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Chocolate Mint Cookies

Chocolate Mint Cookies made with Andes Mints are perfect for St. Patrick’s Day! They are chewy, chocolatey, and minty!

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 11 ingredients
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Why it works: Mint and chocolate work together. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and 236 recipes mention both. Both carry 1-octen-3-ol, which smells mushroom, earthy. The science ↓

The recipe

Serves 26
Prep10 min
Cook10 min

Ingredients

Contains: egg, milk, wheat (auto-detected from the ingredients and method; we can miss things, so check labels)

Directions

Method written by CompKitchen from the ingredient list. Not the original author's method, not kitchen-tested.

  1. Preheat the oven to 375°F (190°C). Line baking sheets with parchment paper.

  2. Whisk the all-purpose flour, cocoa powder, cornstarch, baking soda and salt together in a bowl.

  3. Beat the room-temperature butter and granulated sugar until light and creamy, about 2 minutes. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then the vanilla extract.

  4. Add the dry ingredients to the butter mixture on low speed and mix until just combined. Stir in the chopped Andes mints and semi-sweet chocolate chips.

  5. Scoop rounded spoonfuls of dough onto the prepared sheets, spacing them about 2 inches (5 cm) apart.

  6. Bake 8 to 10 minutes, until the edges are set and the centers look slightly soft. Cool on the sheet for 5 minutes, then move to a wire rack to finish cooling.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much aroma chemistry they share, and how many recipes mention both.

  1. Mint + chocolatetop 10% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together236 recipes

    Shared aroma: 1-octen-3-ol (mushroom, earthy).

  2. Cocoa powder + chocolatetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapstrong
    Mentioned together1,587 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-ethyl-3,6-dimethylpyrazine (roasted, nutty).

  3. Vanilla + chocolatetop 2% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together10,018 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

  4. Sugar + vanillatop 3% of all pairs
    Aroma overlaplow
    Mentioned together35,031 recipes

    Shared aroma: beta-damascenone (apple, rose).

  5. Cocoa powder + vanillatop 4% of all pairs
    Aroma overlapmoderate
    Mentioned together2,189 recipes

    Shared aroma: sotolon (curry, maple).

Sugar and vanilla share little aroma chemistry, yet 35,031 recipes mention both: they likely work on texture and structure more than aroma.

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs