Has Girl Scout cookie season ended in your area and don't want to wait a year to get them again? Stave off those cravings with this copycat Thin Mints recipe!
Thin Mints are the most popular Girl Scout Cookie of them all and for good reason - they are absolutely delicious and a box of Thin Mints gives you the almost the best "bang" for your buck.
As you know - I am a very frugal person and (for you newbies to this site), I used to post mainly about coupons and deals (I still do post coupon matchups, but only a few times per week now) and in terms of "cost per cookie"? Thin Mints are the best, second only to Shortbread/Trefoils. At $4 per box, a box of Thin Mints has 32 cookies in it. In contrast, a box of Caramel Delights has only 16 cookies!
I've been holding on to this recipe for a while , even though I post a ton of copycat recipes for 1 very big reason. I was the Cookie Mom for my daughter's Brownie Troop this year (which is why I am such a dork and know how many cookies of each type are in each box) and I saw first-hand how hard these girls work to move those cookies and how much pride they take in their efforts.
I know that many people have issues with how little the troops make per box (and I do as well), but I have seen on a daily basis for the last 8 weeks what an exciting time this is for the girls and how most just LOVE selling the cookies!
Anyway - so that is why I have been holding on to this recipe. The sale ends in a day in my area and I know that our Council is completely sold out of Thin Mints, so if you want them between now and the next 10 months, you either need to find a Troop with some leftovers, or make this copycat Girl Scouts Thin Mints recipe!
Like many of my cookie recipes, the butter to flour ratio is pretty high (that is what makes them so good) and you will NEED to use parchment paper to keep your cookies from spreading too much. PLEASE don't skip this step and use parchment paper!
To make them, you will need:
- 1 ¼ cup Flour
- ½ cup Cocoa Powder
- ¼ teaspoon Salt
- ½ cup softened Butter
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1 Egg
- ¾ teaspoon Peppermint Extract
- 8 oz Dipping Chocolate
Making them is easy!
Simply mix together your dry ingredients
In a separate bowl, cream together the butter, sugar, egg and extract.
Combine the wet and dry ingredients together and form in to a log. Wrap and freeze for at least an hour.
Slice the log in to ¼" slices and place on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes and allow to cool. Dip cookies in chocolate and allow to set.
Scroll down for the complete directions!
How To Make Homemade Thin Mints | Copycat Girl Scout Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 ¼ cup Flour
- ½ cup Cocoa Powder
- ¼ teaspoon Salt
- ½ cup softened Butter
- 1 cup Sugar
- 1 Egg
- ¾ teaspoon Peppermint Extract
- 8 oz Dipping Chocolate
Instructions
- Whisk together flour, cocoa, and salt.
- In a separate bowl, cream together butter and sugar until fluffy.
- Add in egg and peppermint and mix until blended.
- Slowly add flour mixture into creamed mixture.
- Shape dough into a 1 ½″ – 2″ round roll and wrap in wax or parchment paper.
- Place in freezer for 1 hour to firm up.
- Preheat oven to 350F
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper
- Slice into ¼″ thick cookies; Place slices on prepared sheet.
- Bake 10 to 12 minutes.
- Allow to cool.
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- Melt chocolate by microwaving 45 seconds then stirring and repeating until chocolate is smooth and melted.
- Dip cookies in the chocolate and lift out with a fork shaking off excess.
- Place the cookies on prepared sheet and allow to set.
Jenny armstrong
Only after my coworkers bought thin mints from my daughter this year I would share this recipe with them. She sold 512 boxes!
Ritz crackers
1 lb chocolate
1/4 tsp peppermint extract
Melt chocolate in double broiler and stir in peppermint extract.
Dip crackers in chocolate.
Taste just like thin mints!
Kim
Thanks for sharing! We bought a case of Thin Mints yesterday. It was our local troop and they offered us a case discount since it was their last week. They freeze great and my husband who loves them will eat them all eventually. We are always happy to support a good case or organization. This recipe will come in handy the rest of the year when he can't get them. Stopping by from Keeping it Simple link party.
Bridget/The Recipe Wench
THIS is dangerous in my house...but I have to try them! Thank you so much for sharing the recipe at the Inspire Me Mondays Link-Up!!! See you next week!
Sage
Thank you for this!
I'm an American expat living in Denmark and all of the girl scout cookie talk on Facebook has been making me homesick. I can't get anything similar to thin mints here, so I'm looking forward to giving this a try... pinned for future reference 🙂
Maria
These look so good! These are my husband's favorite, and I really want to try to make them for him sometime! Yours look beautiful and sound so so good!
Adreanna
Wow these look great. It is dangerous how easy they look to make... Thanks for sharing!
Linda@MixedKreations
Yum! My hubby and I love thin mints. We like to buy them then put in the freezer, but they don't stay in there long. I going to have to try these. Thanks so much for sharing your recipe. Pinning and sending to my daughter too. She a thin mint hog.
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Eloquence
This is giving me a major craving for chocolate now! These look so yummy.
Ashley
Hi! Stopping by from the Craft Frenzy Friday link up. Yum! I love thin mints. I think I finished an entire box this week. I love storing them in the freezer like Linda above too! Thank you for sharing this recipe. It will definitely come in handy a month or two from now when I'm craving thin mints and can't get any!