Andes candy has always been a Holiday favorite of mine. When I was a child my mom kept a bowl of them in the living room during the holiday season, and I always loved to sneak into the room and grab some of the green foil packets!
So naturally now that I am older I like to use the candy in cookies for Christmas. I have made this before by cutting up the Andes mints, but this year I noticed you can now buy bags of the Creme De Menthe candy for baking. That is much easier than cutting up a bunch of them!
This recipe is similar to chocolate chocolate chip cookies, only with the Creme de Menthe flavor. You could also just use mint chips in this recipe, which I have done before too. The dough for these cookies is stiff, so you can roll it into balls, which gives the cookies a nice round shape.
These freeze well, so these are a good Christmas cookie to make before the holiday and freeze. My kids love the minty flavor, and have even been known to eat them right out of the freezer!
Cookies Make the Perfect Gift
I love to share homemade cookies with my friends and family! Food is a great way to bring people together during the holiday season, either in person or from a distance.
Why not bake some cookies this year and put together a cookie gift box for your friends? Here are some cookie recipe ideas for gift giving!
Andes Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract
- 1/3 cup water
- 3/4 cup white sugar
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 2 1/2 cup flour
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 bag Andes Creme De Menthe Baking Chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Cream butter, vanilla, and water until smooth. Add both sugars and mix well.1 cup butter, 1 Tablespoon vanilla extract, 1/3 cup water, 3/4 cup white sugar, 3/4 cup brown sugar
- Add flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt and mix until well combined.2 1/2 cup flour, 1/2 cup cocoa powder, 1/2 teaspoon baking soda, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 1/2 teaspoon salt
- Stir in Andes Baking Chips.1 bag Andes Creme De Menthe Baking Chips
- Roll the dough into 1 inch balls and place on ungreased cookie sheets.
- Bake for 8 minutes.
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What are you baking this year?
I had some of these at a church program a few weeks ago – they were SO GOOD! Thanks for the recipe!
My daughter, who is in the military and stationed in the UK right now, LOVES Andes mints, and loves double chocolate chip cookies. She has a few holiday parties she’s been asked to bring things to and I’m going to send this post to her. I wish I liked chocolate because I’d make them in heartbeat and probably eat them all! *lol*
Oh man, I LOVE chocolate and mint together. I will take one batch, please. 🙂 LOL!!
Oh I love Andes mints! I haven’t done any baking with them yet, so these cookies will have to go on my list!
Sounds delicious! I’m pinning for later!
Chocolate and mint are my two all time favorite things to eat together – I am definitely making these!!
Great cookies. I love these candies and would have never thought about including them in a cookie recipe. Thanks for sharing. Giving it a pin.
Those cookies look delicious! I seriously love Andes mints, they are my favorite candies!
Andes are a favorite of mine. I have used them in cupcakes but not cookies. These sound so good.
Of all the cookie recipes I’ve looked at in the past week, THESE are the ones I want to make the most. Andes Mints are my weakness.
I love the flavor of Andes so these must be so good!
My husband loves Andes, so I’ll have to try these for him!
I love Andes mints! I used to steal them from the little bowls on the check-in counter at restaurants when I was a kid. 🙂
I needed one more cookie recipe for my Christmas baking. This one sounds perfect!
Ooh, andies, those are so great. I could eat those with or without the cookie! Your recipe looks tasty!
Oh these look heavenly. I’m not a big mint fan but I love some Andes mints.
These are my favorite candy, so you had me at Andes.
I WILL make these yet – maybe for St. Patrick’s Day! The creme de menthe would be a great complement to that holiday too!
Hi I want to make these cookies for a cookie swap this year but just noticed theres no egg in the ingredients. Is this correct that theres not egg called for?
Thank you!
Chelle
I have the same question! i feel like u could put the egg in place of the water! there was no reply though..