Thin Mint Cookie Recipe - Chocolate or Andes Mints & Ritz, Oreo, Nilla Wafer (2024)

Easy Homemade Copycat Thin Mint Cookie Recipe. Your choice of chocolate: baker’s chocolate (semi-sweet, dark, or milk) OR Andes Mints AND your choice of cookie base: Ritz cracker, Oreo Thins, or Nilla Wafers! You’re 5 minutes and 2-4 ingredients away from deliciousness!

If you’re a fellow mint chocolate lover, you’ll also love: mint chocolate cookies, mint chocolate candy, peppermint mocha cookie cups, and mint oreo cream cheese ball!

‘Tis the season for Girl Scout cookies.

Amiright?

But here’s the problem.

1. What if you don’t know anyone selling them?
2. What if you’re REALLY craving thin mints during the off season?

This homemade thin mint cookie recipe to the rescue, of course!

I am definitely not the first person to think of this idea.

I’ve seen TOTALLY homemade thin mints, but helllooo we’re Show Me the Yummy: Easy Recipes for Yummy Food, so today, we’re going the semi-homemade route.

I’m also not the first person to think of this semi-homemade idea either, but today, what I’ve done is given you options. You can use:

• Different kinds of chocolate – dark, semi-sweet, milk, and even Andes Mints have been tested
• Different bases – Ritz, Oreos, and Nilla Wafers have also been tested

Let’s just say, you can’t go wrong. 😉

Whichever way you choose, you’re two-four ingredients and five minutes away from the BEST the EASIEST thin mint cookie recipe.

Thin mint cookie recipe ingredients:

• Baker’s baking chocolate bar – can use semi-sweet, german chocolate, or milk chocolate
  • This melts really well, so I’d highly recommend using
• Canola or coconut oil
  • This makes the chocolate really smooth and melty
• Peppermint extract
  • You can also use mint extract, which I really like, but a lot of people think it tastes like toothpaste, ha!
• Ritz, Nilla Wafers, or Oreo Thins

Homemade thin mints with andes:

Want to make this recipe even easier? Ditch the chocolate, oil, and peppermint extract and use Andes mints instead!

All you do is melt the Andes mints in the microwave until smooth, then dunk in each cookie/cracker until fully coated.

Copycat girl scout thin mint cookie recipe with ritz crackers, oreo thins, or nilla wafers:

• Line a rimmed baking sheet with a silicone baking mat or parchment paper. Set aside.
• Melt chocolate
  • Place chopped baker’s chocolate into a microwave safe bowl with oil.
  • Melt in 30 second increments, stirring after each increment until completely melted and smooth.
  • Stir in peppermint extract.

OR

• Melt Andes mints
  • Remove wrappers from andes mins and place into a microwave safe bowl.
  • Melt in 30 second increments, stirring after each increment until completely melted and smooth.
    • I only needed 30 seconds.

• Working with one at a time, use a spoon to gently dip each Ritz cracker, Oreo Thin, or Nilla Wafer completely into melted chocolate (or melted Andes) then use a fork to lift it out.
• Tap the fork gently on the side of the bowl to allow excess chocolate to drip off.
• Place cracker/cookie onto prepared baking sheet.
• Repeat with remaining crackers/cookies.
• Place the baking sheet into the freezer until the chocolate has hardened, about 20-30 minutes.
• Enjoy immediately or store leftovers in an airtight container in the fridge or freezer!

Trevor and I honestly had so much fun taste testing these homemade thin mint cookies. Here’s are final thoughts on each chocolate/base combination:

• Baker’s Chocolate vs Andes Mints
  • Baker’s chocolate –nice because you can control the sweetness and peppermint levels.
    • If you like dark chocolate vs semi-sweet vs milk, more peppermint-y vs less peppermint-y – you have TOTAL control.
  • Andes mints – this was our favorite.
    • The chocolate is SO good, sweet, and creamy, and the mint flavor is spot on. Plus, this makes the recipe even easier.

• Ritz Crackers vs Nilla Wafers vsOreo Thins
  • Ritz – Trevor’s favorite and probably the closest texture to the girl scouts thin mints.
    • Some people are weirded out by the sweet salty combo, but we thought these were PERFECT.
  • Nilla Wafers – Trevor’s least favorite. He thought they were too airy.
    • That being said, I still liked them, although they weren’t my favorite. If you really love Nilla Wafers though, you’d love these.
  • Oreo Thins – winner for most decadent. Although the texture isn’t as close as the Ritz, the extra chocolate flavor and crunch is really nice.
    • Definitely use the Oreo Thins vs “regular” Oreos for best texture and flavor.

So overall winner for thishomemade thin mint cookie recipe is the Ritz/Andes Mint combo, BUT I highly recommend you try mixing and matching chocolates/bases to taste test YOUR favorite combo.

Sweet, minty, flakey-, crunchy, and chocolate-y . . .

these homemade thin mints are SO good.

If you’ve got 5 minutes and a few ingredients, then what are you waiting for?

Make these already! 😉

– Jennifer