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Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 cookies 17g

Recipe makes 108 cookies)

Calories 78
Calories from Fat 42 (54%)
Amount Per Serving %DV
Total Fat 4.7g 7%
Saturated Fat 2.1g 10%
Monounsaturated Fat 1.7g
Polyunsaturated Fat 0.6g
Trans Fat 0.0g
Cholesterol 1mg 0%
Sodium 41mg 1%
Potassium 51mg 1%
Total Carbohydrate 10.0g 3%
Dietary Fiber 0.7g 2%
Sugars 7.0g
Protein 0.8g 1%

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Girl Scout Thin Mints Recipe

Recipe #33998 | 2½ hours | 2 hours prep | add private note

By: spatchcock
Jul 15, 2002

I love these cookies when Girl Scouts sell them, and I just found the recipe on TSR! I can't wait to make them, but I thought i'd share them first!

108 cookies (change servings and units)

Ingredients

Chocolate Cookie Wafers

  • 1 (18 1/4 ounce) package fudge cake mix

  • 3 tablespoons shortening, melted
  • 1/2 cup cake flour, measured then sifted
  • 1 egg
  • 3 tablespoons water
  • nonstick cooking spray

Coating

  • 3 (12 ounce) bags semi-sweet chocolate chips

  • 3/4 teaspoon peppermint extract
  • 6 tablespoons shortening

Directions

  1. 1
    Combine the cookie ingredients in a large bowl, adding the water a little bit at a time until the dough forms.
  2. 2
    Cover and chill for 2 hours.
  3. 3
    Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
  4. 4
    On a lightly floured surface, roll out a portion of the dough to just under 1/16 of an inch thick.
  5. 5
    To cut, use a lid from a spice container with a 1 1/2-inch diameter.
  6. 6
    Arrange the cut dough rounds on a cookie sheet that is sprayed with a light coating on non-stick spray.
  7. 7
    Bake for 10 minutes.
  8. 8
    Remove the wafers from the oven and cool completely.
  9. 9
    Combine chocolate chips with peppermint extract and shortening in a large microwave-safe glass or ceramic bowl.
  10. 10
    Heat on 50 percent power for 2 minutes, stir gently, then heat for an addition minute.
  11. 11
    Stir once again, and if chocolate is not a smooth consistency, continue to zap in microwave in 30-second intervals until smooth.
  12. 12
    Use a fork to dip each wafer in the chocolate, tap the fork on the edge of the bowl so that the excess chocolate runs off, and then place the cookies side-by-side on a wax paper-lined baking sheet.
  13. 13
    Refrigerate until firm.

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From: SemiSweetooth

On Sep 7, 2009

If I could rate this recipe higher, I would. These were great! Everyone that tried these actually preferred them over the originals. I liked the fact that the mint flavor was a bit more subtle. Thanks!! :0)

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  • From: SRB

    On Mar 25, 2009

    These cookies turned out perfect! Just what I was hoping for.

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  • From: spatchcock

    On Aug 6, 2002

    Hi! I did make these last week and they are REALLY just like the GS thin mints. I tended to make the wafers too thin, so don't be tempted to roll them too much. As a result of my making them too thin, I burned a batch, but with that mint-chocolate coating you could hardly tell! Another goodie from TSR! Anyway, just thought i would let everyone know I did try this and this is what they're like!

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  • From: PBF

    On May 23, 2009

    FABULOUS. Easy as pie too - well, I didn't do all the rolling and refrigerating. I just made dough into little balls with my hands, flattened with my fingers onto the cookie sheet (covered in parchment paper) to make thin cookies and called it good. Cooked 10 minutes, cooled. While cooling on a rack, I made up the chocolate, and dipped after the cookies had cooled - 10 minutes. Put whole batch into fridge. SO GOOD. Made bigger cookies and got about 4 dozen. I will definitely make these again. UPDATE: I made this a second time and used Moist Deluxe Dark Chocolate Cake Mix(Copycat-Duncan Hines) Moist Deluxe Dark Chocolate Cake Mix(Copycat-Duncan Hines) in place of the boxed cake mix, and it was excellent. Just make the copycat boxed part - don't include the "add" ingredients to actually make the cake. It was not quite as quick, but definitely a good alternative if you don't want all the chemicals / preservatives of the mix.

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