Comments on: Homemade Girl Scout Cookies – Thin Mints!

By: Happy Cookie

Happy Cookie — Fri, 03 Feb 2017 02:23:22 +0000

I’ve made this recipie twice now in two days. Two thumbs waaaaaaaay way up. Thanks for sharing!

By: Leah C

Leah C — Sat, 14 May 2016 02:24:25 +0000

I have to tell you, adding the mint extract to the regular chocolate did not work at all for me. The chocolate had melted well, but as soon as I added the mint, it thickened instantly. I tried again, adding the mint at the beginning and melting it all together…I achieved something around the consistency of peanut butter, which I had to spread with a knife onto the cookies. So yeah…regular chocolate + mint extract = big fail.

I do think the chocolate coating should be pretty sweet to go with these cookies, which are not very sweet (but otherwise excellent), as some have already mentioned. I’m pretty sure mine are going to come out fairly bitter tasting since I used “bittersweet chocolate”, which isn’t even as sweet as semisweet. Hmmm….I’ll have to eat these with ice cream. I think I’ll cope. 😉

By: Karen Marker

Karen Marker — Thu, 28 May 2015 19:17:19 +0000

As with many others, my cookies were very bitter from so much cocoa powder. Suggestions to correct this issue without altering the density of the cookie? Also, the cookie was a little too soft, needs more of a ‘crunch.’ I threw about 2 dozen cookies away and didn’t even finish cutting out the dough. They were terrible. Really would like to hear your suggestions on how to correct the bitterness.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 24 Mar 2013 16:37:38 +0000

Yah pretty sure there isn’t dark chocolate in those cookies!!! so tell me how your recipe deals with the bitterness of the dark chocolate?

By: Ashley

Ashley — Mon, 18 Mar 2013 22:10:34 +0000

so i followed the recipe exactly how it was written, the dough did not turn out how it was supposed to, the cookies tasted way to bitter, the unsweetened cocoa powder over powered the whole thing.. The dough wouldnt even stay together it just kept crumbling. we tried the chocoletecoating and it just clobbed on it and looked like a mound of chocolete, but still made the cookies have no flaver…. needless to say the recipe didnt work 🙁

By: sjf from indiana

sjf from indiana — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 18:55:51 +0000

I just made these. I didn’t have trouble with dough, but baked cookie had such a strong chocolate flavor to it that no one will eat them. It is like eating unsweetened cocoa powder in cookie form. Has anyone else had this problem? I even added almost a cup of extra pwd. Sugar trying to make them sweeter. I want to make again and tweek, but wondering if it will mess with the consistancy of the dough.

By: Katy

Katy — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:10:19 +0000

Just tried these! Am letting them cool now and will attempt to coat them in the peppermint chocolate, although I have a feeling most of them are going to end up crumbling. The dough came out pretty dry, but they taste exactly like the cookie! Next time might add a tsp of water or melted butter just to make sure they stay compact enough to handle. I see I’m not the only one with this issue, so all we can do is try again because they are just too tasty not to!

By: BusyMom

BusyMom — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 14:31:16 +0000

These make my Ritz Crackers dipped in mint chocolate look so basic (they are so good and so easy) (recipe here: https://www.abusymomoftwo.com/2008/07/cookies-virtual-cookie-exchange.html). I just might have to try this version too. They look awesome.

By: NancyLynnMarie

NancyLynnMarie — Sun, 18 Dec 2011 14:53:17 +0000

I just made the thin mints but used only a 1/2 cup cocoa instead of 1 cup and added 1 Tbsp milk and 1/2 tsp peppermint extract to the dough. This kept the dough together wonderfully. Covered them with melted mint chocolate chips. I also rolled them out between wax paper.

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Sat, 03 Dec 2011 04:47:25 +0000

I was so excited to make these. For the ladies who had trouble rolling the dough out, my dough came out nice and moist. I creamed the butter for a while, so I think that kept the dough moist. I also layed one sheet of clear wrap on the counter, put some dough down, and then added another sheet and I started to roll and that really worked nicely. It was so easy to cut them out. I did not have a cookie cutter so I used the top of my ground cinnamon jar. I figured a spice that wouldn’t affect the taste of the cookie was cinnamon. My only issue is with the cookie itself. The cookie tastes really bad without the mint coating. They taste like pure cocoa powder. It did not taste like a cookie. There’s no way I would have served them alone. I melted my mint chips and it made the cookies better but they taste like powder. I used exact measurements. What would you suggest?