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I have actually been baking up a storm! It’s great for me and for you, because I only have a few cookie recipes on my blog and I really wanted to offer you guys some amazing recipes to help you get through the upcoming holiday craze! All of the recipes I am sharing with you this week are very easy and of course delicious.
I am kicking it off with these Dark Chocolate Andes Mini Cookie Cups. This recipe combines my two favorite flavors, dark chocolate, and mint. Although I enjoy this combination year-round, it particularly hits home during Christmas.
Every year, my Dad would give me a box of Andes Mints in my stocking and it trumped all other Christmas candy I received. My love for mint chocolate is very deep and I never wanted to share. I have been dreaming about these Andes Cookie Cups for weeks now.
The base of the cookie is a soft, deep dark chocolate pudding cookie mixed with crushed Andes Mints. I baked these in a mini muffin pan and then pressed down the middle. The middle is filled with a dark chocolate ganache and topped with more Andes Mints. It’s double the chocolate and double the mint!
This is seriously one of the best cookies I have ever made. The outside is crispy and the middle is soft and chewy. The recipe for the cookie is slightly adapted from my friend Ashton at Something Swanky.
PrintDark Chocolate Andes Cookie Cups
- Prep Time: 20 minutes
- Cook Time: 15 minutes
- Total Time: 35 minutes
- Yield: 24 Cookies
Description
Soft dark chocolate pudding cookies mixed with crushed Andes Mints and a soft and chewy center made of dark chocolate ganache and topped with more Andes Mints.
Ingredients
- 1 C (2 sticks) Unsalted butter
- 1 C Light brown sugar
- 3/4 C Granulated sugar
- 2 Large eggs
- 3 tsp Pure vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp Peppermint extract
- 1 pk (3.4oz) Dark chocolate pudding mix
- 1/4 C Hershey’s Dark chocolate cocoa powder
- 2 1/4 C All-purpose flour
- 1 tsp Baking soda
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- 2 tbsp Milk
- 2 C Andes mints, crushed
For the Ganache
- 15 oz Dark chocolate chips
- 1/2 C Heavy whipping cream
- 10 Andres Mints for topping
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350° F. If you are not using a non-stick pan, it’s best to grease the mini muffin pan.
- Beat butter on medium speed until soft. For this recipe, you can use cold butter, it does not need to be at room temperature. You may have to stop the mixer and scrape it down a couple times.
- Add light brown sugar and sugar to butter and beat until light and fluffy. Add eggs and vanilla and peppermint extracts and continue to beat on medium speed until eggs are dissolved into sugar.
- Pour pudding mix and cocoa powder into eggs and sugar. Beat on low until all ingredients are incorporated.
- In a separate bowl, combine flour, baking soda and salt. Slowly add flour to batter and continue to beat on low speed. Dough will start to form and become very thick.
- Once all the flour has been added, pour in milk and increase to medium speed until milk is dissolved in the batter.
- Unwrap Andes mints. Cut with a sharp knife into small pieces. Add crushed Andes into dough.
- Spoon approximately two tablespoons of dough into a mini muffin pan. Bake at 350° F for 14-16 minutes.
- Remove from oven and allow to set for 5-10 minutes. Use a tart shaper, wrap the end in wax paper and gently press into the center of the cookie to form a cup.
- Allow cookies to set for another 10 minutes before removing from muffin tin. Allow to cool completely.
For the ganache
- Combine dark chocolate chips and heavy cream in a heatproof bowl. Fill a pot with about 1 inch of water, and heat on medium heat. Place heatproof bowl on top of simmering water.
- Allow chocolate to melt slightly and begin to whisk until heavy cream and melted chocolate are well mixed. Remove from heat and allow to cool slightly.
- Spoon ganache into cooled cookie cups.
- Unwrap Andes mints. Cut with a sharp knife into small pieces and sprinkle on top of ganache.
- Allow the ganache to set for an hour or more.
Notes
The longer you let the ganache settle, the better. The ganache will never harden completely, but it will set to the consistently of the inside of a truffle.
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baked
- Cuisine: American
Keywords: chocolate cookies, mint chocolate cookies, peppermint chocolate cookies
I’m looking forward to making these. What could I use in place of the “tart shaper”? How wide would something need to be? Thanks for your help! These look awesome!
This might be a silly question but is the box of pudding instant or regular?
Can’t wait to try these!
Hi Donna. It’s instant chocolate pudding!
You are killing it at Marvelous Mondays most viewed! Is this 3 or 4 weeks in a row?? Nice job, pinned, thanks for joining us!
haha! Thanks Paula!
Chocolate chip cookies!
These look delicious. My favorite Holiday cookie has always been the Peanut Butter ones with the choc kiss in the middle!
I know right! Thank you!
We make something very similar for Christmas – I like the chocolate mint combo!
My favorite are ginger molasses cookies!
thank you!
I bake so many cookies during the holidays that it is hard to choose just one. Probably my favorite is a soft gingersnap cookie. Yummy!
totally!
I also have a deep love for chocolate and mint! I think I just found my next favorite cookie for the cookie exchange!!! Pinned and printed!!!
Thank you Karen! I am totally craving these today!
My favorite cookie to swap is oatmeal raisin cookies or chocolate chip pudding cookies.
mmmm pudding cookies!
Ginger Molasses Cookies
I’m a huge fan of cookie cups, chocolate, and mint, so as you can imagine, I love the sound of this recipe. Can’t wait to try!
Thank you Carla!
I mean, really? My husband would FAH-LIP over these! We both love mint and chocolate together!
Oh yeah! Thanks Courtney!
These look pretty frickin’ awesome!
Thanks Mallory!
Sounds delicious! I LOVE Andes mints and these look delightful!
Thanks Amber!
These would be great for a holiday party!
Indeed! I think they are going on my cookie exchange list (if there is any left!)
OMG, I love dark chocolate and mint. During the holidays, this is wonderful. My favorite to make during the holidays along this line is mint snowcap cookies. Our holiday tradition in my household is date nut log cookies, but my son won’t let too much time pass without snowcaps…
These look & sound AMAZING!
Chocolate mint is my younger daughter’s favorite flavor combination as well. She gets peppermint patties for most occasions but I know she’d love your dark chocolate cookie cups too. Pinning!
Oh I also love peppermint patties!
I haven’t had Andes mints in ages, but now I’m totally craving a box… there’s something about mint and chocolate together that I can’t resist. These little cookie cups look like a fabulous way to enjoy that pairing.. They’re definitely going onto my must-bake list!
Thanks Isabelle!
WOW. I was obsessed with Andes mints when I was a kid- I used to get so excited when the waiters would leave them in the receipt folder thing when we went out to eat. I LOVE the idea behind these cookies! Need to try this weekend!
Oh my gosh! I totally forgot when I used to get them at restaurants! That was the best!
I can understand why you would dream of these chocolately mint wonders. And yes they are perfect for the holidays. Thank you for sharing the recipe!
Thanks for stopping by! I do dream of mint chocolate- food blogger problems 🙂
These cookie cups are too cute! And Andes Mints are seriously the best. #cookieweek sounds super exciting!
Thanks Beth!
These minty beauties are just fabulous! Mint and chocolate are such a wonderful holiday combo…and my kids would go wild for these beauties!
Good thing I don’t have kids because I didn’t want to share! HAHA! Thanks Liz!
These look oh so good! I love dark chocolate and mint. Fabulous!
Hi Melanie! Thank you!
I adore Andes mints! And dark chocolate! This one is going on the must-make list.
Thank you Jen! I know I try and swipe up a few extra boxes this time of year!
Your cookie cups look very appealing and I wouldn’t mind having a few right now. Great food tease!
Thank you Helene! Have a great day!
OMG I loooove Andes mints and these little beauties look delectable!!!
Thanks Kayle!
I love and by love, mean LOVE Andes mints. My mom always had them own. So of course I’m dying for your cookies right now!
I think she and I would be friends! haha! Thanks Susan!