All-purpose flour makes up the bulk of the dough.I don’t recommend natural or black cocoa powder. Dutched cocoa powder adds a darker color and richer chocolate flavor to these cookies.Salt enhances flavor and cuts sweetness.I like to add this to most of my bakes and find it goes well with the chocolate flavor. Peppermint extract adds flavor! Make sure your extract is labeled peppermint and not mint.Feel free to use maple syrup as a vegan alternative to honey. Since there are no eggs in this recipe (to bind ingredients), honey gets the job done. I would not replace this with any other sugar as we don’t want to risk adding too much moisture (brown sugar will add moisture). White granulated sugar helps these cookies get that crispy, crunchy texture.Feel free to use regular butter or plant-based butter (I use Country Crock Plant Butter Sticks). Plant-based butter adds that buttery flavor we all love in our cookies.You can easily halve this recipe to make fewer cookies.The peppermint flavor is perfectly balanced (there’s plenty of it!).The cookie is snappy, crunchy, and crisp – just like the original version.The dough comes together in just one bowl.Yes, these cookies are more work, but if it’s homemade thin mints you’re after, then I promise it’s all worth it! Why You’ll Love These Cookies I tested these at 1/4″ thick and the cookies came out chewy in the middle. ![]() It’s also important to be extra careful when rolling your cookie dough as you only want it to be around 1/8″ thick (or just slightly thicker) in order to get the perfect snappy, crispy cookie. Chilling the dough multiple times makes it easier to handle and ensures the cookies won’t spread in the oven, ensuring they keep their lovely cut-out shape. These cookies take more time (and patience □ ) than most of my cookie recipes as they require quite a bit of chill time. These cookies have the perfect snappy crunch of a thin mint cookie, plus the delicious chocolate peppermint flavor. This homemade version of the beloved mint chocolate cookie will delight your taste buds and send you right to that nostalgic *cookie season* (minus the searching and/or waiting for delivery!). They’re crunchy, minty, and enrobed in a lovely dark chocolate. We all know the classic Girl Scout Thin Mint Cookies.
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