Double Chocolate Mint Cookies are a rich, chewy chocolate cookie topped with Junior Mints! Perfect fudge cookie recipe for mint chocolate lovers.
Soft & Chewy Mint Chocolate Cookies
The combinations of mint and Chocolate just reminds me of Christmas.. especially when you throw baked goods into the mix! I fell like the combination is either a love it or hate it type of thing. I happen to LOVE it!
If you fall into the same category, you are going to go bananas over these cookies. Extremely soft and chewy with just the right amount of peppermint to compliment the rich chocolate cookie.
Take these Chocolate Mint Cookies to your Cookie exchange party this year, they will be a hit, pinky promise! The best part about these cookies.. They are no harder than a regular chocolate chip cookie recipe. Taste fancy, but honestly there is no extra work!
Ingredients for Chocolate Peppermint Cookies
- Butter
- granulated sugar
- brown sugar
- egg
- vanilla
- all purpose flour
- cocoa
- baking soda
- salt
- mini chocolate chips
- Junior Mints candies
You’ll need a couple of packages of the Movie Theater size Junior Mints. Be on the lookout for the seasonal boxes of Christmas Junior Mints! They’re flecked with red and green candy and add a really festive look to these cookies!
All of the other ingredients are pretty basic, most of which (if not all) should be easily found in your pantry. For exact amounts and the step by step instructions, visit the recipe card below.
How to make Chocolate Mint Cookies
Making Chocolate Mint Cookies is just as easy as making regular chocolate chip cookies. We will cream together the butter and sugars first. Then the egg and vanilla goes into the mix. Next, the dry ingredients are added, followed by the mini chocolate chips.
We are not going to add the Junior Mints until after the cookies have baked. It is important to wait until after the are cooked or else all of the pepperminty goodness will escape and dissolve into the cookie instead of having a burst of Pepperminty goodness.
As soon as the cookies come out of the oven, press 2-3 junior mints onto the top of each cookie and allow them to cool.
How to Freeze Chocolate Cookie Dough
If you’d like to freeze the dough before baking, I would suggest scooping the dough and then freezing the balls on a cookie sheet for about 1 hour. After the hour is over, you can then toss the cookie dough balls into a zip top bag without the cookie dough balls sticking to each other.
When you are ready to bake the cookies, arrange on the cookie sheet and let them sit at room temperature while your oven preheats. You will then bake as usual before topping the cookies with Junior Mints.
Double Chocolate Mint Cookies
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup salted butter softened
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp vanilla (yes, 1 tbsp 😉 )
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 cup all purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup mini chocolate chips
- 75 junior mints approx.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Cream together the butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar.
- Add the egg and vanilla. Mix until light in color and creamy.
- Add in the dry ingredients (flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt), mix into the dough. Mix until completely combined. The dough will be soft.
- Fold in the mini chocolate chips.
- Scoop or roll the cookie dough out into equal sized balls. Arrange on a cookie sheet. and add a few extra mini chocolate chips on top of the dough, if desired.
- Bake at 350° for 7-9 minutes or until the cookies are puffy and no longer glossy on top.
- Remove from oven and immedietly press 2-3 junior mints onto the top of each cookie. Allow the cookies to cool on the cookie sheet.
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Be sure to check out more festive Christmas Cookies here:
- Christmas Chocolate Mint Cookies
- Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Gingerbread Cookie Bites
- Soft Jam Thumbprint Cookies
- Hot Chocolate Christmas Cookies
- Snickerdoodle Apple Pie Cookies
- Mint Oreo Pudding Cookies
- Frosted Peppermint Cookies
- Vanilla Shortbread Cookies
What Can I use Instead of Junior Mints?
If you prefer not to use Junior Mints, you can also break up pieces of Andes Mint candies and place on top of each cookie.
Double Chocolate Mint Cookies are a rich, chewy chocolate cookie topped with Junior Mints! Perfect fudge cookie recipe for mint chocolate lovers.
Jane Gray says
The amount of cocoa needed has been omitted from the copy of the recipe I received.
Jessica says
I fixed it! You’ll need 1/2 cup!
wilhelmina says
I love these cookies! Chocolate and mint is one of my favorite combos!
Jane Saunders says
We have Poppets over here in the Uk which are similar to Junior mints by the looks of things., so they have a great substitution in this moreish cookies. Though may have to ask my daughter to bring back some Junior mints from her US school trip so I can make exactly as you have done too!
Elizabeth Darden says
These turned out PERFECTLY! I followed every step and they came out puffy, soft and very chocolatey. I loved putting the Junior Mints in at the end, too – great recipe for Junior Mint lovers!!
Kaylie says
Thank you, Elizabeth!
Susan says
Delicious cookies! I do have a question – have you ever tried freezing them? I wouldn’t think that would work well with the Junior Mints, but not sure.
Jessica says
Yes, they can be frozen just fine! I actually LOVE frozen Jr Mints! : )
Paulette Hayes says
I just made these cookies and they’re Delicious !!
Tricia says
I made these and they turned out so weird. Kind of cakes but also as though the dough never wanted to set. It didn’t seem wet enough. I softened the butter, but it seems as though fully melting would have done much better.
The flavor wasn’t particularly good either.
I was so disappointed as a box of brownies would have been much cheaper.
Nicole says
Aw im so sorry to hear that this recipe didn’t turn out 🙁
Angela says
In the recipe do you use regular brown sugar or use light brown sugar? Can you use light brown sugar? Would it make a difference in the recipe or taste?
Jessica says
I use regular brown sugar… Costco!