Mint Chocolate Chip Buttercream
It all started out innocently enough. I bought these cute ice cream cookie cutters. After vacation I always find myself a little unmotivated to get back in the kitchen so I turned to something I can do in my sleep…make buttercream and cookies. However this time I wanted my ice cream-shaped cookies to taste like, well, ice cream of course. Oh my. OH MY! If you follow me on Twitter you may have seen this teaser:
All of the cookies/frostings were cute and tasted good but MINT CHOCOLATE CHIP BUTTERCREAM?!
My buttercream axiom has been altered. Forever.
This may seem a little dramatic to you but this is serious business. I had to make a second batch of frosting -only mint chocolate chip this time- just to face the pleading masses (my husband and Four Year Old Foodie).
Are you still reading this? I implore you to make yourself some. The end.
You can find my best sugar cookie and basic buttercream recipes already posted. {My sugar cookie recipe is my very very favorite because you don’t need to chill the dough before rolling!}
Here’s a little tip – I use a drum cheese grater to finely chop up my chocolate chips. Enjoy!
What would you do with this buttercream?
Mint Chocolate Chip Buttercream Recipe
Ingredients
- 2 cups Basic Buttercream frosting, or store-bought
- ½ c finely chopped/grated chocolate chips
- ¼ teaspoon peppermint extract
- Green food coloring, if desired
Instructions
- Prepare Basic Buttercream and add chocolate, mint, and food coloring.
- Try not to eat your weight in it.
77 Comments on “Mint Chocolate Chip Buttercream”
Buttercream is one of my basic food groups!! These cookies are absolutely adorable 🙂
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Adorable! Love it!
if hubby sees this buttercream I'm in big trouble. His favorite flavor is mint chocolate!!
I want some of those cookie cutters!! They are so cute!!!
Yummy! Although the cups of frosting would've been too much for my sweet tooth to handle…unfortunately. 🙂
Those look amazing Katrina and your pictures are beautiful. Bravo!
omg! that is just too cute!! i love it:) can i please come over ?
Woman, you are genius!!
Love! This looks amazing. I could definitely go for one of those cookie cups filled with this frosting right now. Mmm…:)
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Haha, what happened next?! (wink)
So cute! Great idea!
I love it!
I'd swim in it. I'm mint obsessed. If I make this I'm going to weigh 500 pounds!
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These are all BEAUTIFUL! I could just jump right into my monitor right now. I love how you baked up some cookie cups to "house" the frosting. Love it!! Well done..
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How could I not eat my weight in that luscious buttercream! Wowza…. you are so going to be the next Bakeralla. They are absolutely stunning Katrina! Cheers, Kate
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Pretty sure I'd lick that entire bowl clean–sounds as amazing as you described! Those cookies are adorable, too.
I keep coming back to look at this. Gonna share it again. It's just so pretty.
Katrina, this does look delicious! Mint and chocolate, I love that combination. The decorated cookies look fantastic.
Sounds fantastic!! And they look freaking adorable. We must be on the same foodie brain page because weeks ago I'd contemplated cookie cups and again today I was thinking about them but just now saw your post! Crazy. I want some frosting – dipping with cookies or cookies coated sounds perfect! 🙂
All recipes look delicious! Bravo Katrina!
Looks so yummy and delicious! will definitely try this, thanks for sharing this wonderful creation!
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That looks insanely delicious. Insane in the most wonderful way!
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Oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh!! This is like my heaven!!! I love mint and chocolate together and you made it a buttercream…holy deliciousness!
What a cute recipe!! I saw your recipe and immediately went to try it. 🙂
these are so cute!
By the way the sundae in the middle would look so cool as a lady with a fancy hair do.
yum! I feel like you've made this just for me, since it's my birthday and I *love* mint chocolate chip!
The ice cream cone shaped cookies are adorable, but the cookie cups of frosting? Amazing! This looks so good.
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I love your little cutout cookies with the frosting on them and I adore this frosting! Sounds so delicious.
mmmmm, mint chocolate chip buttercream. Would it be so wrong if I swirled the frosting IN ice cream too? This looks so stinken good I might even spread it on toast for breakfast.
Love, love, love. The cookies are adorable, and I can see how it would be a slippery slope into spooning it out of the jar once you'd made this buttercream!
You are so creative Katrina, these are Wowww kind of reaction!! You did amazing, and incredible job!!!
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All of them are amazing!
Loves ur recipe & photo! 😉
Ok, those are the cutest cookies!! And I think I can just eat that buttercream with a spoon it looks so good!
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Between the cookie cutters and the mint frosting, you've totally stolen my heart 🙂 I love this! Also, I love making my own frosting just so I can slather it on…exactly everything! Adding this to the recipe lists for sure!
I am drooling just looking at those fabulous pictures!! I can completely understand why you had to make a second batch of that icing! Perhaps you can use it as a barganing chip for chores….hee hee…cheaper than allowances these days!
These are so cute!!! One of my favorite ice cream flavors in frosting form? Yes please.
I really want some of those cookies but if all you have left is the icing, I'll just eat that! The cookies are adorable Katrina.
What a clever idea! They look amazing and I love your flavor combination! Just so you know Kim at Cravings of a Lunatic sent me over!
I had to peel my jaw off of my keyboard to type this. Oh. My. Goodness, Katrina this is perfect! We love mint chocolate chip ice cream, I can imagine the buttercream would be awesome too. Ps – I have made your sugar cookies and they are where it's at. I love the little cookie cups you made!
Oh my heck! This looks wonderful!!! Can't wait to make it (and eat it all up!!!)
I just died. These are tooo CUTE! I love love love it! Awesome job Katrina!
Katrina! What a creative use of buttercream! I love the ice cream cone shaped cookies! Can you just imagine all the possibilities of "ice cream flavor". Brilliant! : )
I actually have some unfrosted ice cream cone sugar cookies in the freezer! Thanks for the inspiration. I need to get to work! Such cute cookies, Katrina!
Will you adopt me? Please?
These are all so cute Katrina!! Love this! 🙂
oh my goodness, those are adorable. I think you should send me cookies. For the baby of course.
Hee hee! Sorry!
OH.MY.GOD.
You've just given me diabetes.
I MUST MAKE THESE!
Your cookies are amazing! So cute with the frosting! That frosting sounds incredible! Mint CC is my hubby's favorite ice cream, and he LOVES frosting – so this will be happening for sure, just a matter of time!
MY BF is going nuts over this as I type. Huge mint cc ice cream glutton, errr…fan. Looks and sounds pretty, darn amazing!
What a fantastic treat! I don't blame your son!