Amazing Peppermint Chocolate Chocolate Chip Cookies!

Total Time: 20 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1/2 cup butter (one stick)
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 cup sugar (we use organic sugar from trader joe's)
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 tablespoon vanilla
• 3/4 tablespoon peppermint extract (or more, if you like more peppermint flavor in your cookie)
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2-1 teaspoon salt
• 2 1/4 cups whole wheat flour
• 1 cup chocolate chips, melted
• 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips
• 1 cup chocolate chips, melted (or your preference of chocolate)
• festive colored sprinkles

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• 2 melted chocolate: place a glass bowl over a pot of simmering water on the stove.
• 3 add 1 cup chocolate chips to the bowl, and stir occasionally, until melted, then remove from heat.
• 4 cookie: combine butter and sugar until well blended.
• 5 add eggs (one at a time).
• 6 add vanilla, peppermint extract, and melted chocolate -- mix until fully incorporated.
• 7 add baking soda and salt, mix.
• 8 add whole wheat flour, mixing slowly. scrape the sides of the bowl to make sure everything is fully combined.
• 9 add in chocolate chips, mix in slowly, or by hand.
• 10 drop spoon-fulls of cookie dough onto a prepared cookie sheet, and bake for 10-12 minutes (depending on your ovens temperature).
• 11 remove from oven, and let cool.
• 12 options for decoration:.
• 13 melt 1 cup of chocolate chips, or your choice of chocolate chips.
• 14 dip 1/2 of a cooled cookie into the melted chocolate, and place on a cookie sheet lined with wax paper.
• 15 immediately sprinkle with festive colored sprinkles to decorate.
• 16 let the chocolate fully cool (you can place it in the fridge to speed up the process).
• 17 remove from wax paper, and enjoy -- or share!