These are a soft chocolate cookie filled with a gooey chocolate ganache and topped with bits of peppermint crushed candy cane ...

This recipe for Peppermint Sugar Cookie Bars is a great way to use up candy canes you might have leftover after the holidays.

For a more grown-up take on this cookie, eliminate the candy canes and the peppermint extract, and instead mix 2½ teaspoons espresso powder into the dry ingredients. makes: 2 (9-inch) cookies ...