Mint Chocolate Chip Grinch Cookies
Easy to make Grinch cookies with a delicious mint chocolate chip flavor.
Servings: 24 cookies
Calories: 300kcal
Equipment
- Parchment Paper
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cup sugar
- 1 cup unsalted butter unsalted, room temp
- 1 egg yolk
- 2 whole egg room temp
- 1 tsp peppermint extract
- 3 ¼ cup flour
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp cream of tartar
- ½ tsp salt
- green gel food coloring
- 1 ½ cup chocolate chips
- 12 oz Red Candy Melts
- 12 oz Bright White Candy Melts
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375℉. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Cream the butter and sugar together until it is no longer grainy.1 cup unsalted butter, 1 ½ cup sugar
- Mix in the eggs and egg yolk beating until well blended.1 egg yolk, 2 whole egg
- Stir in the extract and mix until fluffy.1 tsp peppermint extract
- Sift flour, baking powder, baking soda, cream of tartar, and salt in another bowl. Mix together well.3 ¼ cup flour, 2 tsp baking powder, 1 tsp baking soda, 1 tsp cream of tartar, ½ tsp salt
- Gradually add the dry mixtures to wet mixture. Mix on low until combined.
- Blend the green food coloring mixing until the color is consistent.green gel food coloring
- Pour in the chips and stir until well distributed.1 ½ cup chocolate chips
- Using a small ice cream scoop drop cookie dough onto the cookie sheet.
- Bake at 375℉ for 12–14 minutes.
- While the cookies are baking use a double boiler to melt the red candy melts.12 oz Red Candy Melts
- Allow the cookies to cool.
- Dip one end of the cookie into the melted red candy melt covering half of the cookie.
- Allow to totally cool and candy to harden.
- With the double boiler melt the white candy melts.12 oz Bright White Candy Melts
- Outline and fill in a white heart to the red candy covered cookie.
- Allow to cool completely.
Nutrition
Serving: 1g | Calories: 300kcal | Carbohydrates: 41g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 14g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.3g | Cholesterol: 30mg | Sodium: 117mg | Potassium: 76mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 27g | Vitamin A: 273IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 33mg | Iron: 1mg