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These Mint Chip Hi Hat Cookies are so easy to make using chocolate boxed cake mix. They are minty, chocolaty and the perfect dessert recipe for special occasions!
If you enjoy minty cookies as much as I do, be sure to also try my Peppermint Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies and these Chocolate Peppermint Shortbread Cookies.

Today I’m shaking things up! My friend Julianne is here to help me out and share these super fun cookies with you. I’m dying over how awesome they look! It’s also her birthday (yay!!) so give her a big welcome and be sure to pop over to her blog, Beyond Frosting, say hey and wish her a Happy Birthday!
Hey everyone! I am really excited to be guest posting today over here at Life, Love and Sugar. Maybe you have heard Lindsay talk about her friend Julianne before, or maybe not. Well that’s me! I blog over at Beyond Frosting.
Over the past year, I have gotten to know Lindsay on a deeper level than her blog. She is a true and dear friend to me, and I am not quite sure that blogging for me, would be the same without her. To think I never would have met her if I hadn’t found her on the internet is pretty awesome and not at all creepy, right? HA! Just kidding, kinda.
While Lindsay is off gallivanting in South Africa (she is so fancy), I am over here in California celebrating my birthday today! Isn’t Lindsay such a great friend for making me work on my birthday? I mean really.
Well for my birthday, I prefer mint chip, but my boyfriend could not be more opposite. He doesn’t like mint AT ALL. How we have made in three and half year is beyond me. I kid, I kid. But I know that when I make something that is mint chip, he won’t eat it. Great, more for me!
Instead of cake today, I am sharing these Mint Chip Hi Hat Cookies. It is a chocolate cake mix cookie with a mint chip frosting that is dipped in chocolate! I recently discovered cake mix cookies and I love the different flavors you can create with them! The cake mix cookie is soft and a bit thicker than a traditional cookie.
Some people who have tried these cookies thought the frosting was too sweet. For me personally, it is just about right. It is not overwhelmingly sweet, but there is quite a bit of powdered sugar. So I’ve added a pinch of salt in the frosting to cut the sweetness. I also used heavy cream instead of milk to help smooth out the flavor, but milk works just fine too. I would suggest adding the mint extract ½ teaspoon at a time to suite your own tastes. I only added ½ teaspoon to this recipe, but if you like a stronger mint flavor, add another ½ teaspoon.
Once the cookie cools, you pipe the frosting on top and give the cookie a little tap on the counter top to help the frosting settle. Then I refrigerated the frosted cookie until the frosting is a bit more firm (about 30-45 minutes). That way, when the frosting is dipped in the chocolate, it does not fall off.
The melted chocolate coating is like a magic shell. It is simple to make with chocolate chips and vegetable oil. Once melted and smooth, turn the cookie upside down and just dip the cookie as deep as you can into the chocolate. Shake off any extra chocolate and flip it back over until the chocolate sets.
I chose to keep these in the refrigerator, and then let them thaw for about a half hour before serving. If you eat them right out of the refrigerator, the frosting will firm, and it will be a little bit like eating mint chip ice cream; which isn’t such a bad thing either!
Thanks for putting up with me today! I hope you like mint chocolate as much as I do!
- Prep Time: 45
- Cook Time: 10
- Total Time: 55 minutes
- Yield: 20-24 Cookies
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Oven
- Cuisine: American
Description
These Mint Chip Hi Hat Cookies are so easy to make using chocolate boxed cake mix. They are minty, chocolaty and the perfect dessert recipe for special occasions!
Ingredients
FOR THE COOKIES
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1 cup chocolate cake mix (powder)
- 2 tbsp dark chocolate cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ¾ cup unsalted butter, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 large egg
FOR THE FROSTING
- 1 cup (2 sticks) unsalted butter
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- Pinch of salt
- ½ tsp mint extract
- 1 cup chopped chocolate
- 2 tbsp heavy cream or milk
- Green food coloring (optional)
FOR THE MAGIC SHELL
- 1 bag dark chocolate chips (11 oz)
- 3 tbsp vegetable oil
- Sprinkles for garnish
Instructions
FOR THE COOKIES
FOR THE FROSTING
FOR THE MAGIC SHELL
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories: 348
- Sugar: 31.2 g
- Sodium: 164.7 mg
- Fat: 21.7 g
- Carbohydrates: 38.4 g
- Protein: 2.1 g
- Cholesterol: 45.6 mg
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Enjoy!
What a fun way to celebrate your birthday! I love that you found such a great friend while blogging. Hi hat cookies or cupcakes are on my baking bucket list!
Love these hi hat cookies. Really cute and yummy.
Looks delish! I love chocolate and mint together, and this is such a fun way to have it!
First off – happy birthday, secondly, I love your blog too and finally, these cookies will be a major hit with the hubby. I must make them for his birthday in June. Huge fan of mint and cake batter cookies. In fact, his mom has a cake batter cookie recipe from the early 70’s that is known as the ‘family’ cookie. 🙂
I love some Julianne my friend. You two peas in a pod are so lovely! Love yall both! And these cookies are simply wonderful!
Blogging friends are the best! I love that you and Lindsay met through the web. Meanwhile I love love love these cookies! I’ve seen those high hat cupcakes around before but these cookies are even better I think! I must try.
These are so cute and yummy looking! I love mint and chocolate together!
Julianne – these are just gorgeous! And they have me dreaming of christmas!
So fun to see Julianne over here! Happy Birthday Julianne! I love the hi-hat cookies! Such a fun idea and you won’t catch me turning up my nose at mint chip. 😉 These are adorable. Lindsay, hope you’re having a fabulous adventure in SA!!!
You’re a good friend, filling in for Lindsay on your birthday! Hope it’s a great day, Julianne!
I’ve been working on my first hi-hat baked good, so this is super helpful and inspiring. The flavor is so reminiscent of mint chip ice cream cones. I want!!