My latest recipe created for Wilton is here just in time for your holiday baking: Chocolate Peppermint Spritz Cookies! Made with rich cocoa, a hint of peppermint, and decorated with Candy Melts and sprinkles, this chocolate peppermint cookies recipe is as festive as they are delicious. Using the Wilton Cookie Press and Mega Cookie Sheet, you’ll press, bake, and decorate dozens of perfectly shaped chocolate spritz cookies in no time. Great for cookie exchanges, holiday gifting, or simply enjoying with family, this recipe for chocolate spritz cookies is a must for your seasonal baking lineup. If you want more peppermint and chocolate deliciousness, check out my Chocolate-Peppermint Pudding Parfaits (candy cane pudding Christmas parfait) recipe and my Candy Cane Brownies recipe. Get the Chocolate Peppermint Spritz Cookies recipe on the Wilton website here, and keep reading to see some tips for making chocolate peppermint cookie recipes like this one!

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More holiday treats and cookie exchange recipes like this chocolate peppermint cookies recipe
This recipe for chocolate spritz cookies is perfect for cookie exchanges! Here are some more delicious cookies and treats for your holiday baking and treat exchanges:
- Churro Cookies
- Vegan Snickerdoodles (dairy-free snickerdoodles recipe)
- Classic Thumbprint Cookies (old-fashioned thumbprint cookies recipes)
- Rich and Chewy Peanut Butter Cookies (or check out the gluten-free version or the vegan version)
- DoubleTree Hotels Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe (the authentic recipe!)
- Easy Pretzel and Candy Melt Christmas Trees (easy no-bake Christmas treats)
- Christmas Gift Tag Cookies
- Melted Snowman Sugar Cookies
- OREO Cookie Balls Christmas Lights (no-bake recipe)
- OREO Truffles (easy no-bake truffles)
- No-Bake Pumpkin Spice Truffles
- Coquito Balls (Caribbean-Style Coconut Rum Balls)
- Dark Chocolate Caramel Corn Fudge
- Perfect Peanut Butter Fudge recipe
- Kickin’ Texas Peanut Brittle
- Candy Cane Brownies
- Cranberry-Lemon Bars (blonde brownie recipe)
- White Chocolate Cranberry Blondie Bites (delicious mini Christmas blondies recipe)
- Everest Snowballs Recipe
How to make this recipe for chocolate spritz cookies

Get the detailed Chocolate Peppermint Spritz Cookies recipe on Wilton here, but some key tools you’ll need to make them include Wilton’s Spritz Cookie Press, which includes 12 different discs for cookie shapes, and Wilton’s Mega Cookie Sheet so you can make a lot of these peppermint chocolate spritz cookies at the same time.

When the chocolate peppermint cookies recipe has cooled, dip and/or drizzle them with red and white Candy Melts and sprinkle with Wilton Peppermint Crunch Sprinkles. While the cookies themselves include peppermint extract in the recipe, these sprinkles add even more minty yumminess and also a fun crunch.


The Candy Melts can be used in so many different ways to decorate these chocolate spritz cookies.



SO yummy, and so fun to make! Get the Chocolate Peppermint Spritz Cookies recipe on the Wilton website, and tag @wiltoncakes and @fabeveryday on social media if you try them!
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