If you are what you eat, Lloyd is a McDonald’s cheeseburger, topped with Junior Mints and sprinkled with a dusting of cinnamon sugar.
Mmmmm… tasty!
NOT!
The way to a man’s heart, or at least Lloyd’s, truly is through his stomach.
It is no secret that my fiancé has the palate of a 5-year-old, and topping his list of favorite foods is anything mint chocolate. His absolute favorite snack however, are the Girl Scouts’ Thin Mint cookies. Sadly, they are only available once a year for a short time, and even though Lloyd hoards an insane amount of boxes each year, they never last him long. When I saw Katrina’s recipe for homemade thin mints, there was no doubt that this recipe was getting stored and saved. I figured this was the perfect recipe to keep in my back pocket for when I needed to make Lloyd swoon.
And swoon he did.
I’ve already mentioned that for Lloyd’s birthday week, we celebrated with some of his favorite dishes during the week. I saved these for the finale: his birthday dessert!
Homemade Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookies
Servings vary
Adapted from In Katrina’s Kitchen
Ingredients
Chocolate Wafers
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8 ounces butter, room temperature
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1 C powdered sugar
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1 tsp vanilla extract
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1 C unsweetened cocoa powder
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3/4 tsp salt
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1.5 C flour
Chocolate Peppermint Coating
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1 pound semi-sweet chocolate chips
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peppermint extract, to taste (about 1-1.5 tsp)
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shortening or oil, as needed for thinning
Directions
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Preheat oven to 350.
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Cream butter until fluffy. Slowly add powdered sugar, scraping the bowl to combine if necessary.
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Add vanilla extract, salt, and cocoa powder. Mix until combined.
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Add the flour and mix until the dough is just slightly crumbly.
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Knead the dough until smooth, forming a ball. Separate into two balls to make it easier to worth with.
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Roll out dough very thin. (I rolled it between parchment paper). Using a cookie cutter or the bottom of a glass, cut out the cookie shapes and bake for 10 minutes. Allow to cool completely.
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Meanwhile, melt your chocolate until smooth, adding shortening or oil to thin out if necessary. Stir in peppermint extract.
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Gently drop the cookies into the melted chocolate, covering completely. Allow the cookies to to dry and set on wax paper. Place the cookies in the fridge or freezer, if desired.
These were even better than I imagined they would be! I was so impressed with these decadent, chocolaty discs of pepperminty goodness! The flavor was a dead ringer for their beloved namesake. My cookies were larger than the original Thin Mints and my chocolate center was a bit thicker, resulting in a softer texture. I’m going to make a bold statement here and declare that I liked these better than the Girl Scouts’ version, if only because they were a tad softer.
And, much like the boxes of Girl Scouts’ Thin Mints, these disappeared rather quickly.
These look FANTASTIC!! Sometimes at-home replicas don’t look like the real thing, even if they taste like it, but yours seem to do both!
De-lish! I’d definitely be on board with the softer texture–sometimes the crispiness of the Girl Scout original is what makes me “meh” on them. I’m glad that this birthday treat was such a success!
You are officially my favorite person ever for recreating these
These look pretty perfect! I made a chocolate mint cookie over the weekend that tasted pretty darn close to a thin mint.
How simple! That could be dangerous
NOM! I’m so so so happy that you made them! And liked them!! We did too
Yum! These are a favorite of mine as well! Can’t wait to make them – might make a great addition to Christmas baking this year!
Those even look like the real thing! Very impressive.
BETTER than the Girl Scout version???! Big statement, but I believe it. Ever try putting thin mints in the freezer? Deeeeelish.
Mmmm I love that these are softer than thin mints – they are too crunchy in my opinion!
These are awesome! I bought a box but they are gone…I need to just make my own!
Ohhh, Thin Mints were my absolute favorite growing up. I think I probably ate a whole sleeve of them at once. Making my own could be dangerous!
These are making me swoon!! They are better than the boxed ones.
Oh these just look so perfect
I wanna eat all of it 
Simple and absolutely perfect! Love it.
Wow! These look delicious!
cookie season year round! Woohoo!
Mmm so yummy looking!
My boy loves thin mints (and anything mint chocolate) too!! These are def. on my must make list!
My wife is addicted to Thin Mints, I bet she’d love this
oh. my. goodness.
you are killing me! i’ve got to make these. we have no girl scouts near us, so i’ll have to make my own
These looks so wonderful!
We don’t get the girl scouts selling cookies in our neighborhood, so I would also have to make my own!
thanks for posting!
They look JUST like them! Thin mints are one of my weaknesses! SO much so that I was totally bummed when the girl scout who used to live next door to us moved away.
Last year I made samoa bars and homemade peanut butter patties (the choc covered pb ones)…this year I MUST make these!
Oh snap. I’m totally making these!!
What a great idea to make those at home! I love thin mints, they are one of my favorites behind samoas. YUM
Well done! I have family members who I swear made me join the Girl Scouts just for these cookies. Now that I can make them myself, I might have one of their christmas gifts tackled
Lordy! These are my absolute, all-time, favorite Girl Scout cookies… they look incredible, Liz!
these look great, Liz! thin Mints tie with the Creamy peanut butter ones (can’t think of their name) as my favorite girl scout cookies and the mint ones are my husbands all time favorite so I definitely have to try these!
Buzzed!
Oh my! These would be so dangerous around me. I love thin mints, especially straight out of the freezer!
WOW! These looks so great! I adore thin mint cookies. I must try these.
Great idea!!! These look delicious. Will def have to try.
they look exactly like real thin mints! they’re my absolute favorite girl scout cookie & my favorite flavor combination so you better believe i’m making these NOW! thanks for sharing
these looks FABULOUS! I love, love, love chocolate and mint together.
Oh wow, those are homemade?! So beautiful!
And now I have a massive thin mint craving!
Oh my god these look fantastic!! Thin mints are amasing & I bet the homemade version is beyond that! Yum!
Forget Lloyd, I may have to steal all of these for myself. I am a thin mintaholic.
What perfect cookies!
You’re other half is the opposite to mine (too French, haha) but he should try these and he may just change his mind about peppermint and chocolate. They look incredible!
Mmm thin mints! I try to retstrain from buying these every year but I’m not sure I could stop myself from making them at home. They look delicious!!
DEFINITELY need to try this one! My husband goes nuts every time it’s girl scout season, so he would be over the moon if I made these for him.
I’m def making these!!!! They look awesome!
Darn those girl scouts for hoarding these cookies and only selling them once a year I guess you’ve out smarted them at their own game! My husband’s job got boxes and boxes and boxes of free cookies last year and we FILLED the pantry with thin mints. They didn’t last long around here either. I’ve GOT to try this! Thanks for sharing!
These look JUST LIKE Thin Mints!! Touche!!