Thin Mint Cocoa

  4.5 – 16 reviews  

Delicious hot chocolate that is reminiscent of Thin Mint Girl Scout cookies.

Prep Time: 5 mins
Cook Time: 10 mins
Total Time: 15 mins
Servings: 4
Yield: 4 servings

Ingredients

  1. ½ cup white sugar
  2. ¼ cup hot cocoa mix
  3. 1 dash salt
  4. ⅓ cup hot water
  5. 4 cups whole milk
  6. 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  7. 1 teaspoon peppermint extract

Instructions

  1. Mix the sugar, cocoa mix, and salt into the water in a saucepan until completely dissolved. Bring the mixture to a boil; cook and stir at a boil for 2 minutes. Stir the milk, vanilla extract, and peppermint extract through the mixture. Continue cooking until hot, but do not bring to a boil. Serve hot.

Nutrition Facts

Calories 281 kcal
Carbohydrate 43 g
Cholesterol 24 mg
Dietary Fiber 0 g
Protein 8 g
Saturated Fat 5 g
Sodium 236 mg
Sugars 41 g
Fat 8 g
Unsaturated Fat 0 g

Reviews

Donald Fox MD
I have how made this recipe quite a few times. I have learned, that you don’t need the sugar to be fully dissolved for the recipe to be perfect. I would recommend to anyone looking for a mint chocolate drink to use this wonderful recipe.
Vicki Ford
My family loves this recipe!
Michael Grimes
I followed the other notes and used the cocoa powder I had on hand. I also used cane sugar because I don’t use white. I used almond milk in place of whole. It tastes great. Just the right amount of sweetness and mint. I’ll definitely be using this recipe again.
Michael Berry
This recipe is amazing. It tastes so good! We absolutely love it!
Jessica Payne
very very good, so refreshing. did add 1/4 c of cocoa
Lori Gordon
Raised so much money for my cause at my New Year’s fundraiser!!!!
Paul Woods
I prefer using cocoa from the can too for this. Also use your own judgement for the extract ‘less is more.’
Carlos Smith
It tasted…Interesting. It could have used less peppermint but it was good.
Elizabeth Reyes
Yum! This is an easy-to-make recipe! I shared some with a relative of mine, and we both thought it was great! Although I didn’t have any cocoa mix on hand, I decided use two Keurig cups which worked out great! I also happened to use the rest of my peppermint extract, since there was so little left in it anyways. This recipe is a definite keeper!
Benjamin Watkins
This recipe comes out perfect with 1/4 cup of dark cocoa powder in place of the hot cocoa mix and taking the peppermint extract down to 1/2 tsp. It really does taste like a thin mint cookie!
Erin Holland
This is the best the whole family enjoyed it!! 🙂
Maria Ramsey
I thought this tasted alright. I used the calculate button to change it to 1 serving to try it. I went to cook it in a pot, but it just wasn’t enough ingredients for one drink to do so. I used the microwave instead and added the first 4 ingredients, in a large mug, and microwaved for 30 seconds. I then added the milk and flavorings and did an additional 1 minute. I did change it up some to lighten it up a bit. I used 1% milk and a packet of Truvia for the sugar. For the extract I added a drop of peppermint and 2 drops of vanilla extract. I have used extracts, enough, to know a little goes a long way. It can be added but not removed. I am not a big fan of making flavored cocoa from a packet. However, it did sort of taste like a thin mint cookie, although, even much more so with some Andes mints melting in the bottom of the cup.
Amy Payne
I think this has way too much peppermint extract. I recommend 1/2 tsp and then tasting it to see if you want more.
Paula Bird
This was excellent and easy to make…very delicious…I only had the baking cocoa powder and not hot cocoa mix, so that’s what I used and it was excellent…have already made it 2 nights in a row.
Andrew Stewart
This was pretty good. The only problem was that it was way too sweet even after reducing the sugar by half. I used 2% milk instead of the whole milk and pure peppermint extract (if you use the pure extract, remember to reduce the amount, i forgot to and 1 tsp was way too minty). I agree with Sarah Jo, it would taste much better if baking cocoa was used instead.
Catherine Daniels
This works a whole lot better if you use baking cocoa in place of the cocoa mix. You get more chocolate-y flavor with less sugar. I didn’t have whole milk so I used a mix of fat free evaporated milk and fat free half-n-half. My kids and I thought this was great. Next time, I might add a little more peppermint extract.

 

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