I love holiday baking…
I especially love the chocolate peppermint combo…
I’m pretty sure you are BOUND to find one chocolate/mint recipe on this blog that you will love. In case you missed them:
- Thin mint brownies
- Chocolate cookies with candy cane butter cream
- Peppermint brownies in a jar
- Peppermint brownies with candy cane butter cream
- Chewy chocolate cookies with peppermint chips
- Chocolate chunk peppermint pudding cookies
- Chocolate cookies with candy cane kisses.
Today I’m going to share with you a simple and cute gift to make for your friends and neighbors… that will only cost you a couple bucks! YEA!
Peppermint oreos in a jar! These are fantastic and so simple to make. Let’s get started shall we?
Homemade Peppermint Oreo Recipe
Ingredients
- {batter}
- 1 box devils food cake
- 1 egg
- 1 stick of butter softened
- {frosting}
- 1 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 TB milk, or heavy whipping cream
- 1/4 teaspoon Vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon Peppermint extract
- Andi's crushed peppermints
Instructions
- Combine egg and butter in a large bowl. Mix until combined. Pour in devil's food cake and mix until the batter is smooth (about 2 min). Roll dough into a ball and push flat onto a lined cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for 6-8 minutes. Remove to cooling rack and allow cookies to completely cool.
- For frosting: Mix together butter. Next add milk, vanilla and peppermint extract. Then slowly add powdered sugar and beat until fluffy.
- Frost one cookie on the BOTTOM and then sandwich another cookie on top. I like to use a lot of frosting (make sure it's coming out the sides). Then dip the sides of the cookie into crushed peppermint andis.
To turn these into a fun gift I found these jars/vases at the Dollar Tree. I layered my cookies in the jar and then placed a coffee filter on top.
I added a glue dot to hold down the coffee filter. Those things are great! Then I tied a ribbon on top and it was ready to go!
For more Christmas ideas make sure to check out this post HERE. I hope you all have a Happy Holidays! Thanks for reading! :D
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joanie engels
nothing shows a confirmation. am I confirmed to get the printables? I work at a school and this surely would help us out a lot.
Theresa// Quite the Occasion Events
Love how you packaged these!
Diana
I LOOOOVE THIS idea!! I even love that you put them in little vases found from the dollar store and covered them with coffee filters…how clever!
Eva Scott
Ahhhhhh these look SO delicious. I love peppermint!!!
deb ~ accessoryalamode
Oh, Wow, that would be great for the teachers. The trick is to try to make them as pretty as you did :)
Cathy
Oh Wow, you have stolen my heart with these. These are perfect and some of them I can send to my grandson in Afghanistan. Thank you bunches and bunches, hugs, CathyK
Loretta | A Finn In The Kitchen
These are so darn cute! And I know people would be so excited to get something like this!
Shirley
Mmmm, I am all about peppermint! So when I saw this title I was already imagining deliciousness! This is a really fun idea, and it doesn’t sound difficult. Excited to try! Thanks for sharing!
christine
Haven’t made these yet. I wonder if the icing will make the cookies soggy?