This is The Perfect Chocolate Mint Cookies Recipe for Saint Patrick's Day! It's A Great St. Patrick's Day Treat! Easy To Make And Tasty Little Bite Of Irish Luck!
Why You are Going to Love our Chocolate Mint Cookies Recipe
Are you looking for the perfect chocolate mint cookies recipe for Saint Patrick's Day? Well, look no further because our easy to make Chocolate Mint Cookies combine the delicious flavors of Thin Mint Cookies, Grasshopper Cookies, and Andes Mints Chocolates all into one little delicious treat.
With a melt-in-your-mouth texture, these cookies are sure to become your go-to recipe for any special occasion, but especially for Saint Patrick's Day and Christmas! So what are you waiting for? Let's get to baking!
These Saint Patrick's Day cookies were inspired by my other Betty Crocker Mint Chocolate Chip cookies, and go amazingly well with our delicious Espresso Martini with Bailey's cocktail!
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How to Make Mint Chocolate Cookies Recipe for Saint Patrick's Day
Whether you are serving our recipe for a Saint Patrick's Day party or simply enjoying them with a cup of tea, these mint chocolate cookies are sure to delight everyone who tries them!
What Youll need to make Chocolate Mint Cookies
One of the things that I really love about our recipe is that we do not need any big fancy ingredients! This is a very simple cookie dough, and you don't even need cocoa powder or baking soda!
Many chocolate mint cookies all recipes variations require mint chips, chopped Andes mints or a cup unsweetened cocoa powder, but we are going to skip all of those specialty baking supplies and just use peppermint extract - which you may already have on hand if you have tried our Betty Crocker chocolate chip cookies with mint recipe!
Chocolate Mint Cookies Recipe Ingredients
- Unsalted butter - softened to room temperature for easier mixing
- Powdered Sugar - often called confectioner's sugar
- Semi Sweet Chocolate Baking Squares - I prefer Baker's brand
- Peppermint Extract
- All Purpose Flour - this can be bleached or unbleached flour
Chocolate Mint Cookies Filling and Drizzle Ingredients
- Unsalted butter - softened to room temperature for easier mixing
- Powdered Sugar
- Milk
- Peppermint Extract
- Green Food Coloring
- Semi Sweet Mini Chocolate Chips (optional)
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How to make Chocolate Mint Cookies
The first step in our instructions preheat oven to 350 degrees F and use nonstick cooking spray or parchment paper for prepared baking sheets.
In a large bowl, mix together the cup unsalted butter and the powdered sugar.
In a small bowl, melt the baking chocolate in the microwave. Once it is melted, immediately begin to stir in the Peppermint Extract.
Add the melted chocolate mixture to the butter mixture bowl. Add in the all purpose flour and stir your cookie dough well.
Take a tablespoon or two of the dough in your hands and shape into cookie dough balls.
Flatten them slightly before placing on a greased cookie sheet. Bake the cookies at 350 degrees for about 8 minutes. Let the cookies cool before removing them from the cookie sheet. Cool completely before adding the icing and drizzle.
How to make the Mint Filling and Chocolate Drizzle
In a medium sized bowl, melt the butter. Stir in the powdered sugar, milk, and peppermint extract and mix until frosting is creamy and smooth.
Add in a drop or two of green food coloring and mix until the color is combined.
Use this green frosting to frost your cooled cookies.
For an extra drizzle, melt a handful of chocolate chips in a small bowl, use a spoon to drizzle the melted chocolate over the finished cookies.
Chocolate Mint Cookies Recipe Variations and Substitutions
This recipe is versatile and can be adapted to include many variations, such as adding a few chocolate mint chunks, making it into chocolate mint biscuits, or making dark chocolate mint cookies.
- Dark chocolate mint cookies - You can easily replace the semi sweet chocolate in this recipe with dark chocolate baking squares to make a dark chocolate version of these cookies!
- Chocolate mint biscuits - If you would like to make a harder, crispier chocolate biscuit instead of a soft cookie, place all of the cookie dough together on your prepared baking sheets and press them down a little thinner. You can then add the "filling" by just drizzling it over the top of the biscuits once they are cooled.
- Mint chocolate chunk - For a deluxe version of this cookie recipe, you can add chopped Andes mints or bits of mint chocolate chunk to the top of the cookies once they are frosted and drizzled.
If you are a chocoholic like me, you might want to see this this Triple Chocolate Chip Cookies recipe on my website! They are even better than a double chocolate chip cookie!
Other Cookie Recipes You'll Want To Try Out
We LOVE baking cookies and share lots of cookie recipes that are perfect for holidays and serving year-round! Are you looking for other fun cookie recipes? I have sooo many cookie recipes on The Rebel Chick – they are my absolute favorite thing to bake!
- Pumpkin Spice Cookies Recipe
- Whole Wheat Chocolate Chips Cookies
- Lemon Blueberry Cookies
- Jelly Bean Cookies
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Chocolate Mint Cookies Recipe for Saint Patrick's Day
Equipment
- Hand Mixer
Ingredients
- Cookie Ingredients:
- 1 cup Butter softened
- ½ cup Powdered Sugar
- 2 ounces of Semi Sweet Chocolate Baking Squares
- ¼ teaspoon Peppermint Extract
- 1 ½ cups All Purpose Flour
- Icing and Drizzle Ingredients:
- 2 Tablespoons Butter
- 1 cup Powdered Sugar
- 1 Tablespoon Milk
- ¼ teaspoon Peppermint Extract
- Green Food Coloring
- Chocolate Chips optional
Instructions
- The first step in our instructions preheat oven to 350 degrees F and use nonstick cooking spray or parchment paper for prepared baking sheets.
- In a large bowl, mix together the butter and the powdered sugar. In a small bowl, melt the baking chocolate in the microwave. Stir in the Peppermint Extract. Add the melted chocolate mixture to the butter mixture bowl. Add in the flour and stir well.
- Take a tablespoon or two of the dough in your hands and shape into balls. Flatten them slightly before placing on a greased cookie sheet. Bake the cookies at 350 degrees for about 8 minutes. Let the cookies cool before removing them from the cookie sheet. Cool completely before adding the icing and drizzle.
- In a medium sized bowl, melt the butter. Stir in the powdered sugar, milk, and peppermint extract and mix until frosting is creamy and smooth. Add in a drop or two of green food coloring and mix until the color is combined. Use the frosting the frost cooled cookies.
- For an extra drizzle, melt a handful of chocolate chips in a small bowl, use a spoon to drizzle the melted chocolate over the finished cookies.
Julie Wood says
I love mint and chocolate together and these are very yummy and cute looking cookies to have for St. Patrick's Day! I will have to make these! Thanks for sharing.
nicole dz says
These are way better then those thin mints for sure, love the look of them too, perfect for Saint Patty's Day.
shelly peterson says
Thanks for sharing this great cookie recipe for St. Patty's Day. These look so delicious.
Jenn says
Thank you so much! 🙂 I love mint and chocolate too!
Bridget/The Recipe Wench says
Adorable cookies -- just perfect for St. Patrick's Day! I'd love to send some into work with my husband. Thank you so much for sharing at Inspire Me Mondays. Have a fantastic week!
Karly says
These cookies are totally irresistible! Thanks for linking up with What's Cookin' Wednesday!
Amy @ My Name Is Snickerdoodle says
I could probably eat a dozen of these! YUM!
Cathy says
I love mint and chocolate together, it's so refreshing and sweet! While I wait for my girl scout thin mints to arrive, I am going to give these a try! I would love for you to link these cookies up to my new link party Making Memories Mondays going on now! 🙂 There's a great giveaway too!
Cathy
Ashley ~ 3 Little Greenwoods says
Adorable cookies for St. Patrick’s Day decor! Thanks so much for the recipe!
Thanks so much for the inspiration and for sharing on Show Me Saturday! I can't wait to see what you share this weekend.
Linda Blatchford says
These look so tasty, mint and chocolate is the best combination
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Diane Roark says
These Mint Chocolate chip cookies look really delicious. Pinned! Thanks for stopping by and linking up to Wonderful Wed. blog hop.
Blessings,
Diane Roark
Shauna says
Yum!!!!!!! These look amazing!
Michelle says
You really can't beat mint a chocolate. Love your photos and the mint green platter. Thank you for sharing with See Ya in the Gumbo!