This easy recipe for Semi-Homemade Thin Mint Cookies are one of my favorite easy cookie recipes.
I can't resist the Girl Scouts version—a whole box can disappear in the blink of an eye! But here's a game-changer: It's incredibly simple to make them yourself.
Let me show you how easy this copycat recipe is to make in your very own kitchen.
Those Thin Mint Girl Scout cookies are seriously addictive! (Who hasn't devoured a whole box in a day or two?) But guess what? It's surprisingly easy to make them at home!
I mean, these cookies are so good, you may never need to answer that doorbell again...well, unless you're a fan of their other cookie flavors.
Looking for Christmas Cookies that are just as easy? Try my Mint Christmas Cookies, Peppermint Christmas Cookies, and even my Oreo Christmas Cookies. Yum!
Table of Contents
- Semi-Homemade Recipe
- Where Can I Buy Thin Mint Chips?
- 🛒Helpful Kitchen Tools
- Main Ingredients Needed
- Recipe Substitutions and Variations
- Step-by-Step Directions
- Lay Flat to Harden
- How to Decorate the Cookies
- Expert Tip
- Before You Begin!
- Storing and Thawing Tips
- Ready for MORE Cookies?
- 📖 Recipe Card
- 💬 Comments
Semi-Homemade Recipe
I'm a huge fan of anything chocolate and mint. These cookies satisfy that craving for me and I know they will for you as well.
They're made with Andes' Thin Mint Baking Chips, however, you can easily make the melted chocolate mint on your own.
I was also very surprised to learn that the semi-homemade thin mint cookies are made with buttery Ritz crackers dipped in melted chocolate. Who knew?
Where Can I Buy Thin Mint Chips?
I went to quite a few stores before I found the Andes' Thin Mint Baking Chips. All I had to do was wait until the week before Christmas for them to appear in my local grocery store. You can also purchase them online through Amazon.
🛒Helpful Kitchen Tools
Wilton Candy Melt-N-Decorate Bottle - Candy Making Supplies
Andes Creme De Menthe Baking Chips, 10 oz100 Sheets Christmas Wax PaperReynolds Kitchens Cookie Baking Sheets, Pre-Cut Parchment PaperWilton Bright White Candy Melts
Main Ingredients Needed
Recipe Substitutions and Variations
If Andes mint chips are unavailable, any chocolate can be used with ½ - 1 teaspoon of mint extract.
For added decoration, immediately apply colorful Christmas sprinkles, crushed peppermints, or more Andes mint chips to the wet chocolate like I do with my Easy No Bake Christmas Cookies.
Step-by-Step Directions
Step 1: Melt the mint chips. Dip the crackers one at a time, or in small batches, ensuring sufficient space in the bowl. Use a fork to lift each cracker and tap off excess chocolate.
Lay Flat to Harden
Step 2: Gently place each chocolate covered cracker on a baking tray that's been lined with parchment baking sheets. Place the cookies in the refrigerator to set quickly or you can leave them on the counter at room temperature until they are completely hardened.
How to Decorate the Cookies
Step 3: Place a few squares of white chocolate almond bark or white chocolate candy melts in a microwave safe bowl. Melt in 30 second increments, stirring after each time until the chocolate is completely melted and smooth.
Expert Tip
Use decorating bottles for precise chocolate drizzling. Fill bottles using a funnel. Drizzle back and forth over cookies.
- Convenient Portioning: Mini squeeze bottles offer a practical solution for accurately portioning out sauces and condiments, ensuring precise drizzling for culinary creations or candy decorating.
Step 4: To achieve those thin chocolate lines, fill a decorating bottle with melted chocolate using a funnel. Then, simply drizzle the chocolate over the cookies by moving the bottle back and forth.
Before You Begin!
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Storing and Thawing Tips
Refrigerator: Once the cookies have hardened completely, layer them in an airtight container between layers of parchment baking sheets.
Freezer: Flash freeze them first on a parchment line baking sheet for about 30 minutes. Once the cookies are frozen, remove from the baking tray and place in either a freezer-safe container or freezer-safe plastic bag. Again, you should layer the cookies between parchment paper.
Thawing: Allow the cookies to come to defrost overnight in the refrigerator.
Ready for MORE Cookies?
Try my Three Ingredient Oreo Truffles or these Cherry Blossom Cookies.
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Semi-Homemade Thin Mint Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 - 10 ounce package of Andes Creme de Menthe Chocolate Mint Baking Chips
- 36 Ritz Crackers
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a microwaveable safe bowl, melt the chips in 30 second increments, stirring after each increment until completely melted and smooth.
- Begin dipping the crackers into the melted chocolate being careful not to over-crowd the bowl.
- Use a fork to lift the cracker out of the melted chocolate and then gently tap the fork on the side of the bowl for the excess chocolate to fall off the cracker.
- Place the cracker on the baking sheet that's been lined with parchment paper and allow to harden completely.
- Drizzle white melted chocolate on top to decorate.
Notes
J. Neal says
Interesting, using Ritz crackers. I might try the suggestion, but make a batch of the copycat Nabisco Famous Chocolate Wafers, and dip them, and dip some Ritz and see how the two types compare to each other and to the original Girl Scout Thin Mints. The Girl Scout Thin Mints have a thin chocolate wafer as their base, and Ritz, though crispy, is definitely not chocolate, and rather high in sodium. Still, this "semi-homemade" recipe guarantees lots of time savings and ease of prep with what seems to replicate the thinness, crispy aspect, and decadence of mint-chocolate-dipped Thin Mints.
Lois says
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