Cream Cheese-Stuffed Chocolate Mint Cookies
These stuffed cookies are decadent and perfect for the holidays: Rich chocolate, minty cream cheese, red and green sprinkles – what more could you want?
Do you have a favorite cookie recipe?
I do.
And it’s the ultimate cookie: A stuffed cookie.
This cream cheese-stuffed chocolate cookie recipe from Spruce Eats has become my go-to cookie recipe for potlucks, picnics, and gatherings. I’ve made them probably 5 or 6 times – and they’re always a hit.
I used this as the base recipe and made a couple of tweaks to come up with a holiday version of the cookie:
- I added mint to the cream cheese filling
- I added colored sprinkles
If you’ve never had a stuffed cookie, it’s time to try them. Actually, it’s time to make them yourself!
Stuffed Cookies?!?
Cookies are awesome on their own, as you all know.
But stuffing cookies with additional ingredients – whether it be marshmallows, caramel, chocolate, or cream cheese – brings them to a whole new level.
This recipe’s base is a moist, chewy chocolate cookie. The dough is flattened into a disc, and a dollop of minty cream cheese filling is added. The chocolate cookie dough is wrapped around the filling and it’s baked, resulting in -you guessed it – a stuffed cookie.
More Festive Christmas Cookie Recipes
- Norwegian Pepperkaker Cookies
- Chipotle Almond Biscotti Recipe
- Chewy Chocolate Chip Gingersnaps With Spiked Eggnog Glaze
Cream Cheese-Stuffed Chocolate Mint Cookies
The chocolate cookie dough is formed into a disc, and a dollop of the cream cheese mixture is added. Fold the edges over to seal, and voila: You have the makings for a stuffed cookie!
Ingredients
- 1 3/4 cup all-purpose flour (210 grams)
- 3/4 cup Dutch process cocoa
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 3/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup mini chocolate chips
- 1 large egg
- 1 large egg yolk
- 1/3 cup light corn syrup
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, melted
- 6 tablespoons melted Crisco (or other brand of vegetable shortening)
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
For cream cheese filling
- 8 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 1/3 cup powdered sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon mint flavoring
- Red and green sprinkles
Instructions
- Whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt. Add chocolate chips.
- In a separate bowl, whisk egg, egg yolk, and corn syrup.
- In a third bowl, use an electric mixer to beat butter, shortening, brown sugar, and white sugar until smooth - about 2 minutes.
- Add the egg mixture to the butter mixture and mix until combined.
- Slowly add the dry ingredients until the dough comes together. You may need to finish mixing with a spatula if the dough is too thick.
- Take 2 tablespoons of dough (using a scoop or measuring it out) and set aside on a parchmant paper-lined baking sheet. Flatten each of the dough balls into a flat disc. Repeat with remaining dough and place in the fridge to cool for an hour.
- Make cream cheese filling: In a medium bowl, combine cream cheese, powdered sugar, and mint flavoring. Taste and add more mint flavoring, if desired. Place in fridge until ready to assemble.
- Assemble cookies: Place 2 teaspoons of cream cheese filling in the middle of a dough round. Sprinkle with red and green sprinkles. Fold the dough over to create a ball. Repeat with remaining dough.
- Place dough balls on parchment-lined cookie sheet and freeze for 1 hour to harden. This will help prevent the cookies from spreading while baking.
- Bake in 350 F oven for 10 to 12 minutes, until cookies become slightly crinkly on top.