Mint Chocolate Cookies
Mint Chocolate cookies, sometimes called grasshopper cookies, are a delicious combination of a soft chocolate sugar cookie with mint icing and andes candy bits.
Servings 24 cookies
Calories 251kcal
Ingredients
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 3/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1 3/4 cups packed dark brown sugar
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 large egg plus 1 large yolk
Frosting
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1 1/2 tsp mint
- 2-3 cups powdered sugar
- green food coloring
- 2-3 Tbsp milk
- Andes Mints or Andes Mint Chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Place granulated sugar in shallow dish; set aside.
- Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda, and baking powder in bowl.
- In another bowl beat butter, brown sugar and salt together until fluffy.
- Add in eggs and vanilla into butter mixture.
- Pour in flour mixture and mix well.
- Form dough into balls and roll in granulated sugar.
- Place on a parchment lined baking sheet and use hand or the bottom of a glass dipped in sugar to slightly flatten cookie.
- Bake for 10 minutes. Do not overbake.
- Cool.
- Mix together frosting ingredients. Adding enough milk to get a nice spreading consistency.
- Sprinkle with chopped up Andes Mints
Notes
Tip for perfectly round cookies:
- To get perfectly round cookies, as soon as you pull your cookies out of the oven, take a drinking glass that is wider than your cookies.
- Place the glass over the cookie.
- Then move the glass around in a circle, and the cookie will take on the round shape of the glass.
Nutrition
Calories: 251kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 37mg | Sodium: 181mg | Potassium: 83mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 28g | Vitamin A: 367IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 26mg | Iron: 1mg