Easy Peppermint Mocha Cookies

Easy Peppermint Mocha Cookies are made with chocolate cake mix and coffee creamer. These cake mix cookies taste like peppermint mocha latte and are perfect for the holiday season!

Like peppermint mocha coffee? Then, you’ll love these soft and chewy peppermint mocha cookies! They’re like your favorite winter coffee in cookie form.

These peppermint chocolate cookies are extra special! Not only are these chocolate cookies easy to make using a box of cake mix but they’re also incredibly fool-proof. And the soft, chewy texture is just perfect!

These chocolate cake mix cookies are bursting with chocolate chips and peppermint flavor in every bite. So, they make awesome Christmas cookies! And, they are perfect for swapping at your holiday cookie exchange!

I’m all about baking from scratch. But, there are definitely times when you just need to take a shortcut, especially during holiday baking marathons. No mixing dry ingredients with wet ingredients or searching for instant coffee or instant espresso powder. Cake mix and creamer make things easy.

Ingredients

You only need a few simple ingredients for this easy recipe. They should be easy to find at your grocery store. Full amounts are in the printable recipe card below.

• Chocolate cake mix — I used devil’s food here.
• Eggs — large eggs
• Peppermint mocha coffee creamer — to thin the dough and add flavor
• Melted butter
• Chocolate chips — semi-sweet chocolate chips
• Peppermint extract — for extra flavor
• White chocolate chips — for chocolate drizzle
• Peppermint candies — or or crushed candy canes or baking chips for decorating (optional)

How to Make Peppermint Mocha Cookies from Cake Mix

Just mix everything together in a large bowl, and mix with an electric mixer on low speed until well blended. Alternately, you can use the bowl of a stand mixer with a paddle attachment. Fold in your chocolate chips using a rubber spatula last.

Then, scoop up the cookie dough, and place it on your prepared baking sheets. I use parchment paper or silicone mats for easy clean up. It’s not necessary, but it definitely helps, and the cookies don’t stick!

Baking Time

Bake these chocolate peppermint cookies for 8-12 minutes or until the edge are firm and tops no longer look wet.

Allow the cookies to cool completely on a wire rack before decorating.

I added a drizzle of melted white chocolate on top of the cookies. Then, I sprinkled crushed peppermint candies on top of the drizzle.

This part is optional, but it makes a huge difference in flavor. Plus, these chewy cookies look extra special!

Instead of just plain chocolate peppermint cookies, you have a cookie that really does resemble a peppermint mocha! Tastes like one too!

If you don’t want to get fancy, you can add extra chocolate chips or white chocolate chips and peppermint chips before baking. The peppermint baking chips tend to melt, so you may want to add more right after baking.

How to Store

Store these chocolaty cookies in an airtight container for up to 5 days at room temperature. You can make these cookies ahead of time and freeze them, but wait to decorate after thawing.

More Easy Peppermint Recipes

If you love all things peppermint, try my peppermint brownies next. Don’t want to bake? Try my Peppermint Bark or white chocolate peppermint fudge, chocolate peppermint fudge and my easy peppermint mocha dessert dip, no bake peppermint pie or peppermint hot cocoa.

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Recipe was originally published in Nov 2016 and updated with new pictures and instructions in Dec 2023.