These Christmas Crinkle Cookies are loaded with tons of delicious fudgy chocolate flavor. They are so soft and will just melt in your mouth! These cookies are a must make holiday staple.
If you haven’t a crinkle cookie before, I have to warn you these chocolate peppermint ones are a rich and decadent treat. I think these crinkle cookies look so pretty in a box of Christmas treats for neighbors and friends. They really are such a special cookie for the holidays.
If you need more holiday baking ideas be sure to also check out these Christmas Monster Cookies and Christmas Oatmeal Cookies.
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🍪 Why you’ll love these cookies
These Christmas Crinkle Cookies will definitely get you in the Christmas spirit. They are loaded with chocolate and have just a little bit of peppermint to them.
🍫 Ingredients needed
The complete list of ingredients and amounts can be found in the printable recipe card further below in the post.
For these cookies, you will need:
- All purpose flour: The base of the cookie dough
- Cocoa powder: You’ll want to get unsweetened cocoa powder.
- Baking powder: To make the cookies crinkle.
- Salt: You’ll need just ¼ teaspoon of salt.
- Butter: You’ll want to use unsalted butter for this recipe. Let it soften to room temperature.
- Sugar
- Eggs: You’ll need four large eggs.
- Vanilla extract and peppermint extract: For all the Christmas flavor! Pure extracts are best for baking. Be careful to measure correctly, especially the peppermint.
- Powdered sugar: For rolling the dough balls in.
🥣 How to make these cookies (step by step guide)
With your hand or stand mixer, beat together the cocoa powder, sugar, and butter (image 1). Add the remaining ingredients except for the powdered sugar and mix until everything is well combined (image 2).
Cover your mixing bowl with plastic cling wrap and let the dough chill in your refrigerator for at least two hours. The dough can be chilled overnight, if desired.
Preheat your oven to 350℉ and line a baking sheet with parchment paper (not wax paper). Use a regular sized cookie scoop to form dough balls and then roll into powdered sugar (image 3).
Place the dough balls on your parchment paper lined baking sheet with room for them to spread. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes. Let the cookies rest on the baking sheet for at least 10 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
👩🏻🍳 Tips for this recipe
- Don’t skip chilling the dough or your cookies will be too flat when you bake them.
- Let them rest on your baking sheet for about 10 minutes. Carefully move them to a cooling rack.
- Use a standard sized cookie scoop to form the dough balls as the dough will be a bit sticky.
- Don’t overdo it with the peppermint as it is very strong.
💭 Recipe FAQs
You can store these cookies at room temperature in an airtight container for about 4 days.
One of the most popular cookies to serve at Christmas would be crinkle cookies. Sugar cookies are also super popular!
The dough should be chilled in your refrigerator before baking but the actual cookies do not need to be refrigerated.
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Christmas Crinkle Cookies
Equipment
- Hand mixer
- Baking sheet
- Parchment paper
- cookie scoop
Ingredients
- ½ cup unsalted butter softened to room temperature
- 2 cups sugar
- 4 large eggs
- 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon peppermint extract
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 cup powdered sugar for rolling the cookie balls in
Instructions
- With your hand or stand mixer, beat together the cocoa powder, sugar, and butter.½ cup unsalted butter, 2 cups sugar, 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- Add the remaining ingredients except for the powdered sugar and mix until everything is well combined.4 large eggs, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract, 1 teaspoon peppermint extract, 2 teaspoons baking powder, ½ teaspoon salt, 2 cups all purpose flour
- Cover your mixing bowl with plastic cling wrap and let the dough chill in your refrigerator for at least two hours. The dough can be chilled overnight, if desired.
- Preheat your oven to 350℉ and line a baking sheet with parchment paper (not wax paper).
- Use a regular sized cookie scoop to form dough balls and then roll into powdered sugar.1 cup powdered sugar
- Place the dough balls on your parchment paper lined baking sheet with room for them to spread. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes. Let the cookies rest on the baking sheet for at least 10 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.
Notes
- Use a cookie scoop as the dough is very sticky.
- Be sure to let your cookie dough chill for the full two hours for the best results.
Brianna May says
Love it!
Brianna says
Chocolate and peppermint is my favorite!
Jeannie says
I love peppermint but never tried with crinkles, going to do this soon.
Raquel says
Can’t wait to make these this Christmas! They sound delicious!
Jamie says
I love the flavor of the peppermint extract in this!
Erin says
These are so good! I had to take some to my neighbor because I couldn’t stop eating them! Definitely adding to as Christmas cookie staple!
Liz says
So much chocolatey goodness! We loved these!