Chocolate Chip and Peppermint Crunch Crackles

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon peppermint extract
• 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
• ½ cup unsalted butter
• 3 large eggs
• ¾ teaspoon baking powder
• peppermints
• Powdered sugar
• + 7 more ingredients
• • 8 ounces bittersweet (not unsweetened) or semisweet chocolate
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 ½ ounces unsweetened chocolate
  • ½ cup red-and-white-striped hard peppermint candies
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 6 ½ tablespoons sugar
  • ½ cup semisweet chocolate chips

Combine first 3 ingredients in heavy large saucepan. Stir over low heat until chocolates melt and mixture is smooth. Remove pan from heat. Mix in finely crushed mints and 6 1/2 tablespoons sugar. Cool mixture to lukewarm, stirring occasionally, about 30 minutes. Whisk eggs into chocolate mixture,...

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