Peppermint Brownie Cookies – Fudgy Chocolate Peppermint Cookies

If you love the combination of chocolate and peppermint, these Peppermint Brownie Cookies are going to be hard to resist. They have that rich, fudgy brownie texture you want in a brownie cookie, with peppermint baked right into the chocolatey cookie and a simple peppermint icing drizzled over the top.

They’re easy to make, look pretty on a cookie platter, and are especially good when you want something a little different from the usual chocolate cookie. The peppermint flavor is noticeable without taking over, and the soft pink icing adds just the right finishing touch.

Make a batch for the holidays, a cookie exchange, a special occasion, or anytime you’re craving chocolate and peppermint together. And honestly, you don’t really need a reason to make them!

It always reminds me of a peppermint patty and those commercials when I was young, of the people skiing or them saying that one bite in and they get the sensation of cool winds… and so on.

I always loved peppermint patties, so making the same great flavor combo in a brownie cookie seemed far overdue.

These peppermint brownies are great all year long,

and the pretty pink drizzle of icing on top makes them perfect on a holiday cookie platter or to give to the one you love on Valentine’s Day!

Some people are all over the holidays and events coming up.

Some are actually surprised that even if the holiday is on the same date each and every year, they have no idea that it’s approaching.

So there is plenty of time to whip up a batch of peppermint brownie cookies and share them with the ones you love, or eat them all yourself if you prefer!

Peppermint Brownie

Options for decorating:

Dunk 1/2 the cookie into the icing. You could also make peppermint-flavored white chocolate by adding peppermint extract to melted white chocolate and dunking or drizzling that over the cookies.

You could even make a peppermint buttercream frosting like this Peppermint Frosting Recipe and fill the cookies like sandwiches to get some extra mintiness going on.

If you’re not an icing person and want to enjoy them “plain” there is plenty of peppermint flavor going on, and you can always add more peppermint extract if you prefer.

Here is my recipe for brownie cookies, and there is a video in that post if you’d like to see it.

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5 from 2 votes

Peppermint Brownie Cookies

Servings: 18 cookies

Author: Diane Schmidt – createdbydiane.com

Ingredients

• 16 oz dark chocolate I use Ghirardelli 60% cacao chips melted
• 1/2 cup butter
• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 4 eggs
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon peppermint extract

peppermint icing

• 1 cup powdered sugar
• 1 tablespoon corn syrup
• 2-3 tablespoons water
• 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
• 2 drops soft pink color

Instructions

• In a microwave-safe bowl, melt butter this usually takes 30 seconds or so on high.
• In a medium bowl mix brown sugar and eggs with a fork, add in melted chocolate, butter, flour, baking powder, and vanilla and peppermint extract.
• Scoop 3 tablespoons sized scoops of dough onto parchment lined baking sheets for these large cookies.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 14-15 minutes.
• Allow the cookies to cool on the pan.
• Test with a toothpick before removing the cookies from the oven, the batter should not stick to the toothpick, but be careful not to overbake or they won’t be chewy, they will dry out.
• Remove the baking sheets from oven and allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheets.

Peppermint Icing

• Mix the powdered sugar, corn syrup, water, peppermint extract and pink food coloring together until smooth and creamy.
• Drizzle over cooled cookies.
• Allow icing to dry before stacking cookies.

Notes

How I Melt chocolate for this recipe: I do this at 30% power in the microwave for 1 minute and 10-15 seconds at full power to melt completely and stir in every 30 seconds.