Chewy Chocolate Mint Cookies
This Chewy Chocolate Mint Cookies recipe may be an old one, but it’s a classic! Tons of chocolate flavor in a rich, chewy mint chip cookie.
Servings: 24 Cookies
Calories: 256kcal
Equipment
- Parchment Paper
- 2 Baking Sheets
Ingredients
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup Cocoa Powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 ¼ cups butter softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 Eggs
- 2 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup Andes mint chips*
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper
- Combine flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt, set aside.
- Cream together sugars and softened butter.
- Add eggs and vanilla, beat until smooth.
- Slowly add dry ingredient mixture, mix until fully incorporated. Add mint chips, stir just until evenly distributed.
- Roll dough into 1.5” balls, and place on un-greased cookie sheets, leaving 2″ between cookies. Flatten slightly.
- Bake for 13-15 minutes. Cookies will puff during baking, be soft when removed, and will flatten and set when removed from the oven.
- Cool on cookie sheet for about 2 minutes, until cookies are set.
- Move cookies to wire rack to cool completely.
Notes
* If mint isn’t your thing, feel free to substitute whatever other chips you’d like – chocolate, white chocolate, butterscotch, peanut butter… even M & Ms or nuts!
Nutrition
Calories: 256kcal | Carbohydrates: 33g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 39mg | Sodium: 200mg | Potassium: 72mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 23g | Vitamin A: 315IU | Calcium: 32mg | Iron: 1mg