Chocolate-Peppermint Crackle Cookies

These are the perfect cookies for Santa, or another contender for your holiday Cookie Swap!  These are absolutely easy to make.  I didn’t use any fancy equipment–just one pot. I made the entire recipe in that one pot. And it would have been even easier if I had a microwave, because I could have melted the chocolate in the microwave!  The only special ingredient I needed to purchase was mint extract since I had a leftover unsweetened chocolate bar from my yule log cookies.

 

I brought these to the office for our holiday party, and they were one of the first to go. Plus, the crackle design makes them so unique and a real standout.  I adapted the recipe from SLMag, but it didn’t need much tweaking!  If you don’t like chocolate and mint together, substitute the mint extract for vanilla extract.  You’ll get the same beautiful design and mouthwatering chocolate cookie without the mint flavor.