Double Chocolate Chip Mint Cookies: These thick cookies start with dark chocolate and end with mint chips. They are the ultimate mint lover’s dream.
To know me at all is to know my love for the cookie. To really know me is to know my love for Gilmore Girls.
Lorelai gets me. Or maybe I get her? I don’t know, all I know is that she is spot on about the whole mint and chocolate thing needing to be a year around option.
“I mean how arbitrary is it to decide to stop serving candy-cane coffee the day after Christmas? Christmas spirit is not something that can be turned off like a faucet on December 26th.”
PREACH.
Just because Christmas is over and St. Patty’s Day has passed does not mean the mint and chocolate ship has left the port. In my world, the ship is permanently anchored, docked, and any other ship metaphor you can think of.
While Shamrock shakes and peppermint mochas (although at certain Starbucks you can totally get them year around! They get me too!) and even Thin Mints (since the Scouts never sell them long enough) might be a thing of the mint past, these cookies are enough to last me through ’til the season starts back up again.
Picture the flavors of Thin Mints in a thick, chewy, ultra-gooey cookie.
It’s a nice thought, isn’t it?
Let me tell you, it tastes even better!
So what is it that makes this cookie worthy of being dubbed “the ultimate?” Well, besides the fact I’m biased and named it that, these cookies are everything you could ever want and more.
Thin cookies have a time and a place, but that time or place is definitely not here. These cookies are ultra-thick, ultra-chocolatey, and ultra-minty.
It’s that trifecta that makes them worthy of being the ultimate double chocolate chip mint cookies.
Things don’t get much better than this.
Double Chocolate Chip Mint Cookies: These thick cookies start with dark chocolate and end with mint chips. They are the ultimate mint lover’s dream.
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1 egg
- 2 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 cup + 2 Tbsp all purpose flour
- 1/3 cup dark chocolate cocoa powder (regular unsweetened cocoa powder is fine as well)
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/4 tsp espresso powder, optional; espresso powder brings out the flavor of chocolate without adding any coffee flavor
- 1 tsp cornstarch
- 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup Andes Mint Baking Bits
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With a mixer, cream butter until light and fluffy, about 1 minute. Add in brown sugar and white sugar and mix until well combined.
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Add in the egg and vanilla extract. Mix.
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In a separate bowl, sift together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, cornstarch, salt, and espresso powder. Once combined, slowly incorporate dry ingredients into wet ingredients. Mix until just combined.
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Add in Andes mint baking bits and semi-sweet chocolate chips. Mix. Once combined, chill dough in refrigerator for about 20 minutes (this makes the dough easier to work with).
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or spray with cooking oil.
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With a medium cookie scoop (about 2 Tbsp of dough per cookie), scoop the dough and spread evenly on the cookie sheets, about 2 inches apart.
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Bake for 13-15 minutes, or until the cookies are done.
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Enjoy!
My favorite products used in this recipe:
If you like these cookies, check out my other recipes:
Triple Chocolate Milky Way Cookies
{Thick and Chewy} Triple Chocolate Chip Cookies
Cake Batter Chocolate Chip Cookies
Jessa says
Wow! I am drooling at these photos! Mint and chocolate should be a year around thing when these are involved! 🙂
Michelle says
Thanks, Jessa! 🙂
Beth says
Love this! You have the best cookie recipes! Can’t wait to try these–my kids will go nuts over these!
Michelle says
Beth, that’s seriously the sweetest! Thank you so much! 🙂
Chrissy says
Lorelai would most definitely approve!
Michelle says
Thanks, Chrissy! 🙂
Michelle says
Thanks, Chrissy!
Allie | BakingAMoment says
Oh my goodness! I cannnot imagine a more perfect cookie! I love how they look so chubby and soft, and the flavors sound incredible! I am with you (and Lorelai), mint and chocolate should happen all year long 😉
Michelle says
Thanks, Allie! 🙂
Anne says
Omg this looks amazing!!! I would love to get my hands on one..
Michelle says
Thanks so much, Anne! 🙂
Mary Frances says
PREACH. Mint and chocolate is not a one month or holiday thing, can everyone just get that? 🙂 I think you could convince the world with these – pinning to make sure the word get out!
Michelle says
I’m so glad we’re on the same page, haha! Thanks so much, Mary Frances!
Gayle @ Pumpkin 'N Spice says
These cookies are absolutely gorgeous, Michelle! I love the double chocolate and mint combination. I just want to reach right through my screen and grab one!
Michelle says
Thanks, Gayle! 🙂
Denise | Sweet Peas & Saffron says
Ha ha! Love it! Mint and chocolate are not seasonal in my world, either 🙂 These look like the most perfect chocolatey, chewy cookies, ever!
Michelle says
Thanks, Denise! 🙂
Mir says
I am a huge Lorelai fan. Even though I’m not a coffee addict, I am a chocolate addict. So I identify with her and her awesome fashion sense.
Oh, and these cookies rock. They look perfectly thick and chewy!
Michelle says
Totally! Thanks so much, Mir! 🙂
Ashley says
I love Gilmore Girls 🙂
Chocolate and mint is a great combo – any time of the year! These cookies look fantastic!
Michelle says
Thanks, Ashley! 🙂
Natalie @ Tastes Lovely says
You are so right, chocolate and mint are meant to be loved allll year round! I actually love chocolate and mint together. I bet you love Junior Mints and Andes mints like me. These cookies are just perfection Michelle! Can’t wait to make these : )
Michelle says
I have a huge addiction to junior mints! It’s a real problem, haha. Thanks so much, Natalie! 🙂
Elizabeth says
Oh I so agree about the mint chocolate thing! Why, oh why can’t we get mint baking bits in the UK! These cookies sound PERFECT! I want!!!