Chocolate Peppermint Bars
These Chocolate Peppermint Bars are layered chocolate peppermint cookie bars. These Peppermint Christmas Cookies Bars are extra special for Christmas.
Christmas is a very special time of the year and it’s always fun to indulge in extra special treats. These Chocolate Peppermint Cookie Bars are extra special. But they are fairly easy to make since we made them into bars. And they are not overly sweet and are great for the grandkids or served at a Christmas party. Plus they look just gorgeous stacked on a plate.
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These Chocolate Peppermint Cookie Bars are made in layers, a sugar cookie layer, a chocolate brownie layer and they are topped with melted white chocolate and crushed peppermint.
Chocolate Peppermint Bar Recipe:
Sugar Cookie Layer
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 10 Tablespoons butter, softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup white chocolate chips
Brownie Layer:
- 3/4 cup flour
- 3/4 cup unsweetened dark cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 10 Tablespoons butter, melted
- 1 egg
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1/4 teaspoon mint extract
- 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Top Layer:
- 1 ¼ cups white chocolate chips
- 5 chocolate mint candy canes or regular candy canes
Equipment Needed
- Mixer
- 13 X 9 Baking Pan
- Non Stick Aluminum Foil
How to make these Chocolate Peppermint Cookie Bars
Instructions:
Heat oven to 350 degrees F and line a 13 X 9 inch baking pan with non-stick aluminum foil
Sugar Cookie Layer:
- In a bowl, whisk flour and salt
- In a separate bowl, beat melted butter and sugar with a mixer until fluffy, about 2 minutees
- Add flour mixture to butter and sugar mixture and beat to combine
- Stir in white chocolate chips
- Press firmly and evenly into your foil-lined pan
- Place in refrigerator for 15 minutes
Brownie Layer
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In a large bowl, whisk flour, cocoa powder, sugar, and salt. Beat in melted butter, egg, milk and mint extract. Stir in semi-sweet chocolate chips.
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Dollop evenly over sugar cookie layer and spread with a spatula dipped in warm water to prevent sticking. (re-dip as needed)
To Make
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Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes cool on a wire cooling rack
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Remove from pan and place on work surface.
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Meanwhile, melt the remaining (1 1/4 cups) white chocolate chips per package directions.
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Drizzle or spread over bar cookies
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Crush candy canes and sprinkle over the top
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After white chocolate is cooled and hardened, cut into squares
These bars are just extra special with all the layers and then the crushed chocolate peppermint candy canes. It is so worth the little extra work.
Other Christmas Treats:
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Ingredients
For the Sugar Cookie Layer
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 10 Tablespoons butter softened
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 3/4 cup white chocolate chips
For the Brownie Layer
- 3/4 cup flour
- 3/4 cup unsweetened dark cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 10 Tablespoons butter melted
- 1 egg
- 3/4 cup milk
- 1/4 teaspoon mint extract
- 3/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Topping
- 1 1/4 cup white chocolate chips
- 5 chocolate mint candy canes peppermint candy canes
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees and line a 13 X 9-inch baking pan with non-stick aluminum foil.
Sugar Cookie Layer
- In a bowl, whisk flour and salt
- In a separate bowl, with a mixer beat melted butter and sugar until fluffy about 2 minutes.
- Add flour mixture to butter and sugar mixture and beat to combine.
- Stir in white chocolate chips.
- Press firmly and evenly into the foil-lined pan
- Refrigerate 15 minutes
Brownie Layer
- In a large bowl, whisk flour, cocoa powder, sugar, and salt. Beat in melted butter, egg, milk and mint extract. Stir in semi-sweet chocolate chips.
- Dollop evenly over sugar cookie layer and spread with a spatula dipped in warm water to prevent sticking. (re-dip as needed)
To Make
- Bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes cool on a wire cooling rack
- Remove from pan and place on work surface.
- Meanwhile, melt the remaining (1 1/4 cups) white chocolate chips per package directions.
- Drizzle or spread over bar cookies
- Crush candy canes and sprinkle over the top
- After white chocolate is cooled and hardened, cut into squares
Nutrition
These look delish, I love chocolate and peppermint together!!
Yummmy! These look so good. I love peppermint treats year-round! But they're even better at Christmas time. So festive and fun! Thanks for the recipe. I've pinned it for later.
I'll take two please! They look divine! 🙂 Pinned, YUM'd Heart'd, G+ and I'm off to SU.
LOVE chocolate and peppermint!! Pinning!!
You can just send these my way, I won't mind! 🙂
These bars look positively addicting!
I seriously could go for a few of these right now! Now if I could just get someone to make them for me! I'm sending tons of foodie love your way!
I love the sound of these, chocolate & peppermint, what's not to love!!!
Peppermint and chocolate is one of my favorite combinations! I don't think I'd ever tire of eating them. They look scrumptious!
Oh yum! I love the combination of chocolate and peppermint, and these look so festive, too!