Chocolate Mint: Chocolate Chip Cookies

Have you ever seen the herb chocolate mint and thought what the heck do you make with chocolate mint?

Besides it becoming a weed and taking over your herb garden you can actually use chocolate mint in your cooking. 

Lucky for you, I have a delicious cookie recipe for you.

 Pick your chocolate mint leaves.

Chop them finely to make 1/4 cup.

 Just a few simple ingredients:

butter, sugar, salt, mint extract, flour, chocolate mint, and chocolate chips.

 Cream together 1 cup butter & 1/2 cup sugar

Add in 1/4 tsp. mint extract & 1/4 cup finely chopped chocolate mint.

(I used about 5 drops of peppermint oil, worked perfect.)

 Add and mix well:

1/4 tsp. salt

2 cups flour

6 oz chocolate chips

 Chill dough for 1 hour.

(*I have done it both ways, chilled and not chilled the dough, I think it turns out the same so there is a good chance I will never chill again.)

Form dough into 1" balls. 

Roll in Mint Sugar.

Mint Sugar

1 cup sugar

4 mint leaves

add to a blender or food processor until finely chopped. Lay on cookie sheet to dry overnight.

Place on greased cookie sheets and press with a fork in crisscross manner.

 Bake 350degrees for *12 minutes.

*they may not look completely done but do not over cook them. They have a shortbread texture and are SO GOOD when not crunchy or too dry.

Chocolate Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies

-1 cup butter

-1/2 cup sugar

-1/4 peppermint extract

-1/4 tsp salt

-1/4 cup chopped mint

-2 cups flour

-6 oz chocolate chips

Mint Sugar

-1 cup sugar

-4 mint leaves

add to blender until finely chopped. Lay on cookie sheet to dry overnight.