Calling all mint chocolate lovers! These amazing and easy mint chocolate chip cookies are a favorite for any time of the year, but because of their bright green color they are especially perfect to bake for Christmas, St. Patrick’s day, or another green-themed event! Keep things simple by mixing up the cookie dough from a bag of classic Betty Crocker™ sugar cookie mix before adding in the chocolate and mint. Remember to pick up green food coloring along with your creme de menthe baking chips and mint extract to transform this classic sugar dough into delightfully festive and deliciously minty cookies. Keep this recipe on hand for the next time you are baking a treat to celebrate one of your favorite holidays or for those times when you are just in the mood for a deliciously decadent mint chocolate chip dessert.
Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Prep Time 25 min
- Total 40 min
- Servings 36
- Ingredients 7
Ingredients
- 1 pouch (17.5 oz) Betty Crocker™ Sugar Cookie Mix
- 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
- 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon mint extract
- 6 to 8 drops green food color
- 1 egg
- 1 cup creme de menthe baking chips
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chunks
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F. In large bowl, stir cookie mix, butter, extract, food color and egg until soft dough forms. Stir in creme de menthe baking chips and chocolate chunks.
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Step2Using small cookie scoop or teaspoon, drop dough 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheet.
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Step3Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until set. Cool 3 minutes; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Serve warm or cool completely. Store tightly covered at room temperature.
Nutrition
140
Calories
7g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
17g
Total Carbohydrate
13g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 140
- Calories from Fat
- 60
- Total Fat
- 7g
- 11%
- Saturated Fat
- 4 1/2g
- 21%
- Trans Fat
- 1/2g
- Cholesterol
- 15mg
- 4%
- Sodium
- 75mg
- 3%
- Potassium
- 25mg
- 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 17g
- 6%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 13g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 0%
- 0%
Exchanges:
0 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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