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Hot Chocolate Peppermint Thumbprint Cookies
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How to Make Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies
Make these festive hot chocolate peppermint cookies for your next holiday party! They are addicting and look so pretty on a white platter.
Hot Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies
Servings 30
Ingredients
- 1 cup 2 sticks
- ¾ cup granulated sugar
- ⅓ cup cocoa powder
- 3 tablespoons milk
- 2 cups flour
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 10 oz bag Ghirardelli’s chocolate melting wafers
- 10 pieces peppermint candies; crushed
- ½ cup jet puffed mini marshmallow bits
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F and place parchment paper on a baking sheet.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer with paddle attachment, cream together butter and sugar. You can use a hand mixer as well. Mix in cocoa powder and milk.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, salt, baking powder, and baking soda.
- Add dry ingredients slowly while mixing. Mix well.
- Roll dough into small balls (about 1″ wide) and place on prepared baking sheet.
- Use your thumb to press down in the center of the balls.
- Bake for 9 minutes until cookies look dry and start to crack a bit around the top. Gently press down the centers again with a small spoon. Allow to cool.
- Melt the Ghirardelli’s chocolate wafers as listed on the package. Fill the thumbprint centers with the chocolate. Crush the peppermints with the flat side of a kitchen mallet and sprinkle on top. Add some marshmallow bits.
- Store in an airtight container.
