Chocolate Cookie Cups with Whipped Peppermint Cream
Chocolate Cookie Cups with Whipped Peppermint Cream are an easy and sweet treat to make over the holidays. Dark chocolate cookie cups are filled with a fluffy peppermint whipped cream and topped with crushed peppermint candies. Perfect dessert to enjoy with family and friends!
Ingredients
- For the Cookie Cups:
- 1 stick COLD Unsalted butter, cut into cubes
- 1 cup Brown sugar
- 1 large Egg
- 1 1/2 cups All-purpose flour
- 1/2 cup Cocoa powder
- 1/2 tsp Baking soda
- 1/4 tsp Kosher salt
- 1 cup Dark or milk chocolate chips
- 1 cup Chopped dark or milk chocolate chips
- For the Whipped Peppermint Cream:
- 4 ounces Mascarpone
- 1/2 cup Whipping cream
- 1 tbsp Granulated sugar
- 3/4 tsp Peppermint extract
- pinch of kosher salt
- Crushed candy canes, for garnish
Instructions
- Preheat an oven to 350 degrees. Spray a 12-cup muffin pan with non-stick cooking spray. In a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, beat together the butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Next, add the egg and gently mix.
- In a medium bowl combine all-purpose flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and kosher salt. Add the flour mixture to the egg mixture and combine. Fold in the chopped chocolate and chocolate chips.
- Once combined, take a medium ice cream scoop and scoop the dough into the prepared muffin tins. Gently press down on the dough using the back of the ice cream scoop. Bake the cookie cups for about 12 to 15 minutes.
- Meanwhile, make the whipped peppermint cream. Using a hand mixer, beat together the mascarpone, cream, sugar, peppermint extract, and salt until smooth.
- Take the muffin tins out of the oven. Spray the bottom of a shot glass with non-stick cooking spray. Press the shot glass down into the center of each cookie while still warm to create the cups! Let the cups cool in the pan before removing to a wire rack.
- Take a cookie cup and fill it with the whipped peppermint cream and garnish with crushed candy canes if desired. Repeat until all cookie cups have been filled!
Notes
I had extra dough left over to make 5 regular chocolate chip cookies!
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