Satisfying Healthy Chocolate Peppermint Recipes

,Craving chocolate + peppermint? Check out this round up of healthy chocolate peppermint recipes to try this winter! 

I think that peppermint + chocolate is the ultimate wintertime flavor combo. As soon as colder weather hits and I’m over pumpkin & apple baking, I start craving all things peppermint. Adding something chocolatey in with peppermint makes it an even more satisfying treat.

So, I thought I’d spread the peppermint love and share a round up of some of my favorite chocolate peppermint recipes. These recipes are big on flavor and feature healthy ingredients such as oats, matcha, banana and hemp hearts. Let’s get to it!

7 of My Favorite Healthy Chocolate Peppermint Recipes

Peppermint Matcha Hot Cocoa

One of my ultimate go-to ways to enjoy peppermint is with this vegan peppermint matcha hot chocolate. Since it contains antioxidant-rich matcha green tea powder, it’s the perfect afternoon pick-me-up that’ll satisfy your chocolate cravings. Made with almond milk and maple syrup, the matcha blends in so nicely with cocoa powder. Plus, one cup contains just 100 calories.

Healthy Double Chocolate Peppermint Cookies

What’s the holiday season – and wintertime in general – without some delicious cookie baking? I developed this chocolate peppermint cookie recipe for Shape with some healthy cookie swaps – including coconut sugar, a whole-wheat + all-purpose flour combo base and coconut oil. I included peppermint extract within the batter + crushed candy canes on top, so these 100-calorie cookies are bursting with mint goodness!

Thin Mint Protein Smoothie

To satisfy my sweet tooth, I’m all about things that taste like dessert but are actually healthy. So it’s no surprise that I created a smoothie recipe that tastes like Thin Mint cookies in a cup. I include chocolate protein powder, chocolate almond milk, frozen banana and (optional) low-cal mint protein ice cream in this chocolate mint protein smoothie.

Peppermint Chocolate Chip Snack Bites

Made with dates, oats, hemp hearts, brown rice syrup, and mini chocolate chips, these vegan peppermint snack bites  are a yummy little something to have on hand for when a chocolate mint craving strikes.

Chocolate Mint Banana Nice Cream

This easy banana ice cream recipe will satisfy your mint chocolate chip ice cream cravings. All you need are a few ingredients, a food processor or high-powered blender, & 5 minutes to whip up this vegan chocolate mint banana ice cream.

Mint Chocolate Chip Zucchini Cookies

These healthy mint chocolate chip cookies put a spin on traditional cookies by featuring a base of oats + whole wheat flour & sneaking in shredded zucchini. Then, we add in some chocolate chips, melted coconut oil for some healthy fat & mint extract for that minty goodness.

Get the recipe for my vegan mint chocolate chip cookies.

Iron-Rich Chocolate Mint Superfood Smoothie

This super tasty chocolate mint smoothie recipe fits in lots of superfoods & nutrients, so we’re getting lots of bang for our buck. Made with ingredients like frozen banana, oats, hemp hearts, cocoa powder, peppermint extract, and a superfood greens supplement, this smoothie is packed with iron and lots of other vitamins and nutrients.

Tell me, Are you into chocolate peppermint recipes as much as I am? What’s your favorite winter flavor combo?