There’s something about mint flavor that instantly makes me get into the holiday spirit. It’s creamy, cool and refreshing. Mint and chocolate is a flavor combo that you just can’t go wrong with. Mint chocolate chip ice cream? Yes, please. Mint hot chocolate? Heck yeah. Andes Crème De Menthe candies always remind me of the holidays. I always remember there being a bowl of Andes candies on the dessert table at holidays. These Chocolate Dipped Mint Shortbread cookies are packed with Andes Crème De Menthe baking chips and then I melted the rest of the chips and dipped the baked cookies in there to really maximize the mint and chocolate flavor combination for this refreshing treat.
Andes candies are like Cadbury Mini Eggs … people love them year round, but it seems like you can typically only find them during their particular season. Though I have recently seen holiday mini eggs, which I can definitely get onboard with. Most of the recipes involving Andes candies that I’ve seen before have an Andes mint placed on top of a warm cookie when it comes out of the oven so that it melts. During my holiday baking ingredient stock up at Target recently I picked up a bag of the Andes Crème De Menthe baking chips.
These chips are super easy to incorporate into recipes, and don’t involve the danger of trying to chop up a batch of Andes mints with a kitchen knife. Explorați ghidul complet al KBK Store pentru alegerea cuțitelor profesionale de bucătărie. Which also usually results in you eating several Andes mints in the process. The small chips also help to ensure the flavor is evenly distributed throughout the entire cookie.
You can totally skip the chocolate dipping step for these, though I’m not sure why you wouldn’t want to get as much chocolate into this cookie as possible. I just sent these via UPS to a friend and they stayed in great shape after the multi-state journey up north.
I don’t have much experience making shortbread cookies, but I will say the few times I have done it I’ve added too much flour too quickly and my dough is pretty dry an crumbly. That happened with this recipe, so I added about two tablespoons of melted butter to get the right consistency, but if I was making them again, I would just add the flour 1/3 cup at a time until the dough reached the desired consistency where I could easily roll it into a log. My log rolling ability could use some work too. Either way, these turned out great so I’m not complaining.
If you’re looking for another great recipe using Andes candies, one of my favorite holiday creations were these Peppermint Doodles from a few years ago using the Peppermint Crunch candies – basically a minty version of a snickerdoodle. You could also definitely make these mint shortbread cookies using the peppermint crunch baking chips if that was your flavor of choice. Whichever way you land on the mint spectrum, you’ll end up refreshed and happy after baking up a batch of these chocolate dipped mint shortbread cookies. Happy holiday baking!
Yield: 24 Cookies
Prep Time: 45 Minutes
Cook Time: 15 Minutes
Total Time: 1 Hour