This Mint Chocolate Cookies Recipe Is A Great St. Patrick’s Day Treat! Easy To Make And Tasty Little Bite Of Irish Luck!

Mint Chocolate Cookies Recipe

With St. Patrick’s Day right around the corner, I wanted to give you all a change. We’re going from pretty pink to a nice pastel green over here at The Rebel Chick! These Mint Chocolate Cookies are the perfect recipe to kick that off too!

They are super easy to make and turn out so yummy. Those boxes of thin mints you just got? They wish they were as good as these mint chocolate cookies! Plus, it’s the perfect recipe to use for that cool green tray. Pretty, right?

How to Make Mint Chocolate Cookies Recipe for Saint Patrick’s Day

Let’s get our baking on!

Chocolate Mint Cookies 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

Chocolate Mint Cookies Directions
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.

Icing and Drizzle Ingredients
2 Tablespoons Butter
1 cup Powdered Sugar
1 Tablespoon Milk
¼ teaspoon Peppermint Extract
Green Food Coloring
Chocolate Chips (optional)

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 to 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.

To print this Chocolate Mint Cookies Recipe, simply click the recipe card below! I know that many people still like to print out recipes and keep them in a binder, or simply have the printed recipe sitting in front of them when it comes time to cook! 

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Mint Chocolate Cookies Recipe - St. Patrick's Day Treat

This Mint Chocolate Cookies Recipe Is A Great St. Patrick's Day Treat! Easy To Make And Tasty Little Bite Of Irish Luck!

Course Dessert

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 25 minutes

Servings 24

Author Jenn Quillen

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

1. 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.
2. 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.
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4. 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.
5. 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.

 And, don’t forget to let the kiddos help. If these mint chocolate cookies don’t bring you a little bit of Irish luck, I’m not sure what else will!

Enjoy!

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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! 

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