Chocolate-mint Drops

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips, halved (1 1/4 cup batches)
• 6 tablespoons flour
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• 3/4 cup sugar
• 2 eggs
• 2 tablespoons dark corn syrup
• 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
• 1/2 cup peppermint candies, chopped or 1/2 cup candy cane, crushed

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 350°f
• 2 line two large baking sheets with parchment paper.
• 3 melt half of the chocolate chips; set aside.
• 4 mix flour and baking powder together.
• 5 in medium bowl, with electric mixer on medium, beat sugar, eggs, corn syrup, and extract until thick, about 3 minutes.
• 6 gradually beat in melted chocolate, then dry ingredients.
• 7 mix in remaining morsels; freeze dough for 10 minutes.
• 8 drop heaping tablespoonfuls of batter, 3" apart, on ungreased baking sheets (cookies will spread).
• 9 refrigerate remaining dough.
• 10 bake cookies 12 minutes.
• 11 quickly sprinkle tops with chopped candies; bake 3 to 5 minutes more, until cookies are softly set.
• 12 cool cookies on baking sheets 5 minutes.
• 13 transfer to wire racks and cool.