Tuesday, March 17, 2009

Happy St. Patricks Day! Thin Mint Cupcakes

I saw these cupcakes a week ago when Mary posted them on her blog, The Food Librarian and thought they were a great way to use up those Thin Mint Cookies. Then yesterday Laura, over at Real Mom Kitchen, posted them too and I decided they were the perfect dessert for tonight.
I had exactly 1 sleeve of Thin Mint cookies left and that is what you crush up and add to Martha Stewarts One Bowl Chocolate Cupcake recipe. I made the vanilla buttercream Laura made, but reduced the milk and vanilla and added 1/4 tsp pure mint extract, for just a hint of mint in the frosting. I also added just a tiny bit of green food coloring.
My brother tasted one and he said they were fabulous! We are going to have them after dinner tonight. So, hurry- there is still time for a St. Patricks Day cupcake if you haven't made one already!


Link to Food Librarian's Post and Link to Real Mom Kitchen's Post
Here is the LINK for the One-Bowl Chocolate Cupcake Recipe
Link for the Vanilla Buttercream



13 comments:

Meghan said...

Oh my gosh those look SO good! Leftover thin mints?? Not in our house :) :) :) Good thing Keebler makes those grasshopper cookies!

Natalie said...

Thats it, its my turn to make some Thin Mint cookies!

Maria said...

Those do look good! Great way to celebrate!!

Aggie said...

so cute! I love them...and wish I had one! I use that MS cupcake recipe a lot, it's a good one!!

Laura said...

Good to know it tasted yummy with the mint extract. I definitely doing that next time.

J.L. Danger said...

I have not tried these yet, but I want to!

~~louise~~ said...

Top of the evening to you Mary Ann:)

Thank you so much for bringing these cookies to my attention. There have been so many wonderful recipes celebrating St. Patrick's Day this year, I almost wish I would have posted a link list to go with my Bottoms Up post.

Anonymous said...

YUM! Your cupcakes look delicious. You can't go wrong with thin mints.

Not Another Omnivore said...

Thin Mint Cupcakes...now you're talking...

NAOmni

Cathy said...

That's it -- I am making these tomorrow. I bought way too many Thin Mints because I heart them, and I can somehow tell myself that I will eat less of them if I turn them into cupcakes. We'll see!

Unknown said...

YUM!!! I can still make these even though the holiday is over right??!!

The Food Librarian said...

Awesome!! Yours look so much better than mine - why did I think of green frosting?! Yummy!

Prudy said...

Oh my heavens, I can't think of anything I would like more. I'm putting these on my list. I've been trying to cut out a few sweet treats a week and it's killing me!