Cookie Trials 2010 – Double Chocolate Peppermint Crunch Cookies – Three Meals A Day

Ingredients

• 2 1/2 cups bittersweet chocolate chips (do not exceed 61% cacao; 15 to 16 ounces), divided
• 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
• 1/4 cup natural unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon baking powder
• 1 teaspoon instant espresso powder
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, room temperature
• 1 cup sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1 teaspoon peppermint extract
• 2 large eggs
• 4 candy canes or 16 red-and-white-striped hard peppermint candies, coarsely crushed