Mint Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
Chocolate crinkle cookies are a common staple among families’ holiday baking traditions. This year though, I wanted to put a little spin on it. I thought adding in chopped Andes Mints would be a good addition. Chocolate crinkle cookies are traditionally a chewy, fudgey texture, so I knew I needed to make mine trying to keep true to the typical chocolate crinkle cookie.
Chocolate crinkle cookies are a drop cookie that has been rolled in powdered sugar. The texture contrast of the powdered sugar with the fudgey cookie is definitely pleasant to the taste buds.
Mint Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
Equipment
- electric mixer
- baking sheet
- parchment paper or silicone baking mat
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 2 egg yolks
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 2½ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup cocoa powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ tsp baking powder
- 4.46 oz Andes Mints chopped
- ¾ cup powdered sugar
Instructions
- In a large mixing bowl, add the dry ingredients: all-purpose flour, cocoa powder, salt, and baking powder. Whisk until combined, set aside.
- In the electric mixer, add the butter and granulated sugar in and beat on medium until combined. Scrape the edges of the bowl.
- Add in the eggs, the egg yolks, and the vanilla extract into the butter sugar mixture. Beat again on medium scraping the sides until the mixture is combined.
- Add in the dry ingredients in to the wet ingredients in the electric mixer bowl and beat on low until combined. Add in the Andes Mints bits and beat on low again until combined.
- By the spoonful, drop the dough into a bowl filled with the powdered sugar, rolling around until each ball is completely covered. Place on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. Bake in a 350°F oven for 12-15 minutes. Let cool completely on a baking rack, serve immediately or store in an airtight container for up to a week.
Nutrition
These crinkle cookies are chocolate version of sugar cookies. The chocolate crinkle cookies actually originated in St. Paul, Minnesota and didn’t have chocolate flavoring in it. The original crinkle cookie was made with molasses and spices. Somewhere along the line, the spices were omitted and chocolate powder was added. Now this little cookie can be seen most commonly around the holiday season. Have you ever made chocolate crinkle cookies before?
Hope y’all are having an amazing week. Stay safe, be kind, and hug your loved ones. Happiest of holidays.
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