I dreamed these cookies up and literally threw them together on a whim. OH. MY. GOODNESS. Let’s just say they were completely eaten up within minutes of coming out of the oven. I had to save back some batter to take better pictures the next day. The batter was almost devoured by my husband & kids (ok myself too) before I made the last batch to take pictures of. If you like chocolate and you like mint and you just happen to be following THM then try these. But even more than that… they are sugar free goodness that tastes so delish you won’t be able to stop at one! I had them for breakfast two mornings in a row! And I didn’t feel bad about it either!!
These do make at least 24 maybe more like 30 because we ate so much batter… so if you don’t want as many then break the recipe in half. But honestly I might just double the recipe and freeze for any chocolate midnight cravings I have.
Start with creaming the butter and sweetener together! I used the THM Sweet Blend that you can get from the Trim Healthy Mama website. If you don’t have that then just double the amount of Truvia or Erythritol. Add the vanilla, peppermint, and eggs. Mix well.
Oh here is a picture of some of the ingredients I used. Thought it would be helpful…
Next, gather and mix together the dry ingredients.
Slowly pour the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients and mix. Chop the dark chocolate bar up and add it into the cookie dough. Mix well.
Place about 2 tbsps. of cookie dough onto your cookie sheet. If you have baking mat you can use it, if that these cookies have enough oil to not stick to the pan. I actually tried both ways. First, with my silicone mat (which I love by the way and you can check it out here…Silicone Baking Mats (2 piece set) – Best Non-Stick Professional Grade Baking Mats Available – Custom corners designed for a perfect fit (11″ X 16 1/2″) for your half-sized baking pans and trays – Website with baking recipes and video care instructions included – 2 Year Unconditional Guarantee so you can purchase with confidence.
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Bake.
Allow to cool and Eat. These are soft cookies but will firm up the longer they cool. 🙂
Double Chocolate Mint Cookies
- Cook Time: 10
- Total Time: 10 minutes
- Yield: 30 1x
Description
An amazing low carb low sugar cookie that has a wonderful rich minty chocolate flavor! It is also an S if following Trim Healthy Mama.
Ingredients
- 3 cups of almond meal (I used almond meal because I get it cheaper at Trader Joe’s than almond flour)
- 3 eggs
- 1 cup of unsalted butter (two sticks)
- 1/2 cup of cocoa powder
- 1– 4 oz bar of 85% Dark Chocolate (chopped or Lily’s Dark Chocolate Stevia sweetened chips)
- 1/3 cup plus 2 tbsps. of THM Sweet Blend (if you do not have this you can use 1/2 to 2/3 cup Truvia or Erythritol or Xylitol)
- 2 tsp peppermint extract
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 tsp of salt (really brings out the flavors)
Instructions
- Cream butter, sweetener, and extracts together.
- Add eggs.
- Mix well.
- Mix together the almond flour, cocoa powder, salt & baking soda.
- Slowly add dry ingredients to mixer.
- Chop up the dark chocolate bar in chunks.
- Add to the cookie batter.
- Mix.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
- Put 2 tbsps. of batter onto a cookie sheet.
- Bake for 10 minutes.
- Allow to cool for 10 minutes. (the longer they cool the firmer they become but these are soft cookies not crunchy)
This is probably a rookie question, but it is something I keep running into with amazing recipes like this one. I don’t see a Pinterest button for the individual recipe so I wind up needing to click on the one that takes me to a person’s page instead. Then I look and look for the individual recipe (even search with the exact words) but cannot find it. After spending all that time, I wind up not being able to pin it and just wind up printing it out. I’m just wondering if there’s a step I’m missing. Thanks! =]
There should be a pinterest icon button at the very bottom of the recipe before the comments. That’s how I pin it. 🙂 Not a rookie question at all! 🙂
Sarah, have you ever tried these using something other than Almond Flour? Something like oat fiber, sunflower meal or flax meal? I am allergic to nuts and am wondering what kind of substitution I can make as I am a HUGE fan of chocolate and mint. So much so that I am ALMOST tempted to try these with the almond flour even though I know that would be a big no-no.
I have not but am willing to experiment and try it to find one for you! I know a lot of people cannot eat almond flour. I wonder if half flax meal & half sunflower meal would work…? I’ve never used sunflower meal. Is it comparable to almond meal?
I am not sure Sarah if sunflower meal is comparable to almond meal. I know that THM uses flax meal in the MIM but I have tried using flaxmeal in BIM and it had a very distinctive taste – and not an all together pleasant taste. I like your idea of mixing the two. I will have to give it a try. If you try it before me please be sure to let me know. I LOVE your recipes by the way!!!
Ok for sure, I will let you know! What about coconut flour? Is that one an option? Oh and thank you!! :))
I have not but am willing to experiment and try it to find one for you! I know a lot of people cannot eat almond flour. I wonder if half flax meal & half sunflower meal would work…? I’ve never used sunflower meal. Is it comparable to almond meal?
Next to the cocoa powder it says chopped….I’m confused! Help!
Thank you so much for telling me! That was supposed to be beside the chocolate bar… lol not sure how that happened but it’s fixed. Just refresh!
I can’t have almond meal either so please let me know if you find a good substitute! It looks so delicious!
I am going to work on an alternative to almond meal! 🙂
Can I use the chocolate baking squares instead?
Hmmm, I haven’t tried it but I think it would be ok… just melt and mix with the butter maybe? If this works out let me know!
I made these tonight and they were yummy!!!! Thanks!
Yay awesome! They are one of my faves and going to be a great Christmas Cookie!!!
Will doughs made with slmond flour keep for a day in the fridge like unhealthy regular cookie dough? I’m wanting to bake them tomorrow do they are fresh and soft
It works great the next day! I have done it several times!! 🙂
Have you ever omitted the peppermint extract? Is the almond flour the same ratio as the almond meal?
I haven’t tried it with out the peppermint but it should be fine!! Also, I would use a little less almond FLOUR… almond flour is more fine than almond meal. Maybe 1/4 cup less! 🙂
Another rookie question. How many servings of this for an S?
I wouldn’t push it past 3 but I have been known to eat 4 for a meal… haha!
OH MY GOODNESS!!!!!!!!!!!! THESE ARE ABSOLUTELY AMAZING!!! I just made them.
YAY I’M SO HAPPY YOU LIKE THEM!!! 😀
Thank you for making your recipe printable. One of these days I’m going to stop collecting recipes and start making them.
Oh you are so welcome!! 🙂
I absolutely love these!!! Thank you!
Mint anything is my favorite, so looking forward to making these!!
Hi! Do you use the super sweet or gentle sweet? Thanks! I did make a half batch and they smell wonderful!
Now I use Gentle Sweet but I think in this recipe it was the Super Sweet.
I’m wondering if I can use the THM baking blend instead of the almond flour…if so, what would be the conversion? So excited to try these!
I think you could but you would want to cut the flour down by half… but I have NOT tried it yet so I am not 100% sure!
Newbie question, but you said you ate 3-4 cookies in a serving. Do these have enough protein to stand alone or do you pair it with something like 000 yogurt? I’m always so confused by recipes like this.
You can pair them with something or eat them alone… they have protein but not a whole lot but still… because us THM’s get so much protein in each meal, every snack doesn’t have to have a ton of protein.