All you need is a box of Chocolate Peppermint Cookie Mix and a tub of vanilla icing.
– Prepare and bake the cookie dough as directed. As soon as they come out of the oven, top half of them with the candy cane pieces.
– Once they are completely cooled, have your littles spread the plain half of the cookies with vanilla icing and then top with one of cookies decorated with candy canes.
– Sprinkle more candy cane pieces around the edges and you’re done!
As much as I hated to part with them, we even bagged up a couple for sweet friend M as a pick-me-up when she had the PCP spend the night last weekend.
As an aside, it’s worth mentioning that I do kind of have a thing for chocolate peppermint desserts. When I was pregnant with the baby, I guzzled down a Chick-fil-A Peppermint Chocolate Chip milkshake every.single.day during the holidays. (Do you know how many calories are in one of those? If not, DON’T LOOK.) It was obscene. So much so that I ordered TWO on Saturdays since they are closed on Sundays. It’s no wonder that the baby was nine pounds and a whole week early.
xoxo
