These Andes Chocolate Mint Cookies are a fudgy, chewy chocolate cookie with Andes Mints swirled on top. Perfect for chocolate mint lovers.
Since my (now ex) husband is so picky, I often have to try out my experiments on other people.
More often than not, it is usually referees I work with.
One referee in particular gets a lot of snacks.
Number one, he is young and has no one to bake for him.
Two, he contributes money to help with the cost of the baked goods (so unlike a 20 year old…he was raised right).
Three he eats pretty much anything I throw his way, with much enthusiasm (the kind I wish my now ex husband would show).
Sadly for me, that referee is leaving this week.
He got a job offer to go work in Chicago for junior hockey and eventually I suspect the AHL and then the NHL.
He is a funny kid and I will miss working with him as he usually makes the night seem to go by quicker for me.
In light of him leaving, I had a small baking frenzy, making his favorites and also trying out something new since one of my guinea pigs is leaving.
I had made some mint cookies at Christmas time and I remember him really liking them so I wanted to make something mint.
Well, July is not the time of year to find many mint items.
However, year round there are Andes Mints.
I searched the Internet and found these cookies that had lots of stars by the name.
There I found the exact recipe a few times.
Each person on the site claiming the recipe to be their own, so I am not sure who’s recipe this really is.
But I will tell you I know why it got so many stars.
These Andes Chocolate Mint Cookies are fudgy, chewy, moist and with just a hint of mint they really hit the spot.
My experimental cookie went over well with the referee.
A good cookie to send him off with.
Tonight is my last night working with B (the ref).
I wish him all the best and I hope he can find a new person to bake for him 🙂
And I hope I can find someone who is willing to eat anything I give them.
It’s a great day to buy my cookbook.
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Andes Chocolate Mint Cookies
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup butter
- 1 1/2 cups packed brown sugar
- 2 tablespoons water
- 12 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 2 large eggs
- 2 1/2 cups flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda
- Andes mints candies, broken in half
Instructions
Heat oven to 350°F.
In a medium sized saucepan over low heat, combine butter, sugar and water.
Heat until melted and add chocolate chips until partly melted.
Remove from heat and stir.
Pour into large mixing bowl (I used my stand mixer bowl).
Let stand 10 minutes to cool slightly.
Using a stand mixer with the paddle attachment or with and electric hand mixer beat in the eggs one at a time on high speed.
Reduce mixer to low speed and add flour, salt and baking soda.
Beat until well-blended.
Chill one hour (dough is almost liquid before chilling but hardens and is easy to shape after chilling).
Roll into balls, place two inches apart on parchment paper-lined baking sheets.
Bake for 10 minutes.
Place an Andes Mint half on top.
Allow the Andes Mints to melt slightly and spread with a spoon.
Tanna says
Doubt your ref friend will ever be so lucky again. You maybe could wish him a wife but that’s really tricky.
The cookies look really good. I’m just not one for chocolate and milk though I love them separate, I don’t like them at all together.
JEP says
This is a recipe cookie I will to try later this weekend!
Laura Rebecca says
Yum, those look good! (I would attend hockey games for those. 😉 )
Anh says
Yummy! A great recipe to try out!
Erin says
I love Andes mints! These sound fabulously chocolatey.
I need to find a good guinea pig for baked goods. My friends will eat anything I serve for a dinner party, but it’s hard to pawn off excess baked goods on them.
mallow says
I love chocolate and mint…I bet those would be really good with a scoop of vanilla ice cream!
Steamy Kitchen says
OMG I MUST have one of these cookies! Will try today to make a batch. Thanks for recipe!
Lynn says
So sad to lose a friend and a guinea pig! I’m sure he loved these cookies because they look fabulous. I love the way the chocolate and mint swirl together on top. I love chocolate and mint together almost as much as I love chocolate and peanut butter together.
rebecca says
yay for having a willing baked goods audience.
and even more yay for these cookies. they look so amazing.
Blue Zebra says
Wow! Beautiful cookies. I love mint as does my DH. I even have some of the Andes pieces in the cabinet so I think I will try these out. Maybe this is the recipe on the Andes Chip bag? I will check and let you know!
Sorry you are losing your friend to long distance!
Love your site (think I have said that before) 😀
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Julia says
Ooh these look fantastic! I like to throw Andes Mints on top of brownies but I’d been looking for some new cookie recipes to try. This one has now been bumped to the top of my list!
Abby says
They look great! Very pretty, too, I think. My husband used to be picky like that too, but he’s come around in the last year and a half we’ve been married. Maybe yours will do the same someday!
Anita says
I loved those Andes mints! Such a genius idea to put them into cookies!
Elle says
Mint is my third favorite flavor…after chocolate and raspberry. These look great and it does help that the Andes mints are available all the time. Bet you didn’t know that I used to be in sales and sold Andes mints and other candies to grocery store chains. They were the only candy that I sold that I liked. 🙂
Deborah says
Well, if I lived close, I’d let you bake for me!!
Joe says
Oh how I love Andes mints… what a great cookie!
chris says
These look delicious! I am thinking B will go through some withdrawal in Chicago. Care package time? 🙂
Claire says
I saw the Andes baking pieces the other day and thought they’d be fun to work with! I’m not big on chocolate, but add mint and I’m a fan!
Kristen says
Oh my. My mouth is watering just looking at them. Speaking of Andes Mints, have you seen the morsel-sized ones that they make specifically for baking? I’ve only seen them in two places – Walmart Supercenter and Stop & Shop grocery stores. They’re awesome.
🙂
Ellie says
They look marvellous, but I have no idea what these mint candies are like so they remain out of my grasp :/ at least I can drool while looking at these delicious photos!
Lisa says
I love Andes mints.. these cookies have me drooling. I will volunteer to take over B’s place. It’s a tough job, I know, but I feel I am up to the challenge. 😀
xoxo
ashley says
my boyfriend loves mint chocolate things (and so do i), and thankfully he is always willing to try out something new! i’m saving this recipe. 🙂 thanks.
Kirsten says
OOhhhh, chocolate and mint. My favorite combination. These look really good!!
Sindy says
YOU are evil,This so makes me want to chuck my diet, say to hell with my trainer and settle in with a whole batch of these, a tall glass of ice cold milk and a sappy Lifetime Network Movie.
They remind me of a Cookie I make (sans the mint) that are called Chocolate Truffle cookies but my friends and I have renamed them “Chocolate Orgasams” It looks as though these could get a similar nickname!
Kaelyn says
Hi!
I was just wondering if you flattened those cookie dough balls before baking? Or they flattened out themselves, nicely cracked and all?