Double Chocolate Chip Mint Cookies
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
Ingredients
- 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
Instructions
- With a mixer, cream butter until light and fluffy, about 1 minute. Add in brown sugar and white sugar and mix until well combined.
- Add in the egg and vanilla extract. Mix.
- 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.
- 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).
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or spray with cooking oil.
- 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.
- Bake for 13-15 minutes, or until the cookies are done.
- Enjoy!
The nutrition facts provided are calculated using a third-party tool and are estimates only. Actual nutritional content may vary based on the ingredients and brands you use, as well as portion sizes. For accurate results, please consult a registered dietitian or nutritionist.
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
Meet Michelle
I’m a self-taught baker who truly believes it’s impossible to be upset when eating dessert. It’s my life’s goal to bake everyone happy!
If I’m not baking, I’m probably reading a good book with a cup a coffee in hand.
Welcome! I’m glad you’re here!
Wow! I am drooling at these photos! Mint and chocolate should be a year around thing when these are involved! 🙂
Thanks, Jessa! 🙂
Love this! You have the best cookie recipes! Can’t wait to try these–my kids will go nuts over these!
Beth, that’s seriously the sweetest! Thank you so much! 🙂
Lorelai would most definitely approve!
Thanks, Chrissy! 🙂
Thanks, Chrissy!
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 😉
Thanks, Allie! 🙂
Omg this looks amazing!!! I would love to get my hands on one..
Thanks so much, Anne! 🙂
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!
I’m so glad we’re on the same page, haha! Thanks so much, Mary Frances!
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!
Thanks, Gayle! 🙂
Ha ha! Love it! Mint and chocolate are not seasonal in my world, either 🙂 These look like the most perfect chocolatey, chewy cookies, ever!
Thanks, Denise! 🙂
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!
Totally! Thanks so much, Mir! 🙂
I love Gilmore Girls 🙂
Chocolate and mint is a great combo – any time of the year! These cookies look fantastic!
Thanks, Ashley! 🙂
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 : )
I have a huge addiction to junior mints! It’s a real problem, haha. Thanks so much, Natalie! 🙂
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!!!
I saw the double chocolate and I had to pin this recipe on Pinterest!! I’m so crazy about chocolate chocolate chip muffins so I’m sure this would be amazing! Love your blog.