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Mint chocolate pudding cookies are your favorite Andes Mints in cookie form
I love discovering fun ingredients when I’m at the grocery store or just in the baking aisle at Target or Walmart. Sometimes they carry things groceries stores don’t carry. When I stumbled across the Andes Baking Mints, I immediately snatched up two bags. I remember seeing them in recipes last year but couldn’t, for the life of me, find them anywhere. This year, I got an early start, I guess.
It’s so hard not to eat the entire bag just by itself. I LOVE Andes mints. When we were younger, my mom would buy packages of the Andes mints for us and it was a real treat whenever we got one after dinner. I don’t know why we made it such a huge deal, but when you’re that young, you think it’s the greatest thing in the entire world. It’s funny that Andes mints evoke so much memory for me. It’s just something I vividly remember. That green wrapper and the dark chocolate & mint covered bottom. I also remember going to Olive Garden and being all like, “OMG they give you ANDES MINTS as a thank you treat.” Haha, the little things in life..and then you realize you were excited over an Andes mint at Olive Garden…
So, a lot of people associate mint and chocolate as a winter time/Christmas dessert but I don’t think this counts as that. I mean, mint chocolate chip ice cream is an anytime thing, so these cookies are definitely anytime too :) plus, why would you wait to make these? I’m officially addicted to pudding in cookies. I love soft cookies and the fact that pudding makes cookies soft for DAYS after it was made, it’s like the best addition to any cookie recipe. If you haven’t tried my butterscotch pudding cookies, you now have TWO pudding cookies to choose from and you must get pudding cookies in your life, asap.
Mint Chocolate Pudding Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 ¼ cups (281 g) all purpose flour
- ¼ cup (22 g) Dutch-processed cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup (227 g) unsalted butter, room temperature
- ¾ cup (165 g) dark brown sugar
- ¼ cup (50 g) granulated sugar
- 3.4 ounce (96 g) package of chocolate fudge pudding mix
- 2 large eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup (180 g) Andes mint baking chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 °F (177 °C). Line baking sheets with silicone baking mats or parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.2 1/4 cups (281 g) all purpose flour, 1/4 cup (22 g) Dutch-processed cocoa powder, 1 teaspoon baking soda, 1/2 teaspoon salt
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream together butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar until creamy and fluffy. Add in the pudding mix, eggs, and vanilla extract. Beat well until incorporated.1 cup (227 g) unsalted butter, 3/4 cup (165 g) dark brown sugar, 1/4 cup (50 g) granulated sugar, 3.4 ounce (96 g) package of chocolate fudge pudding mix, 2 large eggs, 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- Slowly add in the dry ingredients until just combined. Fold in the mint chips with a spatula.1 cup (180 g) Andes mint baking chips
- Drop cookies onto baking sheet with a cookie scoop (I used a medium cookie scoop) and bake for 10 minutes or until slightly golden around the edges.
- Remove from oven and let cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes. Transfer to wire cooling racks to cool completely.
- Store in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
Oh my these looks SOO good!
I agree! Chocolate and Mint is a all seasons type of flavoring! hehe Andes Mints were one of my favorite as a child as well. =)
I love mint + chocolate anyyyytime of year. It’s just perfect. So are pudding cookies. And so are Andes Mints which, yes, I have fond childhood memories of, too :) also, other restaurants need to get with it. A toothpick for after dinner? Forreals? We should start yelling “BUT OLIVE GARDEN GIVES YOU ANDES MINTS! ANDES. MINTS.” I think it’s a perfect plan.
I’ve been dying to try your butterscotch pudding cookies, I loooove soft cookies to..my fav! These sound equally delicious! Im going to have to give this pudding-cookie thing a go! Thanks! :)
I think the heavens are telling me something–SECOND pudding cookie recipe I’ve seen today. I’ve used pudding mix for ultra moist cakes before, but never for cookies. Yum, yum. Also, Andes mint pieces are outrageously good. Try them in chocolate chip cookies, in place of the regular chips. To die for!
1. i love mint. 2. i love pudding cookies.
Can’t wait to make!!!!!
I’m one of those people that associate it with Christmas but I’m always happy with chocolate + mint anything at any time. :) And I’m putting those mints on my must-buy-in-the-US list!
My boyfriend loves the chocolate/mint combo so I think he would go totally crazy for these cookies!
Amazing. Lloyd will LOVE these.
Get. Out.
And then get in my mouth.