These Peppermint Bark Cookies are festive, fun, and totally delicious.This recipe takes the idea of traditional peppermint bark and turns it into a fun cookie! A chocolate cookie base, white chocolate peppermint topping, and crushed candy canes create one of new favorite Christmas cookies! Table of ContentsFestive Christmas Cookie RecipeWhat You’ll Need How to Make Peppermint Bark CookiesHow to Store Peppermint Bark CookiesMore Christmas Cookie RecipesPeppermint Bark Cookies Festive Christmas Cookie Recipe These cookies are such a fun and unique way to enjoy holiday flavors in cookie form.I fell in love with them after my first bite, and I know you will too! We start with a chocolate cookie base that has a lightly cakey texture.

The white chocolate topping is smooth and perfectly balanced.To get this result, we pair vanilla extract with peppermint to keep it from tasting like toothpaste.Trust me – without the vanilla, the chocolate reminds you of toothpaste instead of candy canes.

Not ideal! I also wanted to be able to store these candy cane cookies at room temperature.This requirement eliminated the idea of using a white chocolate ganache but was a perfect application for slightly softened white chocolate.To get that effect, we add a bit of shortening to ensure the chocolate doesn’t get too firm.

The crushed candy canes are a fun touch and make these cookies really festive.You can also use crushed peppermint candies that come in jars.Either way works grea

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