Mint Chocolate Cookies

 If I were to think of a cookie  

that gets requested for about any event we go to, it would be that of my

 Double Chocolate Cookies.  

They taste really similar to brownies, 

but they are SO much more yummy, and more frugal to make as well!  

Truly a favorite with my kiddos,

 in fact, I'm making up a batch this weekend so Ethan can take them 

to his school class for his birthday treat to share on Monday.

HOWEVER, this recipe is also yummy to replace 

 part of the chocolate chips for mint candies or baking chips.

At Christmas I found these yummy peppermint baking chips and made these cookies and my family loved them so much so I went back to buy more and they didn't have anymore.

However, they had these Andes Creme de Menthe baking chips and so I bought them.  They were even a bigger hit than the original mint baking chips I bought. I thought I would buy another bag of them to make Mint Chocolate Cookies as our  

St. Patrick's day treat, 

but they must have been seasonal as I couldn't find anymore.

SO, I bought a bag of Andes Mints for $2.24, unwrapped 15 mints and cut them into chunks and added them to the cookie dough and they were PERFECT!!
(you can make 3 different batches of cookie dough 

with 1 bag of Andes Mints) 

 ALSO, remember if you make these up that... 

"The Secret's in the Smash" 

The way to get a truly dense and rich cookie, is when you remove the cookies from the cookie sheet, and put them to cool is to "Smash" them down.  

(see original post here about this)

Mint Chocolate Cookies
(cream together)
1 cube REAL butter  (1 cube of butter equals 1/2 cup)
1 egg
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1 tsp vanilla

(then add in)
1/2 tsp baking soda
1/4 tsp salt
1/4 cup plus 1/8 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
15 Andes Mints cut into small chunks (or about 1/2 cup Andes Baking Chips, if you have them). 

***NOTE...if you don't want mint, just add in 1 cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips instead).

Roll into balls and bake 350 degree oven for 14 minutes or until no longer doughy.
Remove from oven and as you pull them off the cookie sheet and put them to cool "smash" the cookies down with your spatula. (it gives you a nice dense cookie) 

Let cool on wire racks. (this makes around 18-20 cookies)

Enjoy a plate of cookies today...

whether you make a batch of 

Double Chocolate, OR,

Mint Chocolate you'll find out that 

they are absolutely delicious

and they are sure to be a HIT with everyone 

that is a lover of chocolate or brownies!