The holidays and baking go hand in hand. This Christmas, break out the mint and make these amazing Peppermint Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies for all to enjoy!
I’m a real life cookie monster. Like, seriously don’t put cookies anywhere near me because I am not going to be able to resist. Mathlete claims my love of cookies is the reason I love Christmas so much. I mean, during Christmastime, you can’t go anywhere without there being Christmas cookies!
When I joined the Cookie Exchange Blop Hop, I instantly knew my chocolate cake mix cookies would be some mixture of my two favorite holiday flavors and thus, Peppermint Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies were born!
My daughter is really into baking and playing in the kitchen right now. She likes to try and do most of it on her own so, while she is still learning, she makes a lot of stuff with cake mix. It allows her to mix and bake without me always needing to be there to make sure she scoops and levels the flour just right.
A win for both of us! When I started making these chocolate cake mix cookies, I knew cake mix would be the best way to go with them because they would be easy as well as delicious.
These cake box cookies were so good that I had to take them all to my office so that I wouldn’t eat every single one of them. They were the perfect combination of chocolate and peppermint which, for me, are the essential holiday flavors!
I’m excited to be partnering with some of my favorite food blogging friends today to bring you a virtual Christmas cookie exchange. We all love Christmas Cookie Exchange Parties because you go to the party with one kind of cookie, but come home with dozens of cookies to taste!
There’s nothing better than seeing all of the cookies out on all of their plates and getting to go around and fill up your bags with other people’s delicious recipes. Here are 40+ delicious cookie exchange recipes so you can find the perfect cookie to take to the party this holiday season!
Be sure to follow along on the Cookie Exchange Pinterest board for year round cookie recipe inspirations!
If you loved this Peppermint Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies recipe, check out these other great cake mix recipes:
Essential items for this recipe:
- Two baking sheets
- Mixing bowls
- Cookie scoop
- Cooling rack
- 1 box Devil's Food Cake Mix
- 1/3 cup Vegetable Oil
- 1 tsp Vanilla Extract
- 2 large Eggs
- 1/4 cup Sugar
- 1/2 cup Peppermint Chocolate Chips
- 3 Candy Canes crushed
- 1 cup Powdered Sugar
- 2-3 tbsp Milk
- 1/4 tsp Peppermint Extract
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line 2 large baking sheets with parchment paper. Set aside.
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In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, oil, vanilla and eggs. Stir until a dough forms. Fold in mint chocolate chips.
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Place dough in the refrigerator for 30 minutes {do not skip this step!}.
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Remove dough from the refrigerator and scoop into 1-inch balls. Roll in sugar and place on prepared baking sheets about 1 inch apart.
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Bake at 350 degrees for 8-10 minutes. Cool on baking sheet for one minute and then transfer to nonstick cooling rack to cool completely.
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In a small bowl, combine 1 cup powdered sugar with 2 Tbsp milk and 1/4 tsp peppermint extract. Stir well until combined.
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If needed, add additional milk to reach desired consistency. Drizzle over cookies and sprinkle with crushed candy cane pieces. Let sit for 15 minutes for glaze to set.
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They look simple and delicious!
oh my gosh these look amazing! thanks for sharing the recipe i might just have to give these a try 🙂 bookmarking your post!
one question – do you think i can skip the step of rolling the balls in sugar? or do you think it’s a must-do?
Oh, you can definitely skip that step. It just gives them a little extra texture on the outside.
These look so amazing and combine my two favorite holiday things…chocolate and peppermint! Pinning!