These Peppermint Chocolate Chip Sugar Cookie Sticks are the perfect Christmas cookie recipe! Chocolate chip filled sugar cookies with a hint of peppermint!
Well, y’all, it’s begun: my crazy frenzied holiday baking has started! I know, you’d think that, being a dessert blogger, I’d already have tons of cookies and bars in my freezer from August all ready to go, but nope. Not this year; this year I all of a sudden realized my freezer was empty and holiday gift giving starts…now.
I think I got thrown off because Jordan doesn’t get out of school until December 22 this year. Normally I have an entire week without her in school to get the last minute baking done…this year that IS the last minute. Now I’m hurriedly turning out cookies and bars and candy to freeze and store for the next few weeks of family visits, parties, and gift giving.
One of the reasons I love these sugar cookie sticks is because they’re so easy to make and they make a huge batch; there are 64 if you cut them the way I have. That goes a long way when you’re making cookie platters for all of the people on your list!
I started these bars with my favorite sugar cookie recipe. I added mini chocolate chips and peppermint extract to the batter and then I baked them in a 10×15″ jelly roll (cake roll) pan. If you haven’t gotten one of those yet, be sure to ask Santa for one. They’re super versatile. If you don’t have one, you can use a 9×13″ but they’ll be thicker (and yield less cookies) or use two 9×9 or 8×8-inch pans.
Then I frosted them with the perfect cookie icing and sprinkled the tops with crushed candy canes. These are the perfect peppermint bite!
Now that I’m into the holiday baking spirit, I’ve been shopping up a storm too. The other day I spent over $100 on baking supplies at Target. The checker was all, “Doing some baking?” and I was like, ” You have no idea.” I think I bought 20 packages of chocolate chips and 5 pounds of butter that day alone!
When you’re thinking about ingredients for your holiday baking, be sure to look for Challenge Butter. As you know, it’s my favorite and I always have some in my fridge (unsalted for baking, salted for my Dad when he visits). It’s 100% real cream butter with nothing artificial, no hormones, attitudes, or fillers, and if you’re in California, it’s local! You should always use the best tasting ingredients in recipes like sugar cookies and frostings because the taste of the butter really comes through.
The other thing I love about these Peppermint Chocolate Chip Sugar Cookie Sticks is that you can make them so many different ways. Use ANY extract you like if peppermint isn’t your thing.
I’m sharing this recipe over on the Challenge website today. Be sure to click over and get the recipe!
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Peppermint Chocolate Chip Sugar Cookie Sticks
These Peppermint Chocolate Chip Sugar Cookie Sticks are the perfect Christmas cookie recipe! Chocolate chip filled sugar cookies with a hint of peppermint!
Ingredients:
For the Cookie Sticks:
- 3/4 cup unsalted Challenge Butter, softened
- 3/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon cream of tartar
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup mini chocolate chips
Directions:
Peppermint Sugar Cookie Dough Bark
This post is sponsored by Challenge Dairy. All opinions are 100% my own.
Hi there! I’m Dorothy! Welcome to Crazy for Crust, where I share recipes that are sometimes crazy, often with a crust, and always served with a slice of life. 
LOVE these!! The texture looks like the perfect middle ground between cookie and bar cookie – that is to say, amazing. Visually stunning and tasty flavor combo!
Thankfully, I am done with my holiday baking (whew). I love this idea of gifting your sugar cookie sticks. It’s wonderful that it makes 64 of ’em so you can gift several to each person!
These look so easy to make! I think I’m adding them to my holiday baking list.
I love all of the peppermint treats out right now! These look so yummy and easy to make!
Well, y’all, it’s begun: my crazy frenzied holiday baking has started! <—- I am really surprised you hadn't started earlier and that you were already baking! We're outta here Dec 15 so my holiday baking started around Labor Day 🙂
These look great and love that you took your fave sugar cookie recipe and pressed into a sheet pan. Time saver!
I don’t know what happened this year. All of a sudden it was Thanksgiving…and now December. It’s crazy!!
Oh I’m so with you! It seems like I blinked and it was December!
These cookie sticks have the peppermint/chocolate flavor I love and they look so delicious! Can’t wait to try them!!!
This is a great batch size! And I’ve never really had sugar cookies with chocolate chips in them before. Sounds great. I’m in peppermint frenzy lately so these make me happy! 🙂
I hear ya on the last minute baking spree. I just realized this week that it was already almost halfway through the month, and I do not have anything really made to share with friends. Cue the crazy shopping lists and baking frenzy now!!! I love these easy cookie sticks! Such a fun treat to add to the trays of goodies!
LOL to buying a $100 worth of baking stuff at Target. When I have to go to the restaurant supply store I stock up on chocolate, butter and cream. Every time I feel like I have 10lbs of butter before I know it, its all gone! Lol cookie sticks for dunking in tea!
i have never seen challenge butter, i’ve looked but it must not be sold in ct.
yes yes and so many more yes’s for these!!
I love cookie bars like this – easy to make and so soft and chewy!
I LOVE that you made cookie sticks. Plus, I love peppermint AND sugar cookies…so basically I need to make these ASAP!
Sugar cookies and peppermint are my favorite things in the world. Basically I’m in love here!
These would make such a great gift for friends and neighbors!!
I know I would LOVE these! They’d be so gorgeous on a cookie platter!
i just love bar cookies! we are doing a bunch of baking this weekend, and I’m throwing this recipe into the mix!
These look amazing. I love to have these right now. Yum!!
These look amazing. I love to have these right now. Yum!!