Chocolate Mint Thumbprint Cookies
Updated November 13, 2011
1 cup + 2½ Tbs unbleached all-purpose flour
¼ cup Dutch- processed cocoa
¾ cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
½ cup powdered sugar, sifted
1½ tsp pure vanilla extract
¼ tsp salt
FILLING:
¾ cup chopped chocolate chips
3 Tbs unsalted butter, cut into 6 pieces
¼ tsp pure peppermint extract
1. Sift flour and cocoa together into a medium bowl. With a hand mixer or a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, cream butter and sugar on medium speed until light and fluffy, about 2 minutes. Add the vanilla and salt; continue beating until blended and smooth, about 1 minute more. Add the flour-cocoa mixture and mix on low speed until a soft dough forms, about 1 minute.
2. Chill the dough in the refrigerator until firm enough to roll into balls, 40 to 60 minutes (or longer).
3. Position a rack in the center of the oven and heat the oven to 350°F. Line two cookie sheets with parchment or nonstick baking liners.
4. Using your palms, roll heaping teaspoonfuls of the dough into 1-inch balls. Arrange them 2 inches apart on the lined sheets. With a lightly floured thumb or index finger-tip, press straight down into the middle of each ball almost to the cookie sheet to make a deep well. (Or use the end of a thick-handled wooden spoon.)
5. Bake one sheet at a time until the tops of the cookies look dry, 8 to 9 minutes. Gently redefine the indentations with the end of a wooden spoon. Let the cookies cool on the sheet for 5 minutes and then let them cool completely on racks.
6. For the filling: Put the chocolate and butter in a heatproof bowl. Microwave for 30 second bursts (stirring after each heating) until melted and smooth. Stir in mint extract. Let the filling cool, stirring occasionally, until slightly thickened and a bit warmer than room temperature, 30 to 40 minutes. Spoon the filling into a small pastry bag with a small plain tip. (Or use a small plastic bag and cut a tiny bit off a bottom corner of the bag.) Pipe the filling into the center of each cookie. Cool completely before serving or storing.
This is why I refuse to get a Twitter account – I don’t want to become addicted to it, haha 😀
Lovely cookies!! Classic flavor combination.
These look great – even better than girl scout cookies!
I wish you could just tweet me a cookie! 😉 They look great!
Ooh I saw these on those sites too! Love how everything gets around. I will add them to my very long baking list too!
You’re better than me, I can’t turn down Girl Scout cookies. I think it’s because I remember selling them so the nostalgia factor sucks me in. Thin Mints are the only GS cookies that I really like and I am super excited to try these cookies! They look amazing.
oh my gosh- these look tooo good! YUM! Josh’s mom brough us some girlscout cookies and they will be hanging out in the fridge for a while now 😉
According to my clean rules (and everyone should do what works for them), certain cereals are allowed- oats (for oatmeal) and anything without a lot of added junk- whole wheat only. Special K is not on the list- haha, Josh’s clean is a lot different than mine
VeggieGirl-It is addicting, but a healthy addiction:)
Aggie-I will work on tweeting one to you!
Robin Sue-Love Dawn and Lori’s blogs! Hope you try the cookies!
Jessica-I hope you like these!
Erica-Good luck with your clean diet!
oh my gosh – mint chocolate? and chocolate shortbread? and you think TWITTER would cause an addiction? 😉
Yahoooo! You made them. Aren't they addicting little suckers!
I love chatting with you on Twitter, who cares if it's addicting, it makes me happy! LOL Plus I actually do find new ideas for baking & creating.
Thanks for the shout out chicklet!
A scrumptious combo! These cookies look really great!
cheers,
Rosa
Pearl-You are right, the cookies are more addicting:)
They were for a party though so luckily I couldn’t eat them all!
Dawn-I enjoy twittering as well! I am so glad you made these! I want to try them with other fillings too!
Rosa-Thanks!
Oh Maria–these look fabulous! I could eat way too many of these cookies. Danger, danger! What a delicious treat!
My husband is a huge Thin Mint fan. I know he’d love these!
They are so cute, and the melted Andes sounds divine!
What a delicious treat maria, very scrumptious.
Cheers,
elra
Those look so good, especially with the gooey middle!
I’ve been craving thin mints too and these look like they’d do the trick! Thanks!
I found Twitter recently too and I’m really enjoying it too.
mmmm. those remind me of girl scout cookies, only better cause of that melty delicious middle. yummmm.
these look amazing! They deserve a HOLY YUM~~~
Oh my… so cute and so yummy!
chocolate + mint = YUM! These look so decadent, I don’t know if I’d be able to stop at 1 🙂
I’m a bit of a twitter addict as well! Great looking cookies! Thin mints are my fav girl scout cookie so I need to give these a try!!
Maria,
I buy girl scout cookies from all my nieces, but I tell them to choose the box and then keep the cookies.
It’s a donation to the girl scouts.
but I don’t want them in the house!
They have gotten smaller and have so many preservatives in them!
You are tweeting about cookies?
I am trying to stay away from twitter for that reason!
Stacey-Great idea to not take the cookies! I will have to do that!
I don’t need any more cookies that will go straight to my hips. But how can I possibly resist these? They look FABULOUS!
They turned out beautifully!
NAOmni
I am in love with anything chocolate mint, YUM!
Cookies really don't do it for me unless they are straight out of the oven and they cannot be crispy at all so I have no problem walking away from girl scout cookies. Your cookies on the other hand look pretty good, soft & chewy!
~ingrid
You did good by these, that is for sure!! Woo hoo!!! These look awesome! Personally I like choco and mint, the combination is Divine, I have never attempted to do on my own but the chocolate in the cookie part.. oh goodness, chocolate goodness I say… lol
They look so scrumptious!! I love thin mints!
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Definitely agree–chocolate and mint are meant to be together! Yum-o!
Yum! These look amazing.
I saw Dawn’s post about these cookies too. I’m glad you liked them. Ihave them on my list to make.
I saw Dawn’s cookies as well…they look identical 😉 Brilliant 🙂
Maria your cookies look and sound so good I bet you could use a junior mint also. Can’t wait to try.
These cookies look amazing! I was disappointed with the thin mints this year (reduced box size and cookie size/shape), so this is a great replacement. The chocolate inside looks like a little pool of delicious minty chocolate!
I am also addicted to Twitter. My husband makes fun of me, but I think it has been a great thing 🙂
Glad you enjoyed these!
I haven’t learned all the details about Twitter yet, leaving that alone for the moment so I don’t get addicted to something else! Cookies look awesome!!
These look delicious – as usual.
GS cookies are too dangerous to have around, I totally agree! But people used to bring in boxes to the office and I just couldn’t resist the temptation. BTW – I got the vanilla and am so excited to use it!!
Thos thumbprint cookies look delicous and are absolutely adoreable!
Yeah, I’m still behind the times and haven’t gotten twitter myself.
Thanks everyone!
Culinary Wannabe-I am glad you got your vanilla!!
Those are adorable, and they look really, really good! Of course, anything chocolate for me! 🙂
These beat girl guide cookies! They look amazing. I love chocolate and mint.
As you know from Twitter (or is it Facebook? :-)) I have a weakness for Thin Mints, so these cookies are calling my name! You never steer me wrong with cookies . . . or soups . . . or sandwiches . . . fajitas . . .okay, you get the idea. Can’t wait to try these!
Those look so delicious.
Yes, I think you are addicted to twitter. I see you there all the time. 😛 Wait, what does that say about me?
I’m too scared to Twitter. Everyone will find out how much of a moron I really am!
Yum, Maria. These do look delicious. I bet they’d rival any girl scout cookie 🙂 Peef would just adore these.
Mint and chocolate… but these look way better then girl scout thin mints! 🙂
I don’t twitter, because I already spend way too much time on the computer! These look delicious!
Yummy! Who could resist the combo of mint and chocolate? They look so gooey and delicious.
Oh yes, they look amazing!!!
I am teetering on the edge of signing on to twitter. But like veggie girl, I’m afraid of getting addicted! 😉
I don’t eat a lot of sweet things so I have no probelem turning down the girl scout cookies. These thumbprint cookies, however, are a whole other ball game. They look fab.
I have a twitter acct but have no idea what I’m doing! LOL!! These cookies look wonderful!
Chocolate and mint are one of my favorite combinations. I love the thumbprint idea!
You’re right … chocolate and mint ARE meant to be 🙂
(and I’m following you on twitter :p)
your typical jam-in-shortbread thumbprints are good enough, but these are outstanding! that pool of melted andes is just luscious. luscious, i say.
I’m with Veggiegirl, I’m terrified of developing a Twitter addiction. My husband is a huge Thin Mint fan and would love these.
These look awesome!
These look lovely – a perfect mouthful!
You’ll have to explain Twitter to me. I set up an account, but I don’t see what’s so addicting about it. Lol
For the best chocolate cupcakes, it’s a tie between Martha’s One-Bowl Chocolate Cupcakes and Hershey’s Perfectly Chocolate Cake (recipe on the back of the cocoa powder, baked as cupcakes). They are both VERY soft and moist!
Divine, just divine!!
I drooled when I saw Dawn’s thumbprints and now I’m drooling as I see yours!
Is there a substitute I could use for Peppermint extract?
You can leave it out, but it won’t have a mint flavor, just chocolate.
These cookies are delicious. I made them last year for Christmas, and again this year. These will be an annual tradition for my family, my 3 year old loves them and so do I! Thank you for the recipe.