Cake mix cookies are easy to make and fun to eat, especially when they are sandwiched around a minty buttercream! These cookies are festive and delicious!
People love chocolate and peanut butter together. We sort of gush about it. How many candies and desserts celebrate that combination? On this blog, I have shared Peanut Butter Hot Chocolate, Chocolate Frosted Peanut Butter Bars, and Chocolate Cupcakes with Peanut Butter Frosting. I could actually go on, but this isn’t a post about chocolate and peanut butter.
It’s a post about chocolate and mint…the other dynamic duo that doesn’t seem to garner as much attention. It is still popular, but chocolate and peanut butter dominate!
These sandwich cookies are a great way to showcase how beautiful chocolate and mint go together, plus they look impressive but are easy to make!
What Do I Need To Make These Cake Mix Cookies?
- Devils food cake (1 box)
- Vegetable oil
- Eggs
- Butter
- Powdered sugar
- Mint extract
- Milk
- Andes Mints
- Green food coloring
How To Make Chocolate Mint Cake Mix Cookies
STEP ONE – Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
STEP TWO – In a bowl, stir together the cake mix, vegetable oil, and eggs until completely combined. Roll the dough into 1-inch balls. Place the balls on the prepared baking sheet.
STEP THREE – Bake the cookies for 8 minutes. Allow the cookies to cool for about 5 minutes before removing to a cooling rack.
STEP FOUR – To prepare the frosting, beat the butter in the bowl of a stand mixer until creamy. Slowly beat in the powdered sugar one cup at a time. Add extract and milk, stirring until the buttercream has a spreadable consistency. Stir in the food coloring and fold in the chopped Andes Mints.
STEP FIVE – Carefully spread frosting on the bottoms of half of the cookies; top with remaining cookies.
How Long Will These Cake Mix Cookies Last?
Store these sandwich cookies in a single layer, separated by wax paper in an airtight container. Your cookies should last 3-4 days if properly stored. It is best to keep these cookies stored in the refrigerator because of the buttercream filling.
Can I Freeze These Cake Mix Cookies?
Absolutely! However, I would freeze the cookies unfrosted and unassembled. To freeze these cookies, prepare the recipe as directed, allowing the cookies to cool completely.
Arrange the cookies in a single layer, placing the wax paper in between each layer. Store the cookies in the freezer, in an airtight container for up to 3 months. Allow the cookies to thaw before proceeding with the frosting.
Mint Sandwich Cake Mix Cookies Tips and Suggestions
You can use any cake mix in this recipe. I prefer the taste and texture of Deviled Food Cake, but any chocolate cake mix will work.
No need to flatted the cookies prior to baking, The cookies will flatten nicely as they bake!
If you do not want to use Andes Mints, chopped chocolate or mini chocolate chips will works well.
Green food coloring is optional.
A splash of Creme de Menthe can also be added to your buttercream.
These easy cookies make any cookie tray more festive! Adults and kids love them! Feel free to adapt and change the flavors to keep this cookie recipe on your must-make list all year long!
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Minty mini cheesecakes are filled with a decadent and rich chocolate fudge frosting!
This decadent chocolate cake has a hint of mint in the batter but what makes this a cool mint chocolate cake stand out, is the creamy, fluffy frosting!
This two-bite fudge brownie recipe is perfect when you just need a little taste of decadence! The swirled mint candy and chocolate frosting transform these from ordinary brownies to a drool-worthy dessert!
Cinnamon Rolls filled with mint chocolate chips, make an extra special holiday breakfast treat!
This whoopie pie recipe starts with vanilla whoopie pies that are studded with chocolate chips and surround a creamy mint filling. These little desserts are as delicious as they are fun!
Chocolate Mint Cake Mix Cookies
Cake mix cookies are easy to make and fun to eat, especially when they are sandwiched around a minty buttercream! These cookies are festive and delicious!
Ingredients
- 1 box devils food cake
- ½ cup vegetable oil
- 2 eggs
- ¾ cup softened butter
- 3 cups powdered sugar
- 2 teaspoons mint extract
- 2 tablespoons milk
- ⅓ cup chopped Andes Mints
- 2-3 drops green food coloring
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheets with parchment paper and set aside.
- In a bowl, stir together the cake mix, vegetable oil, and eggs until completely combined. Roll the dough into 1-inch balls. Place the balls on the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake the cookies for 8 minutes. Allow the cookies to cool for about 5 minutes before removing to a cooling rack.
- To prepare the frosting, beat the butter in the bowl of a stand mixer until creamy. Slowly beat in the powdered sugar one cup at a time. Add extract and milk, stirring until the buttercream has a spreadable consistency. Stir in the food coloring and fold in the chopped Andes Mints.
- Carefully spread frosting on the bottoms of half of the cookies; top with remaining cookies.
Nutrition Information
Yield
24Serving Size
1Amount Per Serving Calories 180Total Fat 12gSaturated Fat 5gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 7gCholesterol 34mgSodium 63mgCarbohydrates 18gFiber 0gSugar 17gProtein 1g
Heather @ Shards of Lavender says
Tanya, I was laughing at your salon story! You need to share your stylist’s name so I can stay far away from her… I wear makeup, but don’t have a clue as to what I’m doing and my greys are so numerous, so I would’ve been sucked in:) And then I’d have some explaining to do to my husband… Loving these cookies; they remind me of minties my mom used to make every Christmas.
Lemonsforlulu says
Thank you Heather!! Truth is I am feeling my age. but since I’m determined to fight the whole aging process, I’ll just suck it up and do whatever she says!! Ooh, what are minties?
Heather @ Shards of Lavender says
Tanya, minties are brownies layered with a green mint frosting and covered with a chocolate layer(similar to magic shell). One of my favorite food memories from my childhood:)
Dorothy+@+Crazy+for+Crust says
Those are the worst stylists, unless you love your look so much you don’t care. I need a new one right now and I cannot bring myself to find someone for this reason!!
These mint cookies???? DYING.
Lemonsforlulu says
Thank you Dorothy! The sad thing is I’ll probably go back to the same stylist and just accept I’ll spend too much money.
Nancy P.@thebittersideofsweet says
Wow these look incredible! This is so funny! I am a no nonsense type of gal myself, so I go into get my haircut with my hair cleaned and wet. So all they have to do is cut. No talking, it makes it short and sweet and I am out in 20 mins!
Lemonsforlulu says
I don’t it when the stylist is to gabby either Nancy! You and I are very similar!
heather+@french+press says
I seriously need a mint mood lifter right now! and a new haircut now that I think about it
Lemonsforlulu says
Be careful in the salon!! Thank you Heather!
Jennifer+@+Show+Me+the+Yummy says
Mint chocolate is my favorite!! Love how vibrant you made the filling…I will 100% be trying this recipe 🙂
Lemonsforlulu says
Thank you Jennifer!
Jocelyn @BruCrew Life says
Stylists like that should be banned! I hate that feeling of being had and spending money on something I really didn’t want!!! But mint cookies are definitely the perfect end to the day! I love the bright green filling. I have something similar but with a pink filling 🙂
Lemonsforlulu says
Thank you Jocelyn! I bet pink frosting would be gorgeous!
Julie @ Julie's Eats & Treats says
Ohhhh I want to see the new look Tanya!!! Not that you weren’t all ready beautiful 🙂 Loving this cookies and awesome photos!
Lemonsforlulu says
Ah stop, you are too sweet. I’d truly rather eat cookies than do my hair. Thanks Julie!
Jessica+@+A+Kitchen+Addiction says
Hair stylists are so good at “suggesting” every possible option available! These photos are gorgeous, Tanya!
Maureen | Orgasmic Chef says
This made me laugh. I think they see me coming. “Oh you’re not too bad for your age, can I give you something to perk your hair up?”
Then I come home and eat cookies. I want THESE cookies.
Meghan Jefferson says
These look amazing, but where can you buy Andes mint chips?
Lemonsforlulu says
I found my mint chips at Meijer, you can find them at Walmart too. Andes chocolates can be used instead.
Dorothy Boucher says
These look so delicious and hubby is already asking when can I make them lol
floriental says
Love how vibrant you made the filling!