I have to say that if you plan on having some leftovers of these No Bake Thin Mint Cookie Truffles, then you should plan on quadrupling the recipe.
Honestly, this is one of my favorite recipes using thin mint cookies. I make them up and bring them to a party and they are the first thing gone! Obviously, I am happy everyone loves them but sad I never have any to indulge with at home.
Recipe Ingredient Notes
To make No Bake Thin Mint Cookie Truffles, you will need the following ingredients:
- Girl Scout Thin Mint Cookies, 1 package, (or Keebler Grasshopper cookies)
- Cream Cheese
- Guittard Green Mint Chips, 1 bag
Equipment Needed
For this recipe, you only need a few simple kitchen tools. We recommend using the following equipment:
How to make No Bake Thin Mint Cookie Truffles
- Blend cookies in a blender or food processor until fine crumbs form. Set aside ¼ cup crumbs to sprinkle on top of truffles, if desired.
- Place cookie crumbs and softened cream cheese in a large mixing bowl and mix until well combined.
- Roll mixture into 1 inch sized balls and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment or wax paper.
- Place baking sheet in the fridge for 30 minutes.
- Melt mint chips (or white chocolate chips) in a microwave-safe bowl in the microwave in 30-second increments, stirring each time, until melted (about 2 minutes).
- Add food coloring to melted white chocolate chips if using white chocolate.
- Dip each ball into melted chocolate until completely covered using two forks. Lift ball out of the chocolate and scrape off excess chocolate before placing on baking sheet.
- Sprinkle on cookie crumbs for garnish, if desired.
- Place truffles in the fridge for a few minutes to set up.
Storing and Other Tips
These will do well in an airtight container in your fridge for 2-3 days so they are ready for your event when you need them (if they last that long).
If you are interested in decorating the cookies as I did, you will need to melt about a ½ cup of white chocolate chips (or whatever flavor you prefer) the same way you did the green mint chips. Then pour the white chocolate into a small ziplock bag and cut a small corner of the bag.
Using the bag drizzle the white chocolate over the top of the green chocolate coating. You could also put some fun sprinkles or cookie crumbles on top as well!
Then simply return them to the fridge to harden back up.
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No Bake Thin Mint Cookie Truffles
Ingredients
- 9 ounces Girl Scout Thin Mint Cookies, 1 package, (or Keebler Grasshopper cookies)
- 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 12 ounces Guittard Green Mint Chips, 1 bag
Instructions
- Blend cookies in a blender or food processor until fine crumbs form. Set aside ¼ cup crumbs to sprinkle on top of truffles, if desired.
- Place cookie crumbs and softened cream cheese in a large mixing bowl and mix until well combined.
- Roll mixture into 1-inch sized balls and place on a baking sheet lined with parchment or wax paper.
- Place baking sheet in the fridge for 30 minutes.
- Melt mint chips (or white chocolate chips) in a microwave-safe bowl in the microwave in 30-second increments, stirring each time, until melted (about 2 minutes).
- Add food coloring to melted white chocolate chips if using white chocolate.
- Dip each ball into melted chocolate until completely covered using two forks. Lift ball out of the chocolate and scrape off excess chocolate before placing on baking sheet.
- Sprinkle on cookie crumbs for garnish, if desired.
- Place truffles in the fridge for a few minutes to set up.
Notes
Nutrition
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wow these look amazing,would love you to link the to my Creative Monday hop ? 🙂
I want these in my life right now!
Oh wow, I wish we had Girl Scout Cookies in the UK 🙁
Although I’m pretty sure I can find something similar on my next supermarket trip 🙂
I found your blog through Pinterest and I’m soooo happy that I did! Tried one of your recipes Sunday and it was fabulous! Can’t wait to continue to read and try more new things!
These look incredible –
Mary x
Only one word…YUM!!!!! Thanks for sharing the awesomeness:-)
Oh yum, now that is what I’m talking about! so sad we don’t get ghiradelli mint chips over here in England!
thank you for sharing, i’m definitely making these for st patty’s day!!
yum!
I cannot wait to get my GS cookies! And since my daughter sells them, I have a direct supplier. :):) These look amazing!
Found this on Pinterest today and I just made them, so easy and really awesome! I used a bag of mint and dark chocolate chips I got on clearance a couple weeks back so the only thing I needed was some cookies. I used the Keebler’s grasshopper cookies because sadly I don’t know any girl scouts to buy from!
I can’t wait to try these!
I’m hesitant to make these because my husband would eat them all, and then he would keep asking me to make more. 🙂
Oh these look absolutely divine!
Those look delightful!
I just bought two boxes of G.S. Thin mint cookies the other day, and now I know what I”m going to do with them!
Awesome, thanks for posting my recipe! Would you mind putting my original link on your page instead of the Tasty Kitchen one though? Thanks sisters!! <3
Cookin’ Cowgirl
these look so good! your picture caught my eye as i was scrolling through a link party!
Featuring YOU this morning over on my blog! Thank you so much for sharing at last week’s {wow} me wednesday party!
Ginger @ gingersnapcrafts.com
http://www.gingersnapcrafts.com/2012/02/take-look-at-you-my-favorites_09.html
Adorable! Can’t wait to try them.
Yum! And the color would be perfect for St. Patrick’s Day too (I’m just trying to justify making a batch, can you tell?).
The oreo truffles are awesome, can’t wait to try these mint ones!
Cool tip: To keep the melted mint chips or candy-coating soft and workable while you dip the truffle in it, set your bowl on a heating pad…yep, the kind you use for an aching back…here’s a new use for it!
These look so yummy! Pinned 🙂
This look so SO good!!
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These look amazing! If only I weren’t on a diet, boo 🙁
looks yummy! I saw this on oopsey Daisy and had to stop by.
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These look so yummy. Would you have an alternative to cream cheese though?
I have never tried anything but cream cheese, so I don’t know if anything else would work as well to hold it together . . . maybe frosting?! I am not sure . . . I will let you know if I find anything!
These sound AMAZING! One of my two favorite kinds of girl scout cookies!
YES! These sound even better than Girl Scout cookies! You girls are always so gracious, and I link up here weekly…I am hosting my first link party and would love for you to add this along with anything else you like! http://www.mom4realky.blogspot.com/2012/02/4-real-friday-link-party-1.html
Jessica @ Mom 4 Real
Wow my mouth is literally watering from looking at the picture! I’m so excited to try this out! Thanks for sharing. I shared this on my Facebook page cause I thought they looked so yummy!
They look amazing and I definitely need to make some of those! YUMMY – thanks for sharing!
YUMMY! I shared this on my facebook page.
Looks so good, and perfect for St. Patrick’s Day which is coming up. The flavor of thin mints is so ingrained in my food memory, I guess you never outgrow being a girl scout:)
These look so amazingly yummy (and cute!). I can’t imagine how excited my kids will be to eat GREEN treats! : )
I’d LOVE it if you’d share this at Feature Friday FREE-FOR-ALL…going on right now!
http://www.fivedaysfiveways.com/2012/02/feature-friday-free-for-all-7.html
Hope to see you soon!
P.S. I’m a new follower. : )
~Abbie
I’m featuring your truffles as part of my Thin Mint Knock Offs post today. Thanks so much for the recipe idea!
found you thru tater tots and jello linky party. These look really good!! 🙂
These look so good! I’d love it if you’d share this recipe on my weekend linky party going on now!
http://www.lovelycraftyhome.com
These are awesome! Thanks for the recipe! Visiting from COM.
It’s like you know all my weaknesses: Thin mints!!!
Do you have to refrigerate leftovers? [if there are any left over!] I figured since there is cream cheese in them…
These look awesome! So happy to have found such a great blog (via pinterest)! New follower here!
and the calorie count for this = DEATH! I’ll still eat them up! LOL!
My mouth waters everytime I see this on my Pinterest board! I also featured it today on my Show Off Saturday.
http://www.mydecoupagedlife.com/2012/03/show-off-saturday-girl-scout-cookie.html
These are so great! But I am having trouble finding the mint green chips! Where can I get them?
You can also use regular chocolate 🙂 Here’s an example: Thin Mint Truffles
-Carly
These are so pretty. I made something similar here, but without the green chips (I honestly wonder how they make them green? Is it artificial coloring?) and using regular thin mints. Yours would have been PERFECT for St Pattys day!
-Carly
Such a great treat. I made them and couldn’t stop eating them!
Now that Philadelphia cream cheese has chocolate cream cheeses available, this recipe has the potential to be even more dangerous. 🙂
WHY do these have to look so good?! hahaha
These would be great at Christmas time mixed in with some other kinds of truffles for a homemade gift.
Oh my goodness, these look absolutely delicious! Thank you so much for sharing your recipe!
Katie
http://www.funhomethings.com
YUMMMM! I’ve made oreo and golden oreo truffles recently, but I stabbed them with a toothpick to coat them – and then had to wait ages for it to set so I could put it down! I like you fork idea MUCH better!
Made these today. Super pretty, delicious and easy. Thank you! I could not find the green chips so I opted for the Andes mint chips. They didn’t have the fun green color, but the taste was great. Plus, you can always add some color to the white chocolate and drizzle on top. Great gift treat.
Does anyone know roughly how many truffles this recipe makes? Thanks!
Makes about 30. Depends on how big you roll the balls. Hope this helps. -The Six Sisters
If you want the green color while using actual chocolate instead of palm-oil-filled goop, you can get chocolate-soluble dyes from Chef Rubber and specialty chocolatier vendors. Don’t confuse guittard coverture (which must be tempered, but tastes much better) with the chips or “apeels.”
Would these keep well overnight in the fridge? I want to make them in advance for a party!!
These look incredible! I love the color of the green! I just had to feature this recipe in my blog post today for “20 Amazing Desserts for St. Patrick’s Day” Here is the link, I would love it if you could stop by and check out your fun recipe!
They will be fine in the fridge. Put them in a tupperware or some type of airtight container.
Wow! These look amazingly good! Thanks for sharing the recipe, Cyd!
I made these last year and they were so yummy! I also have trouble finding mint chocolate chips, but I’m going out to look again. We’re having a bake off at my company Christmas party and I want to make them. I will add some red and green food color to the white chocolate to drizzle over them and make them look festive.
Just made these… they are to die for!!! Do they freeze well?
Yes, they will freeze well in an airtight freezer container.
Can you add Creme de Menthe alcohol to the crumb/cream mixture?
You can definitely try that!
yum!