Chocolate Peppermint Macaroon Cookies are an easy 4 ingredient recipe that is made with wholesome and healthy ingredients! An optional dunk in chocolate and crushed candy canes makes these cookies a decadent dessert!
These Chocolate Peppermint Macaroon Cookies are a festive and cheery holiday treat that are filled with all the best flavors like chocolate and peppermint (duh, you read the title! but SO GOOD) and coconut and more chocolate!
And these Chocolate Peppermint Macaroon Cookies are not actually that bad for you and are making all of my Christmas Cookie dreams come true. Your's too?
These bites of DELIGHT are made with simple wholesome ingredients and are sweetened with honey.
Now, If you are looking for a milk dunker, these Chocolate Peppermint Macaroon Cookies aren't exactly the dunk-able type. But they are perfectly lovable in their non-dunkable sort of way. They are a bit crunchy on the outside, with perfectly soft coconutty centers that make you close your eyes and say yum.
They are more of a serve-with-coffee type of cookie. The bitterness of coffee combines with the sweetness of the Chocolate Peppermint Macaroon Cookies. The warmth of the coffee slightly melts the chocolate coating for maximum flavor. The combo of a warm drink + a cookie... BRB, I need to go brew some coffee RN!
When making these cookies, you could stop right after they are baked and serve them then, but do me a favor and give them that extra little dip into melted chocolate. Okay?
I mean, these cookies are perfectly fine to serve without the chocolate dunk, but with the dunk? Holey moley! The chocolate flavor is intensified. They melt in your mouth. And it is the perfect way to get our candy-cane pieces to stick. And how cute are those crushed candy can pieces?
Go for the dunk.
Chocolate Peppermint Macaroon Cookies
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 20 cookies 1x
- Category: Sweet Things
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Gluten Free
Description
Chocolate Peppermint Macaroon Cookies are an easy 4 ingredient recipe that is made with wholesome and healthy ingredients! An optional dunk in chocolate and crushed candy canes makes these cookies a decadent dessert!
Ingredients
- 8 oz unsweetened shredded coconut
- ½ cup cacao powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ⅓ cup honey OR brown rice syrup (for a more neutral flavor)
- 5 oz dark chocolate, chopped (optional)
- Crushed candy canes (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a baking tray with a silpat (also called a silicone mat).
- Add the coconut, cacao, and salt to a bowl. Whisk to combine. Add in the honey, starting with and stir to combine. It will take some elbow grease to get the mixture to come together - but keep at it! You will get there.
- Form the dough into macaroon shaped cookies and line up on a baking tray. These cookies don't spread, so as long as they are not touching, they can sit pretty close to one another.
- Bake for 10-12 minutes or until the edges are golden brown. Set aside ant allow to cool.
- In a double boiler, melt the chocolate. Dip the bottom of the macaroons in chocolate and then into the crushed candy canes. Set them on wax or parchment paper to set. Once the chocolate hardens, serve.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie (with chocolate)
- Calories: 151
- Sugar: 9g
- Sodium: 41mg
- Fat: 11g
- Saturated Fat: 9g
- Carbohydrates: 16g
- Fiber: 5g
- Protein: 3g
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