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Peppermint Sugar Cookie Bars – Sugar Cookies in the form of a bar. Thick, chewy, and full of peppermint chips. Topped with a butter cream frosting and more peppermint shavings!
Come December everything is about peppermint. And I am all here for it. I love mint and it is something I have all year round, but peppermint desserts are definitely reserved for Christmas for most people.
These Peppermint Sugar Cookie Bars are basically a thick sugar cookie in bar form. They are loaded with peppermint crunch baking chips, topped with a buttercream frosting and more baking chips! I didn’t use peppermint extract to flavor the dough or frosting, because I didn’t want it to over power anything.
But if you love peppermint, and want that to really come out, I definitely recommend just a touch of extract to bring out that flavor. And if you have leftover peppermint chips Peppermint Oreo Truffles are a great use for them!
What You’ll Need
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- Butter – I always use unsalted in baking
- Granulated Sugar
- Eggs
- Vanilla Extract
- All-Purpose Flour
- Baking Soda
- Salt
- Andes Peppermint Crunch Chips – you could chop up the Hershey’s Kiss Peppermint Kisses if you can’t find these.
Sugar Cookie Bars are basically just a giant sugar cookie in bar form. They aren’t designed to roll out and make Frosted Sugar Cookies with. But they have that same soft, buttery sugar cookie texture you know and love.
How To Make Peppermint Sugar Cookies
- Cream together butter and sugar for about 2 minutes, until it is light and fluffy. Beat in eggs and vanilla until everything is well incorporated.
- Add the dry ingredients and mix until it just forms a dough.
- Stir in the peppermint chips until they are well combined. Pour into a lined baking pan and bake for about 25 minutes until golden brown, and a tester comes out mainly clean.
- Let the bars cool completely before making the frosting.
- Beat together butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, and milk until you get a spreadable consistency. You can adjust the sugar and milk if necessary to get it spreadable. Spread over the bars and sprinkle with more peppermint chips.
Recipe Tips & Tricks
- I made these bars in an 8-inch square pan. You can see they are thick, which is my preference. If you want them a little thinner use a 9-inch baking pan.
- Double the recipe and bake in a 13×9 inch pan if you are feeding a crowd.
- Can’t find the Andes peppermint crunch baking chips? Use Hershey Kiss Peppermint Kisses and chop into small pieces.
- Want more peppermint flavor? Add 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract to the cookie dough. Add 1/4 teaspoon to the frosting for even more flavor.
- Be careful not to over bake. Because these are thick bars you really don’t want them to dry out and be over done. You want a tester to come out with crumbs on it, but not actual batter.
Storage
I like to store these covered in an airtight container for 3-4 days. They do start to dry out after that. You can freeze them, for up to 3 months. Ideally if you are freezing them, you place them in the freezer before you frost them. The frosting will last if you frost them first, I just think the best results are topping with fresh frosting to serve.
More Christmas Cookies
- Peanut Butter Stuffed Cookies
- Mint Chocolate Pudding Cookies
- White Chocolate Gingerbread Cookies
- Christmas Magic Cookie Bars
- Chewy Molasses Cookies
Peppermint Sugar Cookie Bars
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Ingredients
Bars
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1 cups granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 cup Andes Peppermint Crunch baking chips
Frosting
- 1/2 cup butter, softened
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups powdered sugar, (approximately)
- 2-3 Tablespoons milk, (approximately)
Topping
- 1/4 cup Andes Peppermint Crunch baking chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Line an 8-inch square baking pan with parchment paper or spray well with non-stick spray.
- In an electric mixer cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add eggs and vanilla and beat until everything is very well incorporated.
- In another bowl mix together the flour, salt, and baking soda. With the mixer on low, slowly add in the flour mixture, until just combined. Fold in the peppermint crunch baking chips.
- Spread the dough into the prepared baking pan. Bake for 25-28 minutes, a tester should come out mostly clean.
- Allow to cool completely before frosting.
- To make the frosting cream the butter until fluffy. Add vanilla, milk, and 1/2 of the powdered sugar. Continue adding powdered sugar to get to the right consistency. You might have to adjust the milk or powdered sugar to make it spreadable.
- Spread over the cooled bars. Sprinkle the the peppermint chips to decroate
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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These look so awesome. My daughter would be a huge fan with the peppermint plus they look so festive.
As much as I love eating sugar cookies, I hate cutting them out and decorating. I think bar cookies are the way to go 😀 As for my favorite thing to bake for the holidays, anything and everything gingerbread!
these are SO much better than rolling, and cutting! and yes to all the peppermint
Oh good question! First of all, these bars make me want to go bake right now! Second, my favorite thing to bake right now are scones, and galettes. Perfect for the holidays.
What’s not to luv about your sugar cookie bars with peppermint?! Festive and will look delicious on any cookie platter (and be the first to go too!). 🙂
For reals, I just drooled. These look SO good! Sugar cookie bars AND peppermint? Perfect!
I am a huge mint fan, too. The only trouble is, my husband likes it in very small doses, so I rarely get to indulge in making decadent mint desserts like those sugar cookie bars. They sound wonderful.
Oh, I love these bars, Erin! A peppermint treat is a must at our house for Christmas, and yours look divine!
so festive!!
We made these over the holiday, they were refreshing and a big hit.