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Peppermint Mocha Chocolate Chunk Cookies

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Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter or margarine, softened
  • 1/4 cup sugar
  • 3/4 cup light brown sugar
  • 3.4 oz package white chocolate instant pudding and pie filling mix 4 serving size
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/2 cup brewed coffee
  • 1 teaspoon peppermint extract
  • 12 drops of green food coloring, optional
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
  • 11.5 oz bag of chocolate chunks

Instructions

  • In a large mixing bowl, beat together butter, sugar, brown sugar, pudding mix and vanilla until creamy.
  • Add eggs, coffee, peppermint extract and baking soda. If you want your cookies to have a minty green hue to them, add the drops of food coloring too. Mix well.
  • Stir in flour.
  • Pour in the chocolate chunks and stir until combined. The batter will be stiff.
  • Drop by the tablespoon full onto ungreased baking sheets.
  • Bake at 375 degrees for 10-12 minutes. After you remove the baking sheet from the oven, let the cookies cool for 5 minutes before moving them with a spatula to a cooling rack.