Chocolate Mint Cookies
Author: Kari - CookingUpClean
Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 24
- 1 cup bittersweet chocolate chips (Enjoy Life or Ghiradelli)
- ⅔ cup coconut sugar
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, softened (or palm shortening for dairy-free)
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 egg
- 1¼ cups flour (gluten free blend, almond or all-purpose)
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon pink himalayan salt
- FROSTING:
- 1 cup bittersweet chocolate chips (Enjoy Life or Ghiradelli)
- 2 teaspoons honey
- 1 - 1½ teaspoons peppermint extract
- Melt chocolate chips.
- Add coconut sugar, butter, and water until combined.
- Beat in egg.
- Add dry ingredients and stir until thoroughly combined.
- Chill in refrigerator 1 hour.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Form dough into balls and flatten slightly while placing on a cookie sheet lined with parchment or a silicone baking mat.
- Bake 12-14 minutes until edges look dry.
- Remove from oven and let cool.
- FROSTING:
- Melt chocolate chips and stir in honey and peppermint extract.
- Spread frosting onto each cookie and let cool to set frosting.
Serving size: 1 cookie Calories: 159 Fat: 10g Carbohydrates: 18g Sodium: 65mg Fiber: 1g Protein: 2g
Recipe by at https://www.cookingupclean.com/chocolate-mint-cookies/
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