Name: Grasshopper Sandwich Cookies
Prep time: 25 min
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 33 min
Ingredients: 15.25 ounces Devils Food cake mix; 2 eggs; ¾ cup vegetable shortening (butter or regular); ½ cup butter ((softened to room temp)); 2 Tablespoon milk; 2 cups powdered sugar; 1 ½ teaspoon peppermint extract; 3 drops green food coloring

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It’s been a little bit since we’ve obsessed about our cake mix cookie recipe that is to die for, aka our grasshopper sandwich cookies.

These chocolate mint cookies are so good! Plus since they are cake mix cookies, they are also ridiculously simple to put together. No need for a long list of ingredients either.

Grasshopper cookie sandwiches are also a fun thing to make with your kids. Just make the cookie patties up and give them the green frosting and let them have at it!

Top view of Grasshopper Sandwich Cookies stacked on a plate.

Recipe Ingredient Notes

To make Grasshopper Sandwich Cookies, you will need the following ingredients:

Devil’s food cake mix
Eggs
Vegetable, butter, or original shortening

Frosting Ingredients

Butter
Milk
Powdered sugar
Peppermint extract
Green food coloring

Equipment Needed

For this recipe, you only need a few simple kitchen tools. We recommend using the following equipment:

Chocolate cookies on a cooling rack and a few on the counter with a glass bowl full of green icing with a spoon in it.

How To Make Grasshopper Sandwich Cookies Recipe

Preheat oven to 350 ℉.
Mix together cake mix, eggs and shortening until well combined. The dough will be pretty thick.
Roll dough into 1-inch balls, making sure they are all similar in size.
Place dough onto ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 8 minutes.
Immediately transfer cookies to a cooking rack.
To make the frosting, mix together butter, milk, powdered sugar, peppermint extract and as much green food coloring as desired (I used 8 drops) until smooth.
Spread onto cooled cookies and sandwich together.

3 Grasshopper Sandwich Cookies on a cooling rack.

Storage Suggestions

If you manage to not eat the whole tray of cookies immediately, these Grasshopper Sandwich Cookies store well. Once cookies have completely cooled, here is how you can store them:

Counter: Store in an airtight container in a single layer for up to 4 days at room temperature. If you want to try and get the cookies to last even longer without becoming crumbly cookies, add a slice of bread into the container of cookies. The bread will give the cookies something to draw moisture from.
Refrigerator: Store in an airtight container in a single layer for up to 7 days in a refrigerator.
Freezer: You can freeze precooked cookie dough for cookies later. Just roll out and freeze for 30 minutes, and then transfer to an airtight, freezer safe bag for up to 3 months. To store cooked cookies, let them cool completely before you put them in a freezer-safe bag for up to 3 months.

Grasshopper Sandwich Cookies stacked on a plate with the top cookie missing a bite.

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Grasshopper Sandwich Cookies

4.67 from 3 votes

Our grasshopper sandwich cookies are the perfect combination of mint and chocolate. These cookies are so soft and chewy!

15 Cookies

Prep Time 25

Cook Time 8

Total Time 33

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Ingredients

Cookies:

▢ 15.25 ounces Devils Food cake mix
▢ 2 eggs
▢ ¾ cup vegetable shortening, butter or regular

Frosting:

▢ ½ cup butter, (softened to room temp)
▢ 2 Tablespoon milk
▢ 2 cups powdered sugar
▢ 1 ½ teaspoon peppermint extract
▢ 3 drops green food coloring

Equipment

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 ℉.
Mix together cake mix, eggs and shortening until well combined. The dough will be pretty thick.
Roll dough into 1-inch balls, making sure they are all similar in size.
Place dough onto ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 8 minutes.
Immediately transfer cookies to a cooking rack.
To make the frosting, mix together butter, milk, powdered sugar, peppermint extract and as much green food coloring as desired (I used 8 drops) until smooth.
Spread onto cooled cookies and sandwich together.

Notes

These chocolate and mint cookies are divine as they are, but if you want to take them one step further you can always add some yummy chocolate ganache! Drizzle it, dip it, or even smother it in the chocolate ganache oh cannot go wrong.

Nutrition

Calories: 343 kcal · Carbohydrates: 37 g · Protein: 3 g · Fat: 22 g · Saturated Fat: 14 g · Trans Fat: 1 g · Cholesterol: 38 mg · Sodium: 297 mg · Potassium: 107 mg · Fiber: 1 g · Sugar: 27 g · Vitamin A: 225 IU · Calcium: 50 mg · Iron: 1 mg

Cuisine: American

Cost: $10

Author: Steph Loaiza

Course: Dessert

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Questions & Reviews

Mary Danner says:

What exactly did you use for the vegetable shortening?

Thanks,

Mary
Christina says:

These look great. Thank you.
Cyd says:

We used Crisco shortening. You can use regular or butter flavor. We used regular.
atom says:

I believe that there is a misprint in the recipe. It calls for 3/4 cup vegetable oil, thinking that should read vegetable shortening?
Momma Cyd says:

Thanks so much for catching that. We have fixed the recipe.
Debbie Hunt says:

Tried this recipe for the first time. It was ok but not amazing. Made with oil and cookies were very cake like. Recipe for frosting made so much, half of it was not used. Flavor of the cookies was good.
Melissa Canova says:

This recipe ROCKS!! Made them for the guys my husband works with! HUGE hit!!