Thin Mints recipe that tastes just like the Girl Scouts original. The homemade chocolate coated chocolate mint cookies won't disappoint.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Prep Time 18 minutesminutes
Cook Time 12 minutesminutes
Chill 15 minutesminutes
Total Time 45 minutesminutes
Servings 12
Calories 240kcal
Author Robin Gagnon
Equipment
stand mixer or electric hand mixer
round cookie cutter smooth or scalloped
baking sheet
parchment or silicone liner
microwave safe bowl
Ingredients
Cookie Dough
½cupunsalted butterone stick
½teaspoonsalt
½cupwhite granulated sugar
1egg
½teaspoonvanilla extract
¾teaspoonpeppermint extract
⅓cupcocoa powder
1cupall purpose flour
Chocolate Coating
2cupssemi sweet melting chocolate chips
¼teaspoonpeppermint extract
1teaspoonrefined coconut oil if chocolate needs thinning
Instructions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line baking sheet with parchment paper or silicone liner.
In a large mixing bowl, mix together the butter and salt for about a minute.
Add the sugar and mix well.
Add the egg and the extracts and mix once again.
Pour the flour and cocoa powder in and mix until a dough forms.
Roll the cookie dough out on a floured surface.
Take your circle cookie cutter and cut out as many circles as you can fit. Collect and roll out the excess dough after cutting and cut that as well.
Place the cut out circles of dough on the prepared baking sheet.
Bake cookies in the oven for 12 minutes. As they are dark in color, you will need to depend on time rather than visual cues to know they are done.
While the cookies are in the oven, heat the melting chocolates in a bowl in the microwave at 30 second intervals until completely melted. Add the peppermint extract to the chocolates and mix. Stir in oil if needed.
Once the cookies are out of the oven, let them cool for about 10 minutes.
Dip each cookie into the melted peppermint chocolate and flip over coating each side.
Let the excess chocolate drain off and place the cookies back on the parchment paper.
Create a swirl design in the chocolate or top with sprinkles if you like.
Chill cookies in the refrigerator for 5 minutes, to firm up the chocolate.
Notes
Nutrition based on about half the melted chocolate adhering to cookies.