Chocolate Peppermint Pinwheel Cookies

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This is an awesome recipe, I have made them about a dozen times now. My family of 12 loves them, and the cookies sure disappear in a hurry. One thing I have found helpful is to go ahead and put an egg yolk into the chocolate dough half as well as the peppermint half. The chocolate rolls out better for me that way. Also, the cookies taste best after at least a day.

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This is our third year making these and they have become a family favorite! They are a bit time consuming but well worth the time spent. I agree with some of the other posters who suggest rolling the chocolate layer on the inside. They are just as pretty once they are cut with the peppermint on the outside.

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We made these tonight, they were fairly difficult to make. The sugar cookie dough tasted pretty good so the base seems good. The chocolate was very dry, it didn't crack too bad but it tasted dry. Overall the taste was not good at all and the cookies did not melt down at all after cooking so they were very rigid looking and the layers did not melt together. I would not recommend these cookies at all.

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These cookies really were a little extra work but well worth it. If you know anything about baking, you'd have no trouble with these- I added about 4 oz of melted dark chocolate and 2 tablespoons of cocoa powder to the chocolate and 5 pulverized Hershey's chocolate mint candy canes with a tablespoon of peppermint extract to the mint dough. I'm impatient, so I only chilled the doughs in the freezer for about 15 minutes. I rolled out using powdered sugar on parchment paper then made the rolls. I wrapped the roll in parchment and chilled for about 10 more minutes then sliced into about 1/2 inch slices. Baked at 375 for 12 minutes, pull from oven then let set on hot pan for 2 minutes before moving to the cooling rack. Pulling the cookies early keeps them from drying out too much in the oven. I will be making these again!

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These are pretty, but I would not make them again. The cookie was a little dry, so I melted chocolate to add as a design and add some moisture. The chocolate part of the dough is a little difficult to work with and separates and peels away from the peppermint dough easily. I would recommend laying the peppermint dough down first and having the chocolate on the inside.

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Love these cookies! I was worried how they would come out but they were perfect. The only change I made was I used crushed peppermint patties instead. I can't get my family to stop eating them!

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I made these cookies and I absolutely loved them! I changed pretty much nothing with the recipe, but I made the cookies thinner than they did in the video. Also, I didn't use electric knife, just a sharp regular knife I had. They turned out fine. You just have to make sure that you do it slowly. I never ran into any of the complaints the previous viewers had...
Everyone thought these cookies looked really festive and I think they're great for the holidays!

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These cookies take a while to make and the longer the dough cools the better. Using an electric knife is also essential. This was the second year I have made these for Christmas. Like many recipes when cooking, they came out better the second time around. These are a family favorite with the kids and were the most talked about cookie we gave away during the holidays!

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I made these cookies for the first time for a new years get together and only got 1.5 dozen out of it. It did take a while to make, but I didn't have the cracking problem with the chocolate doe that others were talking about and they did turn out pretty. As far as taste, it wasn't amazing, but it wasn't horrible either.. I guess it just wasn't what i expected. They are not very sweet cookies, so next time I think I will use semi-sweet chocolate instead of unsweetened. And it would also be a good idea to maybe food process the candies instead of hand crushing them. Even though it wasn't the best cookie I've ever tried I would make these again.

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These are a lot of work, but well worth it for a once-a-year treat. My mom thinks these are the best Christmas cookies she's had.

Like others have said, the dough can be dry and difficult to work with. I found that adding egg yolk to the chocolate half (in addition to the peppermint half stated in the recipe helps considerably. It is also crucial to chill the dough thoroughly and use plenty of powdered sugar for rolling, or else things just become a big mess.