Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies
It’s really hard to improve a classic but these Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies truly do take an American favorite to the next level.
If you are a mint fan the combination of chocolate and mint morsels creates a satisfying experience. Have them warm out of the oven with a cup of your favorite hot and cold beverage and I tell you what, you won’t be sorry! Family and friends will think you are a baking genius.
Ingredients needed to make Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies are:
- Unsalted butter
- Light brown sugar (or regular brown sugar is fine too)
- Granulated sugar
- Eggs
- Vanilla Extract
- All purpose flour
- Cornstarch (or Rice flour or more all purpose flour see tip below)*
- Baking soda
- Salt
- Mint baking chunks or chips, see note below on what else can be used** or you could use a combination mint chips and chocolate chips. Either will work
*Is There a Good Substitute for Cornstarch?
Cornstarch helps cookies have that crumbling wonderful texture that we all love in a chocolate chip cookie, but if you don’t have cornstarch on hand you can use more All Purpose Flour, the texture will just be a little different that’s all. It will still taste divine. To sub all purpose flour you want to use 2 tablespoons of All purpose flour to every tablespoon of cornstarch required.
What Do I Do If I Can’t Find the Mints That Are in Your Recipe?
**Note* I used Walmart Great Value Mint Fudge Baking Chunks. The link to these baking chunks at Walmart is HERE
But if you can’t get those there are a couple other options as well.
You can buy mint chips and chocolate chips (semisweet) and fold them in together or you can use Andes Mints and chop them into chunks if you can find any of the other options.
How to Make Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies Step By Step Instructions
Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a cookie sheet with non-stick baking spray or parchment paper if
it isn’t a non stick sheet.In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar until light and fluffy.
Beat
in the eggs. Mix in the vanilla. Set aside.
In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, cornstarch, and salt.
Pour the dry ingredients into
the wet ingredients and mix until combined. Don’t overmix.
Fold in the mint chunks.
Using a cookie scoop or spoon, drop cookie dough by rounded tablespoons onto the cookie sheet,
placing the cookies 2 inches apart.
Press some extra chunks onto the top (optional).
Bake for 10-12
minutes, until the tops are a very light golden brown.
Allow the cookies to cool for a few minutes and
then transfer to a cooling rack.
Store in a covered container at room temperature
And there you have it, the best Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies around! Take a bite or dunk away in your favorite hot or cold beverage.
Ingredients
- 1 cup 2 sticks unsalted butter – softened
- 1 cup Light brown sugar pack it down
- 1/2 cup Granulated sugar
- 2 Large Eggs
- 2 tsp Vanilla extract
- 2 3/4 cups All purpose flour
- 2 tsp Cornstarch See notes for substitute
- 1 tsp Baking soda
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 1 cup Mint baking chunks see notes below
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Prepare a cookie sheet with non-stick baking spray or parchment paper if it isn’t a non stick sheet.
- In a large bowl, cream together the butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs. Mix in the vanilla. Set aside.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the flour, baking soda, cornstarch, and salt. Pour the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and mix until combined. Don’t overmix. Fold in the mint chunks
- Using a cookie scoop or spoon, drop cookie dough by rounded tablespoons onto the cookie sheet, placing the cookies 2 inches apart. Press some extra chunks onto the top (optional). Bake for 11 minutes, until the tops are a light golden brown. Allow cookies to cool for a few minutes and then transfer to cooling rack. Store in a covered container at room temperature.
Notes
*Is There a Good Substitute for Cornstarch?
Cornstarch helps cookies have that crumbling wonderful texture that we all love in a chocolate chip cookie, but if you don't have cornstarch on hand you can use more All Purpose Flour, the texture will just be a little different that's all. It will still taste divine. To sub all purpose flour you want to use 2 tablespoons of All purpose flour to every tablespoon of cornstarch required.What Do I Do If I Can't Find the Mints That Are in Your Recipe?
**Note* I used Walmart Great Value Mint Fudge Baking Chunks. The link to these baking chunks at Walmart is HERE But if you can't get those there are a couple other options as well. You can buy mint chips and chocolate chips (semisweet) and fold them in together or you can use Andes Mints and chop them into chunks if you can find any of the other options.Nutrition
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Chocolate Chip Potato Chip Cookies
Chocolate Chip Meringue Cookies AKA Cloud Cookies
Grandma Jenny’s Chocolate Chip Cookies
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I have pinned this. The only recipe I’ve made using dark chocolate and mint chips from Nestle is also a chocolate cookie. This year I substituted chopped Andes mints for the other chips. I also used them to make chocolate mint fudge. Thanks for another recipe! I don’t think you can ever have too many recipes or cook books.
Nothing better than chocolate & mint. This is an easy & quick recipe…look forward to trying this one!
Okay, after having baked for at least 50 + years, never ever have I heard of adding cornstarch to a recipe. I will be adding that from now on!! Thank you so very much for this recipe. I am really excited to make these cookies.
These look amazing, i would love it with hot chocolate! I have never heard of adding cornstarch to cookies, but will try them. Thank you for this recipe.
I have been baking for a lot of years and have never heard of putting corn starch in a choc chip cookie before. Now, I am curious, and must try this recipe! Also, why unsalted butter? Can you use regular butter?
These cookies look so good!! Both of my kids would love these!!
I always wondered what the purpose of cornstarch in cookies was…I’ve never made cookies that called for cornstarch but I’ve seen a few recipes that used it.
The other thing I thought of when I saw this recipe is that I wished I had seen it in early November before my son left for Germany. He was really craving some chocolate mint treat. I even bought the mint chocolate chunks for him; unfortunatly he didn’t get a chance to use them.
Thanks for sharing the recipe.