Description
Irresistible Contest-Winning Chocolate Mint Cookies blend rich chocolate with cool mint in a perfect harmony. Crisp edges, fudgy centers, and a delightful peppermint twist make these cookies a guaranteed crowd-pleaser that you’ll crave again and again.
Ingredients
Scale
Main Ingredients:
- 1 ¼ cups (284 grams) butter, softened
- 2 cups (400 grams) sugar
- 2 large eggs, room temperature
- 2 cups (240 grams) all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup (75 grams) baking cocoa
Flavor Enhancers:
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
Finishing Ingredient:
- 32 chocolate-covered thin mints
Instructions
- Carefully prepare the work surface by heating the oven to 350°F (175°C), ensuring an even temperature for consistent baking.
- In a spacious mixing bowl, thoroughly blend softened unsalted butter and granulated sugar using an electric mixer, continuing until the mixture becomes airy and pale, approximately 3-4 minutes.
- Incorporate whole eggs individually into the butter-sugar mixture, mixing completely after each addition to maintain a smooth, homogeneous texture. Introduce pure vanilla extract and blend gently.
- Separately, sift together all-purpose flour, unsweetened baking cocoa, baking soda, and fine sea salt to eliminate potential lumps and ensure even distribution of dry ingredients.
- Gradually fold the dry ingredient mixture into the wet ingredients, stirring methodically until a cohesive chocolate cookie dough forms without overmixing.
- Using a tablespoon or small cookie scoop, deposit uniform rounds of dough onto ungreased baking sheets, maintaining approximately 2 inches of spacing between each cookie to allow proper spreading.
- Bake the cookies for 8-9 minutes, watching for subtle surface cracking and a slightly puffy appearance, indicating perfect doneness without overbaking.
- After removing from the oven, allow cookies to cool momentarily on the baking sheet, then transfer half the batch to wire cooling racks.
- Place a single mint chocolate patty at the center of each cookie from the first batch, then carefully top with the remaining cookies, applying gentle pressure to create a delicate sandwich.
- Allow the chocolate mint cookie sandwiches to cool completely, enabling the mint filling to set and the cookies to reach optimal texture.
Notes
- Elevate your baking game with these irresistible chocolate mint sandwich cookies that have won hearts at local baking competitions.
- Mint patties nestled between rich chocolate cookies create a decadent treat that melts in your mouth with every delightful bite.
- Perfectly cracked chocolate tops hint at the soft, fudgy interior waiting to surprise your taste buds with intense cocoa flavor.
- Creamy butter and sugar whipped together form the foundation of these melt-in-your-mouth cookies that are surprisingly simple to prepare.
- Cool completely before serving to ensure the mint filling sets perfectly and the chocolate cookies reach their ultimate texture and taste.
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 9 minutes
- Category: Desserts, Snacks
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 16
- Calories: 510 kcal
- Sugar: 36g
- Sodium: 300mg
- Fat: 24g
- Saturated Fat: 14g
- Unsaturated Fat: 8g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 67g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 6g
- Cholesterol: 50mg