016 Heather Johnson
