This cookie recipe is the perfect dessert for any holiday get-together! Developed around Scamps Toffee's North Pole Bark, this dessert gives you a slight kick of peppermint that is refreshing and delicious and is the winning recipe for our Winter Recipe Challenge!

Congrats to Carol and Don Z. of Pennsylvania who submitted this delightful cookie recipe.

Try making the recipe for yourself and let us know how the cookies turned out in the comments. Oh, and if you're a big fan of peppermint, Carol and Don said to go ahead and add more North Pole Bark to the recipe for a stronger taste.

Prep time: 15 minutes
Cook time: 7-9 minutes
Serving Size: 2 cookies
Total Servings: 24 cookies

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup of butter
• 1/2 cup of margarine
• 1 cup of white sugar
• 1 cup of brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tsp of vanilla
• 2 cups of flour
• 2 1/2 cups crushed oatmeal (use food processor)
• 1/2 tsp of salt
• 1 tsp baking powder (a pinch more for softer cookies)
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 12 oz of Scamps North Pole Bark (add more if desired)
• 4 oz grated Hershey chocolate bar

Directions:

1. Cut your North Pole Bark into 1/4 inch pieces.
2. Mix together butter, margarine, white sugar and brown sugar.
3. Add eggs and vanilla to the sugar/butter mixture.
4. In separate bowl, mix the flour, crushed oatmeal, salt, baking powder and baking soda.
5. Once fully mixed, combine this dry mixture with the wet sugar/butter mixture and the chopped North Pole Bark and grated chocolate.
6. Make golf-ball size cookies and flatten slightly.
7. Place on parchment paper on cookie sheet.
8. Bake at 350 degrees until browning starts. (Approximately 7-9 minutes.)
9. Enjoy!