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    Home » Recipes » Christmas » Chocolate Peppermint Pudding Cookies

    Published: Dec 21, 2013 · Modified: Nov 11, 2020 by Linda Warren

    Chocolate Peppermint Pudding Cookies

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    What's more perfect for Christmas than chocolate & peppermint? These delicious Chocolate Peppermint Pudding Cookies are soft, buttery and full of chocolaty goodness with just the right amount of peppermint chips to add a minty crunch.

    A stack of cookies on white table with Christmas ornament and greenery in back.

     

    Day 3 brings a cookie that is made with pudding. Yep, that delicious instant pudding that you find on the store shelf can be used to make cookies too! Awesome!

    Pudding cookies stacked on white cake stand with greenery in back.

    You are probably wondering why you should use pudding at all? Pudding is made up of flavors, sugar and usually cornstarch. This additional starch added to the cookie batter makes the dough less tough by reducing the gluten-to-starch ratio and produces a more tender texture. All of the pudding cookies I’ve made, Pistachio Cherry Meltaways, White Chocolate Peppermint Kiss Cookies and Cookies and Cream Cookies, turned out to be some of the most flavorful, softest cookies that I’d ever baked! Yep, pudding is a winner!

    Chocolate Peppermint Pudding Cookies cooling on wire rack.

    These Chocolate Peppermint Pudding Cookies are easy to make and are filled with all the flavors associated with the holidays. They are super chocolaty with deliciously crunchy peppermint chips throughout. Who can pass up chocolate and peppermint? Well, I know for a fact, that kids and big kids (aka adults) snatch them up as soon as they come out of the oven so you might have to hide them if you want them to last.

    Chocolate Peppermint Pudding Cookies in bowl with snowman face and other cookies scattered around.

     

    These would be great cookies for Christmas gift giving or a cookie swap and they take less than 30 minutes to make. They were a big hit last year with all my friends and family and will definitely be on my must-bake holiday cookie list from now on! Enjoy!

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    CHOCOLATE PEPPERMINT PUDDING COOKIES

    What's more perfect for Christmas than chocolate & peppermint? These delicious cookies are soft, buttery and full of chocolaty goodness with just the right amount of peppermint chips to add a minty crunch.
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    Course: Dessert
    Cuisine: American
    Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes
    Cook Time: 10 minutes minutes
    Total Time: 25 minutes minutes
    Servings: 60 cookies
    Calories: 124kcal
    Author: Linda Warren

    Ingredients

    • 2 ¼ cups flour
    • 3.9 oz instant chocolate fudge pudding mix
    • 1 teaspoon baking soda
    • ¾ cup butter, softened
    • ¾ cup brown sugar, packed
    • ¼ cup sugar
    • 2 eggs
    • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
    • 2 ¼ cup Andes Peppermint Crunch Baking Chips
    • 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips

    Instructions

    • Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line cookie sheets with silpat or parchment paper or lightly spray with nonstick spray.
    • In a medium bowl, mix flour, pudding mix and baking soda together. Set aside.
    • Cream butter and sugars in your electric mixer until light and fluffy, about 3-4 minutes. 
    • Turn mixer to lower speed and add eggs and vanilla until combined.
    • Stir in peppermint baking chips and chocolate chips.
    • Roll into 1" balls using the palms of your hands and place on prepared cookie sheets.
    • Bake for 9-10 minutes. Let cool slightly on cookie sheets then remove to wire racks to cool completely.

    Nutrition

    Calories: 124kcal | Carbohydrates: 15g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 5g | Cholesterol: 12mg | Sodium: 73mg | Potassium: 33mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 10g | Vitamin A: 80IU | Calcium: 7mg | Iron: 1mg

    (Original recipe from Chef in Training)

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