Homemade Thin Mint Cookies

Step 7 Enjoy

These taste best after they've been refrigerated for a day, but of course, I recommend trying some now, and saving some for the next day so you can be properly assured of this.

Store these in an airtight container in the fridge for a week or two.  Or freeze them for up to a month! They're great right out of the freezer too.  But once they're in the open air, they will start to melt, so nom fast!

Comments

[aglaranna]

Anybody got more tips on making them not melty? I don't like eating the cookies cold...

[clovisfiesta]

Hello. Try to add a little of parafin. This will up the melt point of chocolate. I hope this help you.

[Ortzinator]

Not much you can do about that I'm afraid. Just make sure you're using chocolate made for baking, it has a higher melting point.

[rainbowkey]

Try using coconut oil with the chocolate instead of shortening for a less melty coating

[flameproof]

Really nice, but one caveat: please remember to continue to support your local Girl Scouts by purchasing their delicious, one-of-a-kind delectables when cookie selling season comes.  Your support helps to fund Girl Scouting activities and without that support Girl Scouts could not continue to be the positive influence it has been on millions of young girls.

Also: consider shopping elsewhere than This Place.

[ConcernedMushroom]

I would like nothing more than being able to once again support the Girl Scouts by purchasing their cookies every year, however, all of their cookies now contain hydrogenated oils, partially hydrogenated oils or interesterrified oils . These oils are otherwise known as trans-fats and are EXTREMELY bad for your long term health. The adverse effects of transfats on your cardiovascular system have been compared to the adverse effects that cigarette smoking has on your respiratory system.
Yes, I have written to the company and told them my family would not purchase their products unless these very harmful chemicals were removed. So far, no change...I check the ingredients list of their cookies almost every year. :(

[spark master]

while I agree , you better not use any mixes cause they all use those bad things and even whipping cream has Mono and Di glycerides added to it, (check it out I was a taken back when I saw the ingredients list go past cream).

[porcupinemamma]

Absolutely! We call "Girl Scouts "in Canada, "Girl Guides". A friend sells them at work and the rest of us buy them by the case and freeze them.  Then...poof!  they are gone. Schoochie's recipe will tide us over until the next sale. P.S. I was a Guide, and  it was a really positive experience for me.  My daughter was ready to get her Gold Star, when we lived in Michigan but we moved back to Canada. Companionship and leadership skills are just two of the benefits of being part of the scouting movement. and...(be still my heart)  Harrison ford was a Boy Scout.

[canida]

Oh, I do.  ;)
Unfortunately they don't sell them year-round, though!  I'm going to use this recipe to fill in the gaps.

[zieak]

I was a little discouraged when i read a note that came with the Girl Scout cookies i bought this year.  It said the troop got 45 cents from each box sold.  At $4 a box, their profit is horrible.  I love the cookies but next year i might just consider a donation of $10.  It would cost me far less money, the troop would get more money, and i would save a few thousand calories from my diet!

[imthemomthatswhy]

There are two manufacturer for all girl scout cookies: Little Brownie Bakers and ABC Bakers. They make NO money off girl scout cookies. These are two major cookie manufactures (under a different name...one is Keebler) so they can afford to not make a profit on us. They only get enough money to cover the production costs (about $.88/box). Our cookies are $4 (prices are set by the council). Of that $4, $.75 goes to the troop, $.15 goes to the individual girl in the form of incentives (my daughter pays her own way to summer camp every summer), $2.22 goes to support the local council (scholarships, financial aid for girls to join scouts, camps, and so on). So while the troop doesn't get that much, the girls benefit from a lot more. Every council sets their own prices and the cookies they choose to sell. They also set how the money is divided. As a troop leader, we are always more than willing to accept your donations, so please feel free to do that. I just didn't want to you think poorly of the cookies. I used to until I became a leader and realized the benefit. Besided the money... the girls benefit greatly to this experience. http://girlscouts.org/program/gs_cookies/

[zieak]

I should say that I've done my share of door-to-door sales for fund-raisers. I was a Cub Scout and stayed through to become an Eagle Scout and even a Scoutmaster for 3 years. I know the value taught through fundraising. But i think there are a lot more cost effective opportunities available. Especially ones that don't contribute to further obesity.

it is good to know t5hat the manufacturers don't profit from the sales. Councils should be forced to do more fund raising instead of putting it on the girls!

[ElvenChild]

good idea

[Shany120]

YUMMY (nom nom) I wanna make them!!!

[12150w]

There seems to be a lot of cookie recipes popping up recently on Instructables, HOORAY