These little cookies are some of my favorites! With St. Patrick's Day right around the corner, I was trying to think of a yummy "green" treat. Green isn't exactly a color that I think of when it comes to dessert, but then I started thinking about mint . . . chocolate and mint are a match made in heaven, so I whipped up these little cookies. They start with a basic cake mix cookie, are covered with fluffy peppermint icing, and topped with a rich chocolate ganache (that is a fancy word for melted
Grasshopper Mint Chocolate Cake Mix Cookies
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Ingredients
1/2 cup vegetable oil2 eggs
Directions
Cookies: Mix cake mix, oil, and eggs together (do not follow the directions on the back of the cake mix- disregard them completely). Drop spoonfuls of dough onto baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees for 6-9 minutes (don't cook any longer than that! You don't want them to be overdone!). Let cookies cool completely. Peppermint Frosting: Mix together all the ingredients (add more or less powdered sugar until you get the consistency you like). Spread on top of each cooled cookie Chocolate Frosting: M
Peppermint Frosting
2 tablespoons 2% milk2 cups powdered sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons peppermint extract
Green food coloring (optional- I added about 8 drops to get the colors of green that I had)
Mix together all the ingredients (add more or less powdered sugar until you get the consistency you like). Spread on top of each cooled cookie.
Chocolate Topping
3/4 cup butterMelt chocolate chips and butter together in a double boiler OR in a microwave (I usually microwave for 30-second intervals, then stir and repeat until the chips are fully melted). Spread melted chocolate on each cookie- I have found that it works best to use the back of a spoon to spread the chocolate around.
*These little cookies are super rich! I think that if you didn't want them to be so rich, use a milk chocolate cake mix and milk chocolate chips.
Servings
1
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