I had a craving for peppermint bark earlier this week and I went searching for a good recipe for it. While searching I came across this recipe for chocolate peppermint cookies from Martha Stewart and they sounded even better than just plain old peppermint bark so I went for it. That was Monday night, which was also the first night home after spending a week in China. I was exhausted but I decided to bake something instead of going to sleep. Probably because it was the first time I’d had the opportunity to be in a kitchen in over a week. I had also learned from my time in China that almost no one there has an oven. So I baked in honor of all those people who will never get to enjoy it.

I don’t think there was anyone that didn’t love these cookies. And how could you not? They’re perfect for Christmas and I guarantee if you make these for any kind of cookie exchange, you’ll be the winner. I’ve never done a cookie exchange so I don’t think there’s actually a winner, but you know everyone picks a favorite so someone really does win, right? And you want to be that winner.