5 ingredient cake mix cookies with York Peppermint Patties baked inside. These Peppermint Patty Cookies are soft and have a deep chocolate and mint flavor.
One grocery product that I love is boxed cake mixes. They are so versatile. And yes, I do love homemade, but store-bought shortcuts are perfect for quick and easy desserts. So guess what is in these cookies?
Cake mix! Yup, I’m falling in love with cake mix cookies for their softness, richness, and wonderful-ness. And the fact that these have a whole peppermint patty stuffed inside? Even better.
❤️ Why you’ll love these cookies:
- super delicious and incredibly addicting
- full of minty-rich chocolate flavor
- stay soft for days
- only 5 ingredients
How to Make Peppermint Patty Cookies
Mix up the dough. It’s just a cake mix, an egg, cream cheese, and butter. The dough will be very thick. That’s exactly how it is supposed to be. It will be soft, but shouldn’t be so sticky that you can’t handle it to roll balls.
Divide the dough into 16 balls. Then, unwrap about 16 snack size York peppermint patties.
Take a ball of dough, flatten it and wrap around a peppermint patty. You want the peppermint patty to be completely covered or else it might not stay in your cookie.
Place the cookies on a lightly greased cookie sheet, or use a silpat baking mat. Sprinkle the cookies with sprinkles if you’d like.
Bake the cookies for 10-11 minutes. Allow them to cool on a baking sheet for a few minutes before moving them to a wire rack. They will be very soft!
How to Store Peppermint Patty Cookies
These peppermint patty cookies really do stay soft for days stored in a container. You can even store them in the freezer for about 6 weeks, pull them out, let them defrost, and bite into some heavenly goodness.
Recipe Variations
Options are endless when it comes to eating these cookies. You could also make them for any occasion… think about it!
- Switch up the flavor of cake mix. Try red velvet for a gorgeous look.
- Put a different candy bar inside. Snickers bars are amazing.
- Use sprinkles or a chocolate drizzle for any occasion.
Peppermint Patty Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 package Duncan Hines dark chocolate fudge cake mix (16.5 ounces)
- 1 large egg
- 4 ounces cream cheese (softened)
- 1/4 cup butter softened (almost melted)
- 16 snack size York Peppermint Patties
- sprinkles optional
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- In a small bowl, mix the cake mix, egg, cream cheese and butter until it is all well combined. The mixture will be very thick.
- Make 16 balls out of the chocolate batter.
- Flatten each ball in the palm of your hand. Place a peppermint patty on each flattened ball and wrap the cookie dough around the peppermint patty so it is covered completely. Repeat with the remaining peppermint patties and dough.
- Place the cookies on a lightly greased cookie sheet.
- Sprinkle with colored sprinkles, if desired.
- Bake for 10-11 minutes.
- Allow the cookies to cool for 4-5 minutes on the cookie sheet, then transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Store in an airtight container.
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Other Peppermint Recipes
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holy cow commence mouth watering….. these look incredible
Only 5 ingredients and a peppermint patty? You are WAY too good to our taste buds. I want/need/am craving 10 of these babies! Pinned!
I think burning your tongue on cookies is just known when you get yourself involved in making cookies. So bring it on if I get one of these mint chocolate cookies!
I haven’t tried cake mix cookies yet! Must give this a try!
These are gorgeous and my husband would LOVE these – it’s his favorite candy! I can’t wait to add these to two of the newest categories on YG – “cookies” and “half-way homemade” both are BIG on Pinterest too. You have such beautiful cookies – please consider adding more of the cake mix cookies when you can. They look great and would make a wonderful FB cover photos! Yum Girl and Kelli
Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm these look like perfection!
Oh my gosh, this is such a good idea! Why didn’t I think of this before! 🙂 This is so perfect for St. Patty’s Day!
I want so many of these, it’s not even funny. YUM!
you guys sure have been busy!! I love these cookies – they look incredible! and the st. patrick’s day sprinkles are so fun!
I can’t remember the last time I made regular cookies because I am quite obsessed with cake mix cookies. And peppermint patties inside cookies are amazing 😉 Love this chocolate version!
Yum…..I am quite the Peppermint Patty fan so will absolutely try this festive recipe. What a great idea for the filling! xo Nic
Oh, these look quite delicious!
I think I’m missing out because I still have yet to make cake mix cookies. I better get on that!
What pretty cookies! Love that minty surprise inside!
Oh, girl… these look amazing! I love peppermint patties! I bet these just melt in your mouth. Yum! Pinning!
Blessings,
Nici
I will not be waiting for these bad boys to cool off befoer I am popping them in my mouth!
I love cake mix cookies too, since they are so easy and delicious! I’m in love with this idea of putting one of my favorite candies inside the cookie too, it’s brilliant!
Amazing! Who can resist mint? Not this girl!
Pinned. 🙂
The bigger, the better, indeed! My peppermint patty loving daughter is going to flip for these!
Peppermint patty’s are my weakness… so if I was to make this recipe, these cookies would not last for very long. Yum!
Yes, I have been super busy lately, but not too busy to make these easy cookies. I love that they are made with cake mix, and you made yours so pretty!
The peppermint patty looks so delicious! I always love when cookies has a surprise inside!
OMG! they look amazing. I can’t wait to try them!!
These cookies sound incredible!
Love the little surprise hiding inside these cookies. York patties were always one of my favourite treats as a kid, and I’ve yet to find a chocolate cookie I don’t like, so this combo clearly has my name written all over it. Adding these to my must-try list!
Oh these will disappear in a flash! I better make sure to make a double batch 🙂 Perfectly pillowy!! Yum!