Mint Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

Thursday, December 13, 2012
These are the easiest addition to a Christmas cookies tray and even great for St. Patrick's Day celebrations with our peppermint cookies loaded with mint flavors!

Our chocolate chips have just the right amount of peppermint flavor with using chocolate mint chips or candy then with just a touch, I also add a little bit of peppermint extract to the cookies.

This chocolate chip cookie with a bit of peppermint flavor in every single bite will surely delight any mint lover addiction.

We have many tips and suggestions to make them mintier than we like them by adding mint icing, dipping them in mint chocolate, or even frosting them and adding some crushed candy canes to make a festive treat.

Since our gang just loves a hint of it, you will see ours have just a bit of mint extract and then sprinkled with a little green sugar on top for that festive cookie on our holiday trays.

Scroll down to our printable instruction card for this delicious mint lovers chocolate chip cookie recipe!


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If you have a mint cookie lover in your house, you will love the ease of this traditional chocolate chip cookie laced with a hint of mint flavor, it's super easy and the perfect when you're looking for that perfect classic that everyone loves.


These can be adapted to be bursting with mint flavors or just a tad for those who aren't so big on that flavor, and of course you can just change this to another flavor you prefer, we made it that simple to adjust!


mint cookie dough with a cookie scoop


Ingredients You Will Need scroll down to the recipe card for the exact measurements to print off

  • flour
  • brown sugar
  • cornstarch
  • baking soda
  • egg
  • vanilla extract
  • mint flavoring
  • mint of chocolate chips
  • Optional: green sugar, icing with mint, candy canes crushed see suggestions below

mint cookies on a cookie sheet


Tips and Suggestions

  1. add more mint flavoring to icing or dip them on one end with mint frosting
  2. add green sprinkles before baking
  3. dip the cookies in mint chocolate
  4. add icing then dip into crushed candy canes
  5. add a mix of chocolate chips, mint chocolate chunks into the batter
  6. cookies can be frozen for up to 3 months but freeze unfrosted
  7. keep cookies in an airtight container
  8. I always place them in cupcake liners to avoid the other cookies from tasting like mint



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These cookies are delicious with the addition of mint or even dipped in mint frosting, they're not overbearing in flavor but you can adjust the mint by adding more to the batter and mint candy if you wish.


Chocolate chips are always on the tray and need to look festive around the Christmas holiday to match up with the traditional family favorites on the tray all decked out.


Whether you dip them, add crushed sprinkles or candy canes on top, frost with mint icing, add mint flavoring to the batter, or mint chips, these will surely delight your mint lovers in the family just adapt away.



Mint Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

Mint Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

Author: Claudia Lamascolo
Prep time: 5 MinCook time: 10 MinTotal time: 15 Min
This is a delicious minty flavored chocolate chip cookie we usually find on our cookie trays during the holiday season. The cookie is soft and slightly mint flavored with extract plus you can use mint candies as well.

Ingredients

  • 1 - 1/2 cups flour
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoons cornstarch
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 cup butter
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 - 1/2 cup semi-sweet, milk chocolate chips, mint chocolate chips (or Andes mint chocolates chopped) you can also combine them
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
  • Garnish is optional: green sugar or after the cookies are baked dip one end into frosting them into crushed candy canes

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line or grease baking sheets and set aside.
  2. In a large bowl cream together the butter and sugar for around 2 minutes or until light.
  3. Whisk in the egg with the flavorings.
  4. Then add the flour baking soda, cornstarch, salt and blend evenly.
  5. Gently fold in the chocolate using.
  6. Drop by a medium-size cookie scoop or tablespoon onto the prepared baking sheets.
  7. Sprinkle the top with green sugar if desired.
  8. Bake until set in the middle around 8 to 10 minutes.

Notes:

Tips and Suggestions

  1. add more mint flavoring to icing or dip them on one end with mint frosting
  2. add green sprinkles before baking
  3. dip the cookies in mint chocolate
  4. add icing then dip into crushed candy canes
  5. add a mix of chocolate chips, mint chocolate chunks into the batter
  6. cookies can be frozen for up to 3 months but freeze unfrosted
  7. keep cookies in an airtight container
  8. I always place them in cupcake liners to avoid the other cookies from tasting like mint


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9 comments

  1. What a great idea to use mint chocolate. These cookies are great ^_^ Bye, have a good day

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  2. Hi Claudia, I love chocolate chip cookies, can never stop munching it. Yours sure look tempting. Great to go with coffee.

    Have a lovely week ahead,regards.

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  3. devono essere una bontà ..buona giornata Simona

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  4. I think all Italian cooks have the phrase simple is better embroidered on their aprons. It is so true, yet so many recipes these days keep calling for more and more. I'll bet these cookies are fantastic.

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  5. both sound good but I think I will take the pecan this morning with my coffee... love those cinnamon pinwheels too

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  6. Muy ricas las galletitas, me encantan! Un abrazo!

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  7. Fantastici, una vera delizia!!!! Bravissima, baci e buona serata

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  8. These are my hubby's favorite cookie! He drops lots of hints if I haven't baked them up in a while :) Great holiday ideas!

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  9. Just finished taking off my Italy weight - from you know - 16 months ago. I see a pound creeping up in my future. These are just heavenly cookies.

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