Chocolate Mint Cake Cookies
Bribing people is always a good thing, right?
Hahaha well... maybe not. And I didn't actually bribe anyone. I just gave these to my teachers for no reason other than to be nice. And now they all love me more than they already did. So what's the harm in that?
But seriously, everyone who I gave these to said that they were great, and I firmly agree.
I'm going to make these for Christmas cookies too, just so you know. I'm feeling like doing a red and white swirl with the frosting, but otherwise the same. Unfortunately they won't be Hanukkah cookies, since Hanukkah starts on Thanksgiving this year. How lame is that? I can't have turkey for the first night of Hanukkah! Maybe we'll have latkes at our dinner...
But anyway, back to these. Everyone's said how delicious they are! One person even told me that they were the best cookies she'd ever had! And I know that I say that about everything, but this time it's true! And I know I say that about everything too.
When you first hear the description of these cookies, they sound like they'd make you gain five pounds from talking about them. But they're actually really light! It's a cake mix cookie, with mint frosting, with chocolate frosting, with Andes candies. But the cookie is really soft, and the mint gives it a cool bite to it, so it's not overly decadent.
One thing that I found humorous and a bit sad about these was the fact that the only liquid in the cookie is butter. Yeah, a stick of butter, melted. Sound's good, yeah? Yeah, well, maybe not super healthy. And not the cutest thing to roll in my hands. But I'd say that in the case of these cookies, the ends justify the means.
So just mix up the dough and roll into balls. While you're baking them, you can make the mint and chocolate frostings and chop the candy.
Funny story, someone asked me how I made mint frosting. I looked at them confusedly and told them that you beat the butter and add powdered sugar, then add mint. Just like normal frosting. I was kind of thrown by the question. Did they think that mint frosting was some novel invention that was really difficult? Well, in case you were wondering the same thing, I'm not berating (vocab drop!) you. Mint frosting is just like normal frosting but you add mint. Tada! Now you have a neat party trick to impress all of your friends with!
Recipe (from Your Cup of Cake):
1 box Devil's Food Cake mix
2 eggs
1/2 cup butter (melted)
3 tablespoons brown sugar
*6 tablespoons butter
3/4 teaspoon mint extract
1 cup powdered sugar
milk if needed
food coloring if desired*
*3/4 cup chocolate chips
2 tablespoons butter*
Andes Candies (chopped)
Combine cake mix, eggs, butter vanilla, and sugar. Make balls about a tablespoon and flatten them a little bit (cake cookies puff up a bit). Bake for 7-9 (I did 8) minutes at 350.
Beat butter for about 2 minutes until fluffy. Add extract and mix again. Add sugar in batches until it's a good thickness.
*A note: I halved this frosting recipe. The original proportions are 3/4 cup butter, 1 1/2 teaspoon extract, 2-3 cup powdered sugar.
Unfortunately, I didn't have enough frosting for all of the cookies. I got about 36ish cookies frosted with the halved frosting, so I would say that's a good amount for my purposes. I didn't want extra frosting sitting around in my fridge forever. And the cookies are good plain, too, so it's not like they're dying to be frosted.
Melt chocolate chips and butter in either the microwave or a double boiler method (that's what I did!).
*Another note: I also halved this. The originals were 1 1/2 cup chocolate chips and 3 tablespoons butter.
I also didn't have enough for all 44 cookies, but again, totally fine for me. If you feel like you need all of them the same way perfectly, go ahead to your heart's desire.
And I used 21 Andes.
I got 44 cookies from this recipe, and they're about 2 inches in diameter, in case you were wondering.
Next time I'll most likely use two boxes of cake mix and make double the amount of cookies, and do a whole recipe of both frostings, to start. That might not be enough for a double recipe, especially if I frost them super beautifully like the original or the original to the original.
Hahaha well... maybe not. And I didn't actually bribe anyone. I just gave these to my teachers for no reason other than to be nice. And now they all love me more than they already did. So what's the harm in that?
But seriously, everyone who I gave these to said that they were great, and I firmly agree.
I'm going to make these for Christmas cookies too, just so you know. I'm feeling like doing a red and white swirl with the frosting, but otherwise the same. Unfortunately they won't be Hanukkah cookies, since Hanukkah starts on Thanksgiving this year. How lame is that? I can't have turkey for the first night of Hanukkah! Maybe we'll have latkes at our dinner...
But anyway, back to these. Everyone's said how delicious they are! One person even told me that they were the best cookies she'd ever had! And I know that I say that about everything, but this time it's true! And I know I say that about everything too.
When you first hear the description of these cookies, they sound like they'd make you gain five pounds from talking about them. But they're actually really light! It's a cake mix cookie, with mint frosting, with chocolate frosting, with Andes candies. But the cookie is really soft, and the mint gives it a cool bite to it, so it's not overly decadent.
One thing that I found humorous and a bit sad about these was the fact that the only liquid in the cookie is butter. Yeah, a stick of butter, melted. Sound's good, yeah? Yeah, well, maybe not super healthy. And not the cutest thing to roll in my hands. But I'd say that in the case of these cookies, the ends justify the means.
So just mix up the dough and roll into balls. While you're baking them, you can make the mint and chocolate frostings and chop the candy.
Funny story, someone asked me how I made mint frosting. I looked at them confusedly and told them that you beat the butter and add powdered sugar, then add mint. Just like normal frosting. I was kind of thrown by the question. Did they think that mint frosting was some novel invention that was really difficult? Well, in case you were wondering the same thing, I'm not berating (vocab drop!) you. Mint frosting is just like normal frosting but you add mint. Tada! Now you have a neat party trick to impress all of your friends with!
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1 box Devil's Food Cake mix
2 eggs
1/2 cup butter (melted)
3 tablespoons brown sugar
*6 tablespoons butter
3/4 teaspoon mint extract
1 cup powdered sugar
milk if needed
food coloring if desired*
*3/4 cup chocolate chips
2 tablespoons butter*
Andes Candies (chopped)
Combine cake mix, eggs, butter vanilla, and sugar. Make balls about a tablespoon and flatten them a little bit (cake cookies puff up a bit). Bake for 7-9 (I did 8) minutes at 350.
Beat butter for about 2 minutes until fluffy. Add extract and mix again. Add sugar in batches until it's a good thickness.
*A note: I halved this frosting recipe. The original proportions are 3/4 cup butter, 1 1/2 teaspoon extract, 2-3 cup powdered sugar.
Unfortunately, I didn't have enough frosting for all of the cookies. I got about 36ish cookies frosted with the halved frosting, so I would say that's a good amount for my purposes. I didn't want extra frosting sitting around in my fridge forever. And the cookies are good plain, too, so it's not like they're dying to be frosted.
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| This is all I got from a half recipe |
*Another note: I also halved this. The originals were 1 1/2 cup chocolate chips and 3 tablespoons butter.
I also didn't have enough for all 44 cookies, but again, totally fine for me. If you feel like you need all of them the same way perfectly, go ahead to your heart's desire.
And I used 21 Andes.
I got 44 cookies from this recipe, and they're about 2 inches in diameter, in case you were wondering.
Next time I'll most likely use two boxes of cake mix and make double the amount of cookies, and do a whole recipe of both frostings, to start. That might not be enough for a double recipe, especially if I frost them super beautifully like the original or the original to the original.
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