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Chocolate Peppermint Bark Sugar Cookies

This unique twist on 'peppermint bark' will have you swooning. Chocolate ganache meets the most delicious peppermint sugar cookie! The ultimate holiday cookie (perfect for a cookie exchange)!
Course cookies, Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Chocolate Peppermint Bark Sugar Cookies
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Servings 36
Calories 366 kcal
Author Yvonne

Ingredients

For the Cookie

  • c. + 2 tbsp. flour
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • ½ tsp. baking soda
  • ½ tsp. cream of tarter
  • 1 c. 2 sticks butter, room temperature
  • c. sugar + ¼ c.
  • ¾ c. powdered sugar
  • ¾ c. canola oil could also use vegetable
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1/2 tsp. peppermint extract
  • 2 eggs room temperature
  • 1/4 c. red jimmies sprinkles

For the ganache

  • 1 c. dark chocolate
  • 1 c. heavy cream

Topping

  • 36 mini Ghiradelli Peppermint Bark Squares

Instructions

Cookies

  1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. 

  2. In a medium-sized mixing bowl, mix together flour, salt, baking soda, and cream of tarter; set aside. 

  3. In the bowl of a standing mixer, cream butter and both granulated & powdered sugars together for 2 minutes until fluffy. Slowly stream in the oil while beating. Add the vanilla and peppermint extract and then beat in the eggs one at a time until well combined.

  4. Slowly add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients, mixing until combined (scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed). Mix in sprinkles.

  5. Roll dough into 2 inch balls to make approx. 36 cookies. Place ¼ cup sugar in a small dish. Place rolled dough on a baking sheet about 3 inches apart. Using a drinking glass (or something that is 2.5 inches in diameter), dip into sugar. Press the glass into a ball of dough until it is ½ inch thick (the dough will form a jagged edge and spill past the edge of the glass). Repeat the process of dipping the glass into sugar and pressing it into a ball of dough.

  6. Bake for 8 minutes only. Gently remove cookies from pan onto a cooling rack and let them cool completely. Place them in an air tight Tupperware in the fridge.

Ganache

  1. Weigh the chocolate. Measure the cream needed for the ganache in a separate bowl. 

  2. Pour the cream into a small saucepan and place it over medium-low heat for a few minutes. It's not necessary to boil or simmer it. It just needs to get hot. Remove the cream from the stove.

  3. While the cream is heating, chop the chocolate into fine pieces. Scoop the chocolate into the cream. Stir gently to distribute the chocolate through the cream and then let it sit for a few minutes to give the chocolate time to soften and melt. With a spatula or wooden spoon, stir the ganache. 

  4.  Cool the ganache slightly and spread over cold cookies and serve immediately or let the ganache dry (it will dry to the touch) and then store in an air-tight container in the fridge. Top each cookie with a chocolate peppermint bark square.

Recipe Notes

Adapted from Lemon 'Swig' Style Sugar Cookies

Nutrition Facts
Chocolate Peppermint Bark Sugar Cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 366 Calories from Fat 144
% Daily Value*
Fat 16g25%
Saturated Fat 7g44%
Cholesterol 32mg11%
Sodium 126mg5%
Potassium 106mg3%
Carbohydrates 50g17%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 19g21%
Protein 4g8%
Vitamin A 275IU6%
Calcium 17mg2%
Iron 2.5mg14%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.