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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.
Thank you for your help. I ended up researching and learning the difference between unsweetened Hershey’s cocoa and Dutch processed cocoa and making the necessary changes. Anywho, made these tonight for my son’s preschool cookie walk on Saturday-These. Are. The. Bomb. Oh wow! Thanks for the recipe! I might just have to try the peppermint chips now!
Thanks! What about the Hershey’s cocoa powder?
Oh, didn’t realize you were saying you can’t find dutch-processed cocoa. I thought you were asking for a substitute for cocoa powder. In regards to your question, you can certainly use any kind of unsweetened cocoa powder as a substitute for dutch-processed cocoa powder.
Can’t seem to find the cocoa – any suggested substitutes?
If you can find carob powder that would be an equivalent substitute.
I am obsessed with all things chocolate and mint so of course I need these cookies in my life! They look so perfectly soft!
I’m drooling over these cookies! They look amazing!
Oh my gosh!
So I made double chocolate cookies for Ben tonight and he asked if they were this recipe. When I told him “no”, he was visibly disappointed. Apparently you need to come back out here and make them for him haha Cause any cookies I make just won’t cut it haha
And now I MUST find those andes mint chips
I’m so lucky that Julie shared this cookie with me. I love chocolate and mint together and these are soft and delicious!
I love those Andes baking chips! I could definitely eat the entire bag too. :/ These look yummy. I’ve got to get in on the pudding trend!
When I was a kid, I was obsessed with those Andes mint candies. Now that I can buy them myself, I feel like I’m still obsessed with them because I can use them in baking.