Dessert Recipes

Simple Chocolate Mint Cookies

Craving Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookies? These simple chocolate mint cookies made from just 3 ingredients are so delicious and easy to make!

I don’t know about you, but I love me some Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookies! Unfortunately for all of us, they only go on sale once a year, but thankfully we’ve discovered what might just be the BEST cookie hack of all time.

Simple Chocolate Mint Cookies

With just 3 simple ingredients, these delicious little gems come together in less than five minutes. Better yet, they taste amazing and are such a dead ringer for your favorite Thin Mint! If you’re short on baking time, these cookies are the perfect way to cheat your way to homemade. Great for cookie exchanges, or a tasty gift for the neighbors, friends and teachers, or maybe just because!

In fact, they are SO easy we thought we’d make a little video to prove it!

 

Here is what you need:

1 box Ritz crackers, original
1 package chocolate almond bark
1/4 tsp Peppermint Vitality Essential Oil or peppermint extract


Step 1: Chop your chocolate almond bark into smaller pieces; set aside.

Step 2: Use a double boiler system to melt your chocolate bark.

Step 3: Once chocolate almond bark is melted add 1/4 teaspoon of peppermint vitality EO into the melted chocolate almond bark and stir. Taste to to determine if more peppermint is needed.

Step 4: Dip crackers one at a time into the melted chocolate almond bark and then place on a sheet of parchment paper to cool.

Step 5: Once chocolate is set, enjoy right away or place in cellophane bags or mason jars to use as a simple yet tasty gift.

3 Ingredient Chocolate Mint Cookies

These super simple cookies are absolutely amazing and make the perfect homemade treat to share!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword 3 Ingredient Chocolate Mint Cookies
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cooling time 30 minutes
Total Time 10 minutes
Servings 10 people

Ingredients

  • Ritz crackers original
  • 1 package chocolate almond bark
  • Peppermint Vitality essential oil or peppermint extract

Instructions

  1. Chop your chocolate almond bark into smaller pieces; set aside.
  2. Use a double boiler system to melt your chocolate bark.
  3. Once chocolate almond bark is melted add 1/4 teaspoon of peppermint vitality EO into the melted chocolate almond bark and stir. Taste to to determine if more peppermint is needed.
  4. Dip crackers one at a time into the melted chocolate almond bark and then place on a sheet of parchment paper to cool.
  5. Once chocolate is set, enjoy right away or place in cellophane bags or mason jars to use as a simple yet tasty gift.

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Ruth Soukup

Ruth Soukup is dedicated to helping people everywhere create a life they love by follwing their dreams and achieving their biggest goals. She is the host of the wildly popular Do It Scared podcast, as well as the founder of Living Well Spending Less® and Elite Blog Academy®. She is also the New York Times bestselling author of six books, including Do It Scared®: Finding the Courage to Face Your Fears, Overcome Obstacles, and Create a Life You Love, which was the inspiration for this book. She lives in Florida with her husband Chuck, and 2 daughters Maggie & Annie.

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  • These look great! I will definitely have to put them in my rotation. I love the video too. Thanks for sharing.

    • Yes, this Thin Mint cookie hack is super simple! :)

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