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Chocolate Mint Chip Cookies

Teresa Ambra

Teresa’s Bake Shop – Christmas Cookie Extravaganza – 2012

Chocolate Mint Chip Cookies are awesome. Lots of chocolate, lots of mint and chocolate chips, lots of chocolate mint glaze drizzled over the top and, poof! A fabulous cookie is the result. This is a wonderful chocolate cookie. You can make it with or without the chocolate mint glaze.

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It tastes great either way. My house smelled amazing when these goodies were baking and even the glaze filled the house with the luscious fragrances of mint and chocolate.

I got this recipe back in the late 1990s from Wanda Bollinger, who was a cook at Southwest Baptist Church in DeSoto, Texas, when we attended there. She made this cookie one night for a Wednesday night supper and I asked her for the recipe.

Wanda made it without the glaze–but for the purposes of this post I went ahead and made it with the glaze so you could see what it should look like. This was the first time I made it with the glaze. It really adds a nice effect to the presentation of this cookie.

The one difficult thing about this recipe is finding mint chips. Some years you can find them with the Christmas baking goods, and some years you can’t. When I saw them this year at Wal-Mart I scooped up a bunch of them so I could make some of my cookie recipes that call for mint chips.

When making the glaze the recipe calls for regular sugar not powdered sugar. This is a glaze not a frosting so it won’t be very thick. Don’t get impatient because the glaze ends up thickening as it cools and if it gets too thick it becomes unspreadable.  This cookie puffs up so nicely. It looks beautiful after it’s baked. It’s also a delight to eat.

When I originally posted this recipe in December 2012 for my Christmas Cookie Extravaganza that year, I was still using an iPhone 3 for a camera. The recipes were dark, not particularly sharp, and too filled with props to make the cookies stand out. Yes, less is MORE!

I recently remade Chocolate Mint Chip Cookies (December 2016) for our Christmas Cookie Extravaganza this year. I followed the original directions more carefully than the first time making the glaze with granulated sugar instead of powdered sugar. I thought the results were better.

The icing does set up slightly after the cookies are allowed to dry after glazing. But it will still be a little gooey no matter what you do. If you like ooey, gooey cookies, you’ll love these! We sure did.

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Chocolate Mint Chip Cookies display beautifully on Christmas trays.

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There is lots of peppermint flavoring and chocolate in every bite of these luscious Chocolate Mint Chip Cookies

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These Chocolate Mint Chip Cookies can be made without the glaze, but I made them with the glaze.

Here’s what I did.

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I used these ingredients for the cookie.

Chocolate Mint Chip Cookies | Can't Stay Out of the Kitchen

Place softened butter in a large mixing bowl. Add sugars, cocoa, eggs, vanilla, baking soda and salt. 

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Cream with electric mixer until well blended.

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Add UNBLEACHED all-purpose flour. Bleached flour toughens cookies. Add chocolate and mint chips. 

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Stir all the ingredients together with a wooden spoon.

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Spray cookie sheets with cooking spray. Roll dough mixture into balls and place on sprayed cookie sheets.

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Bake at 350 for 10-12 minutes (mine took 14) or until done. Chocolate Mint Chip Cookies puff up nicely and hold their shape well. These cookies also taste quite spectacular without the glaze. Allow cookies to cool completely before drizzling glaze over top.

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I used these ingredients to make the glaze.

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To make the glaze: place butter in saucepan. Add milk, granulated sugar and cocoa.

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 Heat over medium heat and bring to a boil. Boil 5-10 minutes. 

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Remove from heat and stir in vanilla and mint flavoring. 

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Allow glaze to cool slightly before drizzling over cookies.

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Place some of the glaze into a bowl. Drizzle warm glaze over cookies with spoon.

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Here’s a close up look at these wonderful goodies. Chocolate Mint Chip Cookies are great to bring to Christmas parties. But you can make these almost any time of the year if you can find mint chocolate chips.

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Chocolate Mint Chip Cookies are heavenly.

Here’s the recipe.

CHOCOLATE MINT CHIP COOKIES

(Recipe from Wanda Bollinger, Cook at Southwest Baptist Church, DeSoto, TX)

Chocolate Mint Chip Cookies | Can't Stay Out of the Kitchen | the lovely flavors of #chocolate and #mint work so well together in these amazing #cookies. Great for #holiday baking. #dessert

Chocolate Mint Chip Cookies

Teresa Ambra
Chocolate Mint Chip Cookies are awesome for holiday baking and Christmas Cookie Exchanges. These wonderful chocolate cookies have a minty flavor due to mint chocolate chips in the cookie and a Chocolate Mint Glaze on top. If you're looking for a chocolate fix, this dessert is right up your alley!
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 14 minutes
Total Time 39 minutes
Course Cookies, Brownies and Bars, Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 66
Calories 161 kcal

Equipment

  • 3 large 18x26" cookie sheet pans
  • 1 large mixing bowl
  • 1 medium sauce pan
  • 1 wooden spoon
  • measuring cups
  • measuring spoons
  • 1 electric mixer
  • 1 spatula
  • 2 wire cooling racks

Ingredients
  

COOKIES:

  • 4 cups UNBLEACHED all-purpose flour bleached flour toughens baked goods
  • 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp. sea salt or kosher salt
  • 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
  • 1 cup light brown sugar firmly packed
  • 1 1/2 cups unsalted butter softened (3 sticks)
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 10 oz. pkg. mint chocolate chips

CHOCOLATE MINT GLAZE:

  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter
  • 1/2 cup 2% milk
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp. mint/peppermint flavoring

Instructions
 

COOKIES:

  • Heat oven to 350°.
  • Spray cookie sheets with cooking spray.
  • In large mixing bowl, mix softened butter, sugars, baking soda, salt, eggs, vanilla, and cocoa with an electric mixer.
  • Add UNBLEACHED flour (bleached flour toughens cookies), and mint chocolate chips.
  • Stir in with a wooden spoon until very thoroughly mixed.
  • Do not use an electric mixer or cookies will be tough.
  • Roll into balls and place on sprayed cookie sheets.
  • Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until set. (Mine took 14 minutes).
  • Rotate cookie sheets on oven racks after 7 minutes of baking time.
  • Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets to wire cooling racks and cool completely.

CHOCOLATE MINT GLAZE:

  • In a small saucepan, combine all glaze ingredients except vanilla.
  • Bring to a boil; boil 5-10 minutes.
  • Stir in vanilla; cool.
  • Beat until smooth and of glaze consistency.
  • Drizzle glaze over cooled cookies; allow glaze to set.

Notes

NOTE: These scrumptious cookies are wonderful with or without the Chocolate Mint Glaze.
 
NOTE: Preparation time includes time needed to drizzle glaze over cookies.
 
NOTE: For easier clean up, place cookie racks over top of waxed paper. Then glaze cookies. The drips from the chocolate glaze will drop on the waxed paper instead of the counter.
 
NOTE: While it may seem that there is a lot of glaze, you will use almost all of it when glazing the cookies. The glaze thickens as it cools. It’s best to spoon the glaze on the cookies before it gets too thick.
 
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Nutrition

Calories: 161kcalCarbohydrates: 24gProtein: 2gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.3gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 23mgSodium: 41mgPotassium: 62mgFiber: 1gSugar: 16gVitamin A: 186IUVitamin C: 0.004mgCalcium: 15mgIron: 1mg
Keyword chocolate, chocolate chip cookie, chocolate chips, chocolate dessert, chocolate mint cookies, cookie, dessert, mint
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[b]Chocolate Mint Chip Cookies[/b]
 
Recipe Type: Cookies, Brownies and Bars
Cuisine: American
Author: Teresa Ambra adapted from Wanda Bollinger, Cook at Southwest Baptist Church, DeSoto, TX
Prep time:
Cook time:
Total time:
Serves: 48
Wonderful chocolate cookie with a minty flavor due to mint chocolate chips in the cookie and a Chocolate Mint Glaze on top. Great for holiday baking.
Ingredients
  • 4 cups UNBLEACHED all-purpose flour
  • 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • ½ tsp. salt
  • 1 ½ cups sugar
  • 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
  • 1 ½ cups unsalted butter, softened
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 10-oz. pkg. mint chocolate chips
Instructions
  1. Heat oven to 350°.
  2. Spray cookie sheets with cooking spray.
  3. In large mixing bowl, mix softened butter, sugars, baking soda, salt, eggs, vanilla, and cocoa.
  4. Add UNBLEACHED flour (bleached flour toughens cookies), and mint chocolate chips.
  5. Stir in with a wooden spoon.
  6. Do not use an electric mixer or cookies will be tough.
  7. Roll into balls and place on sprayed cookie sheets.
  8. Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until set. (Mine took 14 minutes).
  9. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets cool completely.
 
Notes
These scrumptious cookies are wonderful with or without the Chocolate Mint Glaze.

 

[b]Chocolate Mint Glaze[/b]
 
Recipe Type: Cookies, Brownies and Bars
Cuisine: American
Author: Teresa Ambra
Prep time:
Cook time:
Total time:
Serves: 48
Wonderful chocolate cookie with a minty flavor due to mint chocolate chips in the cookie and a Chocolate Mint Glaze on top. Great for holiday baking.
Ingredients
  • 2 cups sugar (I used powdered sugar)
  • ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • ½ cup unsalted butter
  • ½ cup milk
  • 1 tsp. vanilla
  • 1tsp. mint/peppermint flavoring
Instructions
  1. In a small saucepan, combine all glaze ingredients except vanilla.
  2. Bring to a boil; boil 5-10 minutes.
  3. Stir in vanilla; cool.
  4. Beat until smooth and of glaze consistency.
  5. Drizzle glaze over cooled cookies; allow glaze to set.
 
Notes
Preparation time includes time needed to drizzle glaze over cookies.
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Take these tasty treats along to your office party and everyone will love them. 

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Chocolate Mint Chip Cookies

Teresa Ambra
Chocolate Mint Chip Cookies are awesome for holiday baking and Christmas Cookie Exchanges. These wonderful chocolate cookies have a minty flavor due to mint chocolate chips in the cookie and a Chocolate Mint Glaze on top. If you're looking for a chocolate fix, this dessert is right up your alley!
No ratings yet
Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 14 minutes
Total Time 39 minutes
Course Cookies, Brownies and Bars, Dessert
Cuisine American
Servings 66
Calories 161 kcal

Equipment

  • 3 large 18×26" cookie sheet pans
  • 1 large mixing bowl
  • 1 medium sauce pan
  • 1 wooden spoon
  • measuring cups
  • measuring spoons
  • 1 electric mixer
  • 1 spatula
  • 2 wire cooling racks

Ingredients
  

COOKIES:

  • 4 cups UNBLEACHED all-purpose flour bleached flour toughens baked goods
  • 1 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 tsp. baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp. sea salt or kosher salt
  • 1 1/2 cups granulated sugar
  • 1 cup light brown sugar firmly packed
  • 1 1/2 cups unsalted butter softened (3 sticks)
  • 3 large eggs
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 10 oz. pkg. mint chocolate chips

CHOCOLATE MINT GLAZE:

  • 2 cups granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter
  • 1/2 cup 2% milk
  • 1 tsp. vanilla extract
  • 1 tsp. mint/peppermint flavoring

Instructions
 

COOKIES:

  • Heat oven to 350°.
  • Spray cookie sheets with cooking spray.
  • In large mixing bowl, mix softened butter, sugars, baking soda, salt, eggs, vanilla, and cocoa with an electric mixer.
  • Add UNBLEACHED flour (bleached flour toughens cookies), and mint chocolate chips.
  • Stir in with a wooden spoon until very thoroughly mixed.
  • Do not use an electric mixer or cookies will be tough.
  • Roll into balls and place on sprayed cookie sheets.
  • Bake at 350° for 10-12 minutes or until set. (Mine took 14 minutes).
  • Rotate cookie sheets on oven racks after 7 minutes of baking time.
  • Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheets to wire cooling racks and cool completely.

CHOCOLATE MINT GLAZE:

  • In a small saucepan, combine all glaze ingredients except vanilla.
  • Bring to a boil; boil 5-10 minutes.
  • Stir in vanilla; cool.
  • Beat until smooth and of glaze consistency.
  • Drizzle glaze over cooled cookies; allow glaze to set.

Notes

NOTE: These scrumptious cookies are wonderful with or without the Chocolate Mint Glaze.
 
NOTE: Preparation time includes time needed to drizzle glaze over cookies.
 
NOTE: For easier clean up, place cookie racks over top of waxed paper. Then glaze cookies. The drips from the chocolate glaze will drop on the waxed paper instead of the counter.
 
NOTE: While it may seem that there is a lot of glaze, you will use almost all of it when glazing the cookies. The glaze thickens as it cools. It’s best to spoon the glaze on the cookies before it gets too thick.
 
© Can’t Stay Out of the Kitchen

Nutrition

Calories: 161kcalCarbohydrates: 24gProtein: 2gFat: 7gSaturated Fat: 5gPolyunsaturated Fat: 0.3gMonounsaturated Fat: 2gTrans Fat: 0.2gCholesterol: 23mgSodium: 41mgPotassium: 62mgFiber: 1gSugar: 16gVitamin A: 186IUVitamin C: 0.004mgCalcium: 15mgIron: 1mg
Keyword chocolate, chocolate chip cookie, chocolate chips, chocolate dessert, chocolate mint cookies, cookie, dessert, mint
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