Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies

Big, soft cookies filled with Andes Mint Candies, Mint Chips and Chocolate Chips. Mint and chocolate in every delicious bite! No chill time; you can enjoy these Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies in 30 minutes!

Is there just enough green in these Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies to make them appropriate for St Patrick’s Day? I say yes!

In the past I always made Guinness Brownies on St Patty’s Day, but seeing as how my kids probably shouldn’t be consuming beer brownies with whiskey frosting, I decided to make a kid-friendly St Patrick’s Day dessert (don’t worry, adults will love these too!).

Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies

What we have is soft and chewy peppermint cookies loaded with mint chips, chocolate chips and Andes chocolate candies.

To increase the peppermint flavor just a touch, I also add a little bit of peppermint extract to the cookies. This gives an underlying peppermint flavor in every single bite.

You can pick and choose which mix-ins you want to use. You can add just Andes Mints, or just mint chips. I will say that I think the Andes really take these over the top. They bring the status from good to great. I mean, do you see those melty little pools of chocolaty-peppermint deliciousness? Gah!

Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies now have a permanent spot in my baking rotation.

If you’re a fan of chocolate and peppermint you will go crazy for these. I would normally never choose a mint-chip cookie, but I seriously loved these Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies! I might have lost some self control when these beauties were fresh from the oven. One bite led to another, and let’s just say I lost count how many were consumed. Can you blame me?

Have yourself a safe and Happy St Patrick’s Day! Oh, and check out my Guinness and Irish Cheddar Mac and Cheese (we need some “real” food before eating all the Mint Chip Cookies, right?).

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Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies

Big, soft cookies filled with Andes Mint Candies, mint chips and chocolate chips. Mint and chocolate in every delicious bite! No chill time; you can enjoy these Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies in 30 minutes! 

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes

Servings: 20

Calories: 176kcal

Author: Allison - Celebrating Sweets

Ingredients

• ▢ 1⅔ cups all purpose flour
• ▢ ½ teaspoon baking soda
• ▢ ¼ teaspoon salt
• ▢ ½ cup unsalted butter , softened slightly but still cool
• ▢ ½ cup light brown sugar, packed
• ▢ ¼ cup granulated sugar
• ▢ 1 large egg
• ▢ ½ teaspoon pure peppermint extract
• ▢ 1½ cups mint chips, chocolate chips and/or chopped Andes candies, see note

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
• In a small bowl combine flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
• In a large bowl, using a hand mixer or stand mixer, beat butter and both sugars for 1-2 minutes, scraping the bowl as needed. Add egg and peppermint extract and beat until combined.
• Slowly add the flour mixture, beating until just combined. Add 1 cup of mint chips/Andes/chocolate chips (the rest will be reserved for topping the cookies).
• Scoop 2-tablespoon portions of dough and place them a couple inches apart on the baking sheets. Using the remaining ½ cup mix-ins, top each ball of dough with a few chips/candies (this makes for a prettier cookie).
• Bake the cookies for 7-10 minutes until the edges are just beginning to turn golden brown and the very center is still slightly underdone. Rotate the baking sheets halfway through cooking time, if necessary. See note about shaping cookies while they're hot.
• Place the baking sheets on wire racks and allow the cookies to cool completely.

Notes

I used a combination of mint chips (purchased from Nuts.com), chocolate chips, and chopped Andes mints. Feel free to use any variation of these. Note: The Andes mints tend to melt so don't stick too many on top of each dough ball.

How to get perfectly round cookies:

Option 1: Immediately after the cookies come out of the oven place a round glass, bowl, or cookie cutter (larger than the cookie) upside down over the top of the cookie. Gently swirl the glass/bowl/cookie cutter in a circular motion. The edges of the cookie will bump against the inside of the glass creating a perfectly round shape. Note: This only works when the cookies are hot, straight from the oven, and still on the warm baking sheet. 

Option 2: Immediately after the cookies come out the oven use the back of a spoon to gently push the edges inward to create clean edges and a perfect round shape.

*Recipe updated slightly November 2022.*

Nutrition

Calories: 176kcal | Carbohydrates: 24g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 22mg | Sodium: 98mg | Potassium: 20mg | Sugar: 16g | Vitamin A: 185IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 24mg | Iron: 0.7mg

Nutritional Information is an estimate based on third-party calculations and may vary based on products used and serving sizes.

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