Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies

Published: Dec 5, 2023 by Allison · 120 Comments

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You’re going to love this twist on chocolate chips cookies! These soft and chewy cookies are flavored with peppermint extract and packed with mint chips, chocolate chips, and/or Andes candies.

This is a delicious cookie recipe for the holidays! They look festive, taste incredible, and they’re a great addition to a holiday cookie platter.

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Why you’ll love this recipe

Flavor: Mint and chocolate in every bite!

Texture: Soft and chewy with crisp edges.

Ease: This is a basic recipe, no fancy techniques or equipment.

Versatile: Add one, two, or three different chocolate mint mix-ins.

No chill time: These cookies can be baked right away, no need to chill the dough.

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Recipe overview

*Full recipe below in recipe card*

Prepare the cookie dough:

Beat butter and sugars
Add egg and peppermint extract
Beat in flour, baking soda, and salt
Stir in the mix-ins (more on this below)

Scoop and bake on parchment-lined baking sheets for about 10 minutes.

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What type of mix-ins to use

The cookies pictured were made with a combination of mint chips, chocolate chips, and chopped Andes candies. You can use one, two, or all three. The cookie dough itself is also flavored with peppermint extract.

Note: The Andes candies are my favorite mix-in but they do melt while baking. They do not contain stabilizers like “chips” do.

Recipe tips

Butter should be softened but still cool to the touch.

To properly measure flour, spoon it into your measuring cup and level it off.

Add most of the mix-ins into the cookie dough but reserve some to press on top of the cookies either right before or right after baking (this makes for a prettier cookie).

Remove the cookies from the oven when they are still slightly under baked, they will firm up as they cool.

See the tips below for making your cookies perfectly round.

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How to get perfectly round cookies

Option 1: Immediately after the cookies come out of the oven place a round glass, bowl, or cookie cutter (larger than the cookie) upside down over the top of the cookie. Gently swirl the glass/bowl/cookie cutter in a circular motion. The edges of the cookie will bump against the inside of the glass creating a perfectly round shape. Note: This only works when the cookies are hot, straight from the oven, and still on the warm baking sheet.

Option 2: Immediately after the cookies come out the oven use the back of a spoon to gently push the edges inward to create clean edges and a perfect round shape.

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Recipe

You're going to love this twist on chocolate chips cookies! These soft and chewy cookies are flavored with peppermint extract and packed with mint chips, chocolate chips, and/or Andes candies.

4.87 from 66 votes

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Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 20 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes minutes

Total Time: 30 minutes minutes

Servings: 18

Calories: 176kcal

Ingredients

▢ 1⅔ cups all purpose flour, spooned into the measuring cups and leveled
▢ ½ teaspoon baking soda
▢ ¼ teaspoon salt
▢ ½ cup unsalted butter , softened slightly but still cool
▢ ½ cup light brown sugar, packed
▢ ¼ cup granulated sugar
▢ 1 large egg
▢ ½ teaspoon pure peppermint extract
▢ 1½ cups mint chips, chocolate chips and/or chopped Andes candies, see note

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
In a small bowl combine flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
In a large bowl, using a hand mixer or stand mixer, beat butter and both sugars for 1-2 minutes, scraping the bowl as needed. Add egg and peppermint extract and beat until combined.
Slowly add the flour mixture, beating until just combined. Add 1 cup of mint chips/Andes/chocolate chips (the rest will be reserved for topping the cookies).
Scoop 2-tablespoon portions of dough and place them a couple inches apart on the baking sheets.
Bake the cookies for 9-11 minutes until the edges are just beginning to turn golden brown and the very center is still slightly underdone. Rotate the baking sheets halfway through cooking time, if necessary. See note about shaping cookies. While the cookies are still warm, use the remaining ½ cup mix-ins and nestle pieces into the tops of the cookies (this makes for a prettier cookie).
Place the baking sheets on wire racks and allow the cookies to cool completely.

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Notes

Note: The Andes candies are my favorite mix-in but they do melt while baking. They do not contain stabilizers like “chips” do.

How to get perfectly round cookies:

Option 1: Immediately after the cookies come out of the oven place a round glass, bowl, or cookie cutter (larger than the cookie) upside down over the top of the cookie. Gently swirl the glass/bowl/cookie cutter in a circular motion. The edges of the cookie will bump against the inside of the glass creating a perfectly round shape. Note: This only works when the cookies are hot, straight from the oven, and still on the warm baking sheet.

Option 2: Immediately after the cookies come out the oven use the back of a spoon to gently push the edges inward to create clean edges and a perfect round shape.

*Recipe updated slightly November 2022.*

Nutrition

Nutritional Information is an estimate based on third-party calculations and may vary based on products used and serving sizes.

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Grace meissner
December 12, 2021 at 12:58 pm

Sooo good
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- Allison
  December 13, 2021 at 9:40 am
  I’m glad you enjoyed them! 🙂
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- Hazel atkins
  April 30, 2022 at 6:15 pm
  This recipe was so good
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  - Gabby
    November 20, 2023 at 8:15 pm
    
    So good!! I omitted the peppermint oil (didn’t have any on hand) and added an extra egg. I ended up baking for an additional 5 minutes, and they turned out perfect! Will absolutely make again and will try with the peppermint when I can get some. 🙂
  - Allison
    November 21, 2023 at 8:43 am
    I’m glad you enjoyed them! Thanks for stopping by. 🙂
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Ashley Verhoef
January 08, 2022 at 7:57 pm

By far the best cookie recipe ever!!
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- Allison
  January 11, 2022 at 11:40 am
  I’m glad you enjoyed them! Thanks for stopping by. 🙂
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- Karen
  March 05, 2022 at 10:29 am
  Can you refrigerate the dough overnight?
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  - Allison
    March 10, 2022 at 3:56 pm
    Sure. You will likely need to add a little bit to the bake time since the dough will be cold.
Hazel atkins
April 30, 2022 at 6:14 pm

This recipe was so good
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Julia
June 26, 2022 at 8:51 am
Where do you get the green mint chips?
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- Allison
  June 29, 2022 at 1:44 pm
  https://nuts.com/chocolatessweets/toppings/chips/mini-mint/1lb.html
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Lilly
November 24, 2022 at 6:30 pm

Loved this recipe. Thanks so much.
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- Allison
  November 29, 2022 at 1:25 pm
  You’re welcome! Thanks for stopping by. 🙂
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Alex Knutson
December 16, 2022 at 1:00 pm

So good thank you
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- Allison
  December 17, 2022 at 7:02 am
  You’re welcome! 🙂
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Mindy
March 08, 2023 at 12:06 pm

Flavor is great but way too much flour. Dough was crumbly and I knew as soon as I touched it, they’d bake super fat. I usually have to add flour so wasn’t even thinking when doing these
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Tanieeka
April 03, 2023 at 7:19 pm
Did not like how my dough turned out! Had to form the cookie dough because it was nothing but crumbles. Guess next time I’ll make regular cookie dough and substitute the vanilla extract for mint and add the chips.
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- Allison
  April 06, 2023 at 2:22 pm
  Hi! Sorry you had trouble. Do you think you over-measured the flour accidentally? The dough should not be crumbly.
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V
November 20, 2023 at 4:51 pm
Can these all be frozen and made at a later date?
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- Allison
  November 21, 2023 at 8:44 am
  Yes. Scoop the dough and freeze, double wrapped, for up to 2 months. Thaw in the refrigerator overnight and add a couple minutes to the bake time.
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Kathleen Bufalari
January 16, 2024 at 10:05 am

Loved the cookie but the peppermint extract was overwhelming and actually ruined the taste. My family usually eats the cookies I make within hourse but we actually wound up throwing most of these away becuase everyone found the peppermint flavor to be too strong. The peppermint extract seems like a strange addition because without the extract the cookie was great. Will try these again without the extract next time.
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