Thin Mint Cookie Recipe (2024)

This Thin Mint Cookie Recipe that you can make at home tastes like the real deal. Thin Mints are so well-liked for a great reason - texture, flavor, and simplicity. These cookies have always been one of our favorite desserts, and now we can have them year-round!

If you love thin mints, you're going to love our Chocolate Marshmallow Cookies, Andes Mint Cookies and Peppermint Brownies with White Chocolate Frosting.

This thin mint cookie recipe literally made my day.

I was not having the best day, then I made these cookies. They were like little bits of sunshine breaking through the cloudiness.

How many times have you heard this during Girl Scout cookie season, "I ate a whole sleeve of thin mints last night before I knew what was happening"?

I have heard this many times, with good reason. They're amazingly delicious and unique treats.

I am so darn excited to finally know how to replicate the super famous Girl Scout Thin Mint.

It's actually really easy, which is not what I was expecting.

Top 4 Reasons making homemade thin mints is easier than expected:

1. Super easy ingredient list, most of which you probably already have in your cupboard.
2. The perfect circle size is made possible with a 2-inch circular cookie cutter.
3. The dough is really easy to roll.
4. Dipping the cookies in the melted chocolate is fast since the 2-inch circle size is easily balanced on a regular size long pronged fork.

What is in a thin mint cookie?

Ingredients Needed for thin mints:

1. Unsalted butter
2. Granulated Sugar
3. Vanilla extract
4. Peppermint extract
5. All-purpose flour
6. Unsweetened Natural cocoa powder
7. Baking Powder
8. Salt
9. Semi-Sweet Chocolate Bars
10. Vegetable Oil

How to make Girl Scout Thin Mint Cookies?

1. Place softened butter and sugar in a stand mixer and mix until light and fluffy.
2. Mix in vanilla and peppermint extracts.
3. In a separate bowl, mix together dry ingredients including flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt.
4. Slowly add dry ingredients to wet ingredients, until combined.
5. Roll dough out into two flat pieces, ¼ inch thick. Chill in fridge for at least one hour.
6. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
7. Using a 2-inch diameter circle cookie cutter, cut cookies out of dough and place on baking sheets.
8. Bake for 8 minutes.
9. Let cookies cool on sheet for 5 minutes, then move to wire rack to cool completely.
10. Melt chocolate with vegetable oil in a double boiler until fully melted and smooth.
11. Dip cookies in chocolate, covering both sides. Remove with a fork, letting excess chocolate drip off. Place on a parchment paper-lined baking sheet and place in fridge to chill for at least an hour.
12. Enjoy!

How much cocoa is in Thin Mints?

The recipe I have here for you makes about 50 cookies. This requires only ¾ cup unsweetened natural cocoa.

Tips for this easy thin mint cookie recipe:

1. The recipe calls for ½ tsp of vegetable oil to mix with the chocolate for melting. You may also use 1 tablespoon of Crisco shortening is you'd like instead.
2. Use good chocolate for the topping. I used Ghiradelli bars. They melt so well and the flavor is rich.
3. A 2-inch circular cookie cutter is ideal, but if its 1 ½ - 2 ½ inches, any of those sizes would work. You can use 3 inches, and the cookies will be just as delicious. They just will not resemble the classic girl scout thin mint.
4. These cookies taste best from the fridge. The taste is fresher when kept chilled and the chocolate topping is better chilled.

Hope you love this mint cookie recipe as much as we did. So, so good.

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