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December 3, 2012

Chocolate Peppermint Sandwich Cookies – Low Carb and Gluten-Free

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Low Carb Chocolate Peppermint Sandwich CookiesI got an early start on my Christmas baking this year, with these low carb Chocolate Peppermint Sandwich Cookies.  My rule in the past has been to wait until at least December 1st, but around these parts, that makes me The Grinch.  In my town, and the surrounding vicinity, the Thanksgiving turkey hasn’t even been digested before people are out, climbing to perilous heights on rickety stepladders to put up their Christmas lights.  And some of them go truly wild, with huge blow up Santas and Snowmen and strings upon strings of lights that must make their electric bill skyrocket.  My kids love it…LOVE IT!  They go wild when we drive past the “crazy houses”, and this year they’ve declared that one of them looks like a Gingerbread house.  I personally think it looks like an eyesore, but I can understand the childhood delight in garish decorating.  More is more, in their childish estimation, and they’ve been bugging me since November 23rd to put up some decorations.  I didn’t give in on the decorating front, but I did make Christmas Cookies on Thanksgiving…surely that makes me some sort of saint!

Low Carb Chocolate Peppermint Sandwich Cookies

Funny, but the driving force behind these wasn’t actually my kids, but my husband.  I had been thumbing through old December Bon Appetit issues to get some ideas, and when I held up the photo of some Chocolate Candy Cane Cookies, I could see the gleam in his eye.  I knew I could make a decent low carb version, and when I suggested having them for Thanksgiving dessert, so I could get them on the blog in early December, he was all for it.  Not being particularly fond of pumpkin pie, my kids were ecstatic.

They were really quite simple to recreate.  I wanted a rough, slightly rustic feel for the cookies, so I didn’t roll them out and cut them with cookie cutters, but instead rolled balls of dough and flattened them.  One tip I’ve come up with on that front, when working with sticky dough, is to cover the bottom of whatever I am using to press my cookies flat with parchment paper.  It prevents the cookie from sticking to the bottom of the glass or measuring cup.  I secure the parchment paper with a rubber band so it stays flat against the bottom.  Works like a charm!

Low Carb Chocolate Peppermint Sandwich Cookies

Low Carb Chocolate Peppermint Sandwich Cookies
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Chocolate Peppermint Sandwich Cookies
Prep Time
40 mins
Cook Time
12 mins
Total Time
52 mins
 

Peppermint creme sandwiched between two soft and rich chocolate cookies -- the holidays don't get any sweeter than this!

Course: Dessert
Cuisine: Dessert
Servings: 14 sandwich cookies
Ingredients
Cookies:
  • 1 ½ cups almond flour
  • ¾ cup cocoa powder
  • 2 tbsp coconut flour
  • ¼ tsp salt
  • ½ cup butter softened
  • ¾ cup Swerve Sweetener or granulated erythritol
  • 1 large egg
  • ½ tsp vanilla extract
Peppermint Filling:
  • ½ cup butter softened
  • 1 cup powdered Swerve Sweetener or powdered erythritol
  • 2 tbsp cream
  • ¾ tsp peppermint extract
  • 1 to 2 drops natural red food coloring
  • Garnish:
  • 4 sugar-free peppermint candies crushed finely (optional)
Instructions
For the cookies:
  1. Preheat oven to 325F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

  2. In a medium bowl, whisk together the almond flour, cocoa powder, coconut flour and salt.
  3. In a large bowl, beat butter with granulated Swerve until smooth. Beat in egg and vanilla extract.

  4. Beat in almond flour mixture until dough comes together.
  5. Form into scant 1-inch balls and lay 1 inch apart on prepared baking sheet.
  6. Using a flat-bottomed glass covered with parchment paper, flatten dough balls to about ¼ inch thick.
  7. Bake 12 minutes, until just firm. Let cool on pan.
For the filling:
  1. Beat butter until smooth, then beat in powdered Swerve.

  2. Beat in cream, peppermint extract, and food colouring until well combined.

  3. Pair cooled cookies for size, and spread the bottom of one cookies with about 2 tsp of peppermint filling. Top with anoother cookie and repeat with remaining cookies.
  4. Roll the sides of cookies in crushed peppermints to garnish.
Recipe Notes

Serves 14. Each cookie has 8g of carbs and 3.4g of fiber. Total NET CARBS = 4.6 g.

**note this count includes the sugar-free peppermint candies. Without those, each cookie has 3.2 g NET CARBS.

Nutrition Facts
Chocolate Peppermint Sandwich Cookies
Amount Per Serving (1 sandwich cookie)
Calories 32
% Daily Value*
Carbohydrates 8g3%
Fiber 3.4g14%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.
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Filed Under: Cookies, Gluten Free, Low Carb Tagged With: almond flour, buttercream, peppermint, sandwich cookies

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Please note that I am not a medical or nutritional professional. I am simply recounting and sharing my own experiences on this blog. Nothing I express here should be taken as medical advice and you should consult with your doctor before starting any diet or exercise program. I provide nutritional information for my recipes simply as a courtesy to my readers. It is calculated using MacGourmet software and I remove erythritol from the final carb count and net carb count, as it does not affect my own blood glucose levels. I do my best to be as accurate as possible but you should independently calculate nutritional information on your own before relying on them. I expressly disclaim any and all liability of any kind with respect to any act or omission wholly or in part in reliance on anything contained in this website.

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Comments

  1. Blog is the New Black says

    December 3, 2012 at 8:56 am

    These look wonderful!!

    Reply
    • Peggy says

      October 22, 2013 at 7:35 pm

      Carolyn- I have been using Sucralose for the sugar sub in my recipes. they are not turning out very tasty. Is this because of the sucralose? I am a big fan of your blog.
      Thanks, Peggy

      Reply
      • Carolyn says

        October 22, 2013 at 8:10 pm

        Unfortunately, Peggy, I don’t use sucralose at all so I can’t say for sure. But I suspect that’s the problem. HAve you tried any brands of erythritol? A combo of erythritol and a bit of sucralose could be okay too.

        Reply
  2. Alison @ Ingredients, Inc. says

    December 3, 2012 at 8:56 am

    we both have peppermint on the brain! THese look amazing

    Reply
  3. Kiersten @ Oh My Veggies says

    December 3, 2012 at 9:57 am

    You can’t have Christmas without candy cane cookies! I love your version. 🙂 And your photos are gorgeous!

    Reply
  4. Terry says

    December 3, 2012 at 10:09 am

    These look great! One problem – I’m not seeing how much butter to put in the cookie dough part. Is it right in front of me? I see the butter for the filling, just not the amount for the dough. Thank you so much for all your wonderful recipes!

    Reply
    • Carolyn says

      December 3, 2012 at 11:52 am

      Sorry about that…recipe is fixed!

      Reply
  5. [email protected] says

    December 3, 2012 at 11:07 am

    Carolyn, so pretty and festive!!

    Reply
  6. Erin @ Texanerin Baking says

    December 3, 2012 at 11:16 am

    Today seems to be peppermint day in the blogging world so I guess your pre-December baking wasn’t so bad. You were prepared for peppermint day. 😉

    Anyway, they look fantastic and I’ll definitely give the cookie part a try!

    Reply
  7. RavieNomNoms says

    December 3, 2012 at 12:12 pm

    How amazing!!! The sandwiches look great!

    Reply
  8. shelly (cookies and cups) says

    December 3, 2012 at 2:26 pm

    These are so fun! I made some similar for my site this week, but of course they are loaded up with sugar and gluten. I think I like yours better!!

    Reply
  9. Sarah says

    December 3, 2012 at 7:56 pm

    I guess I can I make them just with just peppermint extract and not the crushed peppermints? Not big on sugar-free peppermints.

    Reply
    • Carolyn says

      December 3, 2012 at 8:50 pm

      Yup, that’s why the crushed peppermints are optional.

      Reply
  10. Diane (createdbydiane) says

    December 4, 2012 at 12:12 am

    these look so yummy and pretty!!!

    Reply
  11. Naomi Most says

    December 4, 2012 at 5:41 am

    Devious, Carolyn. Just when I’d forgotten about the peppermint brownies I derived from your amaretto brownies, which I ended up consuming as dinner as soon as they were cool. Man those were good. I bet these cookies are really good.

    *impotent fist-shake*

    Reply
    • Carolyn says

      December 4, 2012 at 7:16 am

      Mwah-ha-ha, part of my evil plan! 🙂

      Reply
  12. Mary Anna says

    December 4, 2012 at 11:09 am

    Holy cow, I think I’m in love. Chocolate, peppermint… drool. (I bookmarked no few than 6 of your cookie recipes this weekend. This makes seven. My only dilemma is which to make first…)

    Reply
  13. litehousepat says

    December 4, 2012 at 12:32 pm

    These are on my list to make for Christmas at my son’s house. He just had a heart attack & his wife is gluten intolerant.
    Thanks for a beautiful recipe!!

    Pat

    Reply
    • Carolyn says

      December 4, 2012 at 3:33 pm

      Oh my gosh, I hope your son recovers well!!!

      Reply
      • litehousepat says

        December 7, 2012 at 3:14 pm

        He is doing well but has to watch his diet!!
        Thanks,
        Pat

        Reply
  14. Susan Pelter says

    December 4, 2012 at 12:48 pm

    Carolyn, can’t wait to try these! Not being a peppermint lover, I’m going to do something else with the filling. Hmmmmm…. the possibilities are endless! (BTW, as I was reading this post, I was drinking coffee and gobbling down one of your delicious almond-raspberry cupcakes, sans frosting. They are truly delicious just as muffins!)

    Reply
  15. Gerry @ Foodness Gracious says

    December 4, 2012 at 1:04 pm

    These look fantastic! I was putting up my lights yesterday and it was not going well…have to revisit it today, grrrinch..

    Reply
  16. Nancy/SpicieFoodie says

    December 4, 2012 at 1:40 pm

    Here people wait to a couple of weeks before the Christmas celebrations and decorating goes into full gear. Sometimes I miss all those lights in the US. Your sandwich cookies are adorable and sound so good. Thanks for sharing. 🙂

    Reply
  17. Lisa | With Style and Grace says

    December 5, 2012 at 1:28 am

    soooo pretty!!

    Reply
  18. Julia | JuliasAlbum.com says

    December 5, 2012 at 6:57 pm

    Beautiful cookies! Very creative way to use those peppermint candy canes!

    Reply
  19. Floortje says

    December 8, 2012 at 9:26 am

    Pretty pretty pretty!! Love them! I ‘m gonna try them this weekend, although..

    Being a Dutch low carb baker, I obviously have the hardest time converting your fab recipesc into the metric sytem, but that’s not the point of my post, practise should make perfect!
    I was wondering though. The Dutch choice of sugar replacements is so much more limited, I can only find xylitol, stevia powder or the real chemical ones (sacharose??) here. Haven’t got the slightest idea what granulated erythrirol (spelled right?) is. And importing from the US will be a real attack to my wallet. To put a long story short, can you make the cookies with xylitol or Stevia too? Thank you so much!

    Reply
    • Carolyn says

      December 8, 2012 at 12:25 pm

      Go ahead and put in xylitol in place of the erythritol. It should work okay.

      Reply
      • Floortje says

        December 8, 2012 at 12:44 pm

        Thanks Carolyn!

        Reply
        • Carolyn says

          December 8, 2012 at 1:29 pm

          Just don’t eat too many in on sitting! Xylitol has a lot more of a gastro-instestinal effect that erythritol. 🙂

          Reply
  20. Roxana | Roxana's Home Baking says

    December 12, 2012 at 3:46 pm

    I don’t know how I missed these! Chocolate and peppermint is my favorite combo this time of the year and your cookie sandwiches look absolutely amazing!
    Would love if you bring them to my December Chocolate Party http://www.roxanashomebaking.com/peppermint-chocolate-cake-recipe-chocolateparty/

    Reply
  21. Lisa says

    December 26, 2012 at 11:06 pm

    I commented on your facebook page, but had to comment here too! I saved this recipe when I found it earlier in the month. Finally had time to make it today. Incredibly DELICIOUS! It was funny, I heard my daughter in the kitchen, “Oh these are good, wait, these are REALLY GOOD!” haha I had some icing leftover and going to use it with coconut oil chocolate for some Andes Mint sort of thing. The icing was too good to waste!! Thank you for another great recipe!!

    Reply
  22. Jamie says

    September 27, 2013 at 3:41 pm

    I’m thinking about the holidays today, because it was finally chilly enough last night to pull a blanket out. I can’t wait to make cookies with both of my little girls this year, and since my 8 year old has type 1, I’m always trying to find things that she can maybe indulge in a little easier. It’s so hard at the holidays when gatherings are filled with sugary treats! I was wondering, have you ever tried making your own powdered sugar with the granulated Swerve? I have granulated on hand, and was thinking if I zhuzhed it in the Vitamix, maybe with a little cornstarch, I’d have powered…I don’t mind buying the powdered, but I’m impatient and want to bake 😀 (I want to try the recipes first, before the holidays, so I know how they go)

    Reply
    • Carolyn says

      September 28, 2013 at 5:49 am

      I haven’t tried powdering my own Swerve but a few readers have and said it works fine. I think for frosting, it will still be a bit on the gritty side.

      Reply
  23. Allison says

    December 3, 2013 at 8:45 am

    These are awesome cookies! Thanks for this great recipe! I didn’t do peppermint since I didn’t have any in the house. I did, however, have hazelnuts in my freezer. These turned out so yummy. I did roll my dough into a log and place in my freezer. Then brushed with a beaten egg, rolled in hazelnuts, sliced and baked. So easy and good!

    Reply
    • Carolyn says

      December 3, 2013 at 12:40 pm

      Oh my, your version sounds wonderful!

      Reply

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