Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
A chewy chocolate cookie sprinkled with white chocolate chips and crushed peppermint candies. Perfect for holiday gifting and super easy to make.
Servings: 20 cookies
Calories: 139kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup almond butter
- 3/4 cup turbinado sugar
- 1/2 cup cacao powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 2 eggs
- 1/8th teaspoon peppermint extract
- 1/3 cup white chocolate chips
- 5 peppermint candies
Instructions
- Pre-heat oven to 350ºF and line a rimmed baking sheet with a silicone mat or parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, combine almond butter, sugar, cacao powder, baking soda, eggs, and peppermint extract. Mix until all of the ingredients are well incorporated.
- Gently stir in the white chocolate chips.
- Scoop a tablespoon of cookie dough and drop onto a rimmed baking sheet that is lined with a silicone mat or parchment paper. Gently flatten the cookie out a bit and then sprinkle with the crushed peppermint candies.
- Bake for 12 minutes, cool and enjoy!
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Notes
- No almond butter? No problem! Swap in any nut butter you have on hand, they all work!
- Allergic to nuts? Swap in sunflower seed butter.
- Looking for less sugar? Swap in some monk fruit for the turbinado sugar and swap in stevia-sweetened white chocolate chips.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 139kcal | Carbohydrates: 14g | Protein: 4g | Fat: 9g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 17mg | Sodium: 65mg | Potassium: 143mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 24IU | Calcium: 55mg | Iron: 1mg