Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies!

Year after year, one of the top ice cream flavors in the United States is mint chocolate chip. And frankly, this is rarely my choice for ice cream. I much prefer chocolate chip cookie dough, good ole plain vanilla or something fruity like mango or strawberry. I do however, love those mint chocolate Girl Scout cookies and Andes mints. I was at Target when I came across a section devoted to M&M’s. They had more flavors than I could remember. I gravitated towards the mint flavored ones and decided they would make for a great cookie ingredient!

Here is my recipe:

2 1/2 cups all purpose flour

1 cup softened butter

3/4 cup white sugar

3/4 sugar brown sugar, packed

2 large eggs

3 tablespoons cocoa powder

1 1/2 teaspoons mint extract

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon baking soda

1 11.4 oz bag Mint M&Ms

1 cup dark chocolate chips

Procedure:

1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Cream together butter and sugars. Add in egg, one at a time. Mix until smooth. Mix in mint extract and vanilla extract.

2. Sift flour, baking soda, cocoa powder and salt. Combine with wet ingredients, until well incorporated. Stir in Mint M&Ms and chocolate chips.

3. On lined baking sheet, spoon 1 tablespoon batter a few inches apart. Bake for 8-10 minutes or until done.

4. Cool on baking rack.

5. Enjoy 🙂