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
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 oreos gift idea
Ingredients
For the Batter:
- 15.25 oz devil's food cake (1 box)
- 1 egg
- 1 stick butter (softened)
For the Frosting:
- 1 stick unsalted butter (at room temp)
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tbsp milk (or heavy whipping cream)
- 1/4 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp peppermint extract
- 1/2 cup 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
What size jar did you use for gifting them?
Hi Lisa! I’m not sure what size they are, I’m sorry. I found these jars/vases at the Dollar Tree years ago.
Awesome!!! Will make again
Glad you enjoyed these! :)
These are wonderful! We’ve made them for our Christmas cookies the last three years. We often double the filling cause it’s just so yummy we like more. :)
I’m so glad you have loved these! They are always a hit when we make them! :)
These look fantastic! Would they freeze ok?
I haven’t tried! Maybe make a half batch and freeze a couple to see if defrosting is ok? :)
Chocolate and peppermint is my favorite Christmas flavor combination. I will definitely be making these this year. Thanks so much – pinning now!
I love these peppermint oreos! They always get rave reviews when I make them!
Do you follow the directions on the box for the devil’s food cake?
No, you just add a stick of butter and egg to the devil’s food cake for the dough! :)
The recipe reads 1 stick(s) of butter, do you mean 1/2c or 2 sticks=1c? Because in the directions you say to mix together butter, next milk which makes me wonder if you meant 1c=2sticks. Thanks, can’t wait to make these!!
It’s 1 stick of butter!! :)
Umm…it says to roll it in a ball, push it down and bake it. I’m assuming that means individual balls…. How large might you make those? They sound great!
1 inch balls would work! It just depends on how big or small you want your cookies to be! :)
How long do these keep, since the frosting in the centre involves butter? I’d like to make and send some of these to one of my friends across the country, and I’m wondering how plausible that would be.
If they got there in a couple days, I think they would be fine! I would probably make a cookie recipe that doesn’t have frosting in the middle though…I think they would keep their shape better!
Can you just mix in the mint chips in with tne cookie dough and bake?
Yes, you definitely can! It would be really yummy! :)
How many Oreos does this recipe make?
Since there are two cookies per oreo, it will make about a dozen! :)