Best 3 Chocolate Peppermint Sandwiches Recipes

DOUBLE-CHOCOLATE PEPPERMINT SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Whisk together flour, cocoa, and salt. In a large bowl, beat butter with confectioners' sugar on medium-high speed until pale and fluffy. Beat in egg and vanilla. Gradually add flour mixture, beating to combine. Divide dough into 2 disks; wrap each in plastic and refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Working with one disk at a time (keeping the other refrigerated), roll out on lightly floured parchment to a scant 1/8 inch. Cut out 60 rounds total with a 1 3/4-inch fluted round cutter. Chill and reroll scraps (if dough becomes too soft, freeze 15 minutes). Use a 1/2-inch fluted round cutter to cut out centers of half of rounds. Arrange rounds 1 inch apart on parchment-lined baking sheets. Freeze until firm, 15 minutes. Brush off excess flour with a dry pastry brush.
• Bake, rotating sheets once, until edges are firm, 13 to 15 minutes. Transfer cookies on sheetsto a wire rack; let cool completely.
• Place chocolate in a heatproofbowl. Heat cream in a smallsaucepan over medium-highuntil just bubbling around edges.Remove from heat; stir in peppermintextract. Pour mixtureover chocolate; let stand 10minutes, then stir until smooth.Let stand, stirring occasionally,until firm enough to spread,about 30 minutes.
• Spread 1 teaspoon filling oneach uncut cookie; top withcut cookies. Sprinkle choppedcandies in window of eachtop cookie. Refrigerate until set,about 20 minutes. Assembledcookies can be stored in refrigerator up to 2 days.

CHOCOLATE AND PEPPERMINT CANDY ICE CREAM SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Stir together ice cream (reserve pint container), extract, and 1/2 cup crushed candy in a bowl until combined.
• Transfer mixture to pint container and freeze until just firm enough to scoop, about 1 hour.
• Working very quickly, scoop ice cream onto flat sides of 8 wafers (1 scoop per wafer), then top with remaining 8 wafers, flat sides down. Wrap each sandwich individually with plastic wrap and freeze until firm, about 1 hour. Unwrap sandwiches and roll edges in remaining 1/2 cup crushed candy. Rewrap and freeze until firm, about 1 hour.

CHOCOLATE PEPPERMINT SANDWICHES

Steps:

• 1. stir flour, cocoa, baking powder, salt together for the cookies ina bowl until no lumps remain, set aside 2. cream 6 T butter and granulated sugar in another bowl with a mixer until light and fluffy 3. add coffee and vanilla, beat to incorporate, then blend in the flour mixture just until dough forms. shape dough into generous 1 inch balls using a cookie scoop or tablesppon. coat balls in sugar (ultrafine if possible) and arrange on baking sheets, spacing 2 inches apart 4. flatten balls with the bottom of a glass dipped in the sugar. bake 12-14 minutes, or until cookies spring back when touched lightly. let cookies cool on the pan for 5 minutes, then transfer to a rack. 5. blend marshmallow creme and 3 T butter for the filling ina bowl with a mixer. add powdered sugar, mint extract, and food coloring; beat until smooth. spread 2 teaspoon filling on the bottom side of half the cookies; top each with a second cookie 6. heat cream for the glaze in a saucepan over medium high heat until bubbles form at the edge. pour cream over chocolate and shortening; let stand 5 minutes, then whisk until smooth. let glaze stand until thickened, about 5 minutes, then dip a portion of each sandwich cookie into the glaze. 7. roll the glazed portion of cookies in crushed mints and place on cooking rack. chill until glaze is set, about 30 minutes.