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It’s Girl Scout Cookie time again and I have a recipe that will give you an excuse to buy more Thin Mints! (Like we really need an excuse right?)
If you are looking for other ways to get creative with the delicious Thin Mints cookie, check out our decadent Thin Mint Truffles Recipe or our yummy Thin Mint Cupcakes Recipe with a frosting that is full of minty goodness.
How to make the Crushed Thin Mints Cupcake Recipe
In a medium bowl, combine the cake mix, eggs, oil, extract and water and mix until combined.
Take half a package of the cookies and place into a ziplock bag, crush the cookies into small pieces and then mix in with the cake batter
Using a medium ice cream scoop, scoop the batter into the cupcake liners and fill about 3/4 of the way full.
Bake in the oven for about 21 minutes
How to make the Crushed Thin Mints Cupcake Recipe’s Frosting
In a standing mixer, combine the butter, powder sugar, vanilla, and heavy whipping cream. Mix on medium speed until stiff peaks form.
If frosting is soft, add 1/4-1/2 C powder sugar until you get thick frosting.
Split the frosting in half, add the mint extract and green food coloring to one bowl of frosting.
Add the second bowl of frosting back into the standing mixer and add the cocoa powder.
Mix until the cocoa powder is combined and chocolate frosting is made.
Scoop the green frosting into one side of the piping bag and the chocolate frosting on the other side.
Take the cooled cupcake and start piping frosting from the edge to the center.
Drizzle the chocolate sauce and top with a thin mint cookie. Enjoy!
Crushed Thin Mints Cupcake Recipe
Crushed Thin Mints Cupcake Recipe
Yield 24 Cupcakes
Ingredients
Cupcake Ingredients
- 1 box of milk chocolate cake mix
- 3 eggs
- 1/2 C oil
- 1 C water
- 24 Green cupcake liners
- 1 Cupcake pan
- 1 box of Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies
- 1 tablespoon of mint extract
*(measurements for the eggs, oil, and water will change based on which brand of cake mix you purchase)
Frosting Ingredients & Equipment
- 1 C unsalted sweet cream butter - softened
- 2 1/2 C powder sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3-5 TBSP heavy whipping cream
- 1/4 C cocoa powder
- 2 tsp mint extract
- 3 drops of leaf green coloring
- Chocolate fudge sauce to drizzle
- 2 mixing bowls
- 1 medium star tip and pastry bag
Instructions
Directions for Crushed Thin Mint Cupcakes
- Preheat oven to 350 and line cupcake pan with the liners.
- In a medium bowl, combine the cake mix, eggs, oil, extract and water and mix until combined.
- Take half a package of the cookies and place into a ziplock bag, crush the cookies into small pieces and then mix in with the cake batter.
- Using a medium ice cream scoop, scoop the batter into the cupcake liners and fill about 3/4 of the way full.
- Bake in the oven for about 21 minutes.
- Pull out and place on the side to cool.
Frosting Directions
- In a standing mixer, combine the butter, powder sugar, vanilla, and heavy whipping cream. Mix on medium speed until stiff peaks form.
- If frosting is soft, add 1/4-1/2 C powder sugar until you get thick frosting
- Split the frosting in half, add the mint extract and green food coloring to one bowl of frosting.
- Add the second bowl of frosting back into the standing mixer and add the cocoa powder.
- Mix until the cocoa powder is combined and chocolate frosting is made.
- Scoop the green frosting into one side of the piping bag and the chocolate frosting on the other side.
- Take the cooled cupcake and start piping frosting from the edge to the center.
- Drizzle the chocolate sauce and top with a thin mint cookie
Enjoy!
Courses Dessert
Cuisine Sweets
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