Cookies: Triple Chocolate Pistachio Mint

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From Denny:  These rich cookies are perfect for the holidays from Thanksgiving to Christmas to Valentine's Day to Mardi Gras.  Any celebration will do when it comes to chocolate!  

Chocolate and peppermint are a great pairing, each complementing the other.  What I like about this chocolate recipe is it uses bittersweet chocolate and white chocolate too.  The contrast of the very dark and the light white is awesome, balanced by the roasted pistachio nuts.  Can it get any better?

Cookies: Double Chocolate Chunk Mint

From Denny:  Looking for a chocolate cookie with a deep, rich flavor?  This recipe combines cocoa powder and semi-sweet chocolate.

Chunks of tasty walnuts are perfect with intense chocolate.  And remember that peppermint extract you bought for the Christmas holidays and haven't managed to use up yet?  This is a winner of a recipe to make good use of it.  Yeah, had some peppermint extract languishing in the back of my pantry too.  I'm just saying... :)

This recipe reminded me of those delicious Hershey's mint miniatures that are almost completely disappeared from the holiday season.  And I was craving a chocolate-mint combination and then I happened upon this little gem of a recipe.  Enjoy!