St. Patrick's Day Mint Crinkle Cookies - delightfully green, soft and chewy cake mix cookies bursting with mint and covered in blissful powdered sugar sweetness.
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This post was originally shared on March 10, 2015, and has since been updated.
St. Patrick’s Day or St. Patty’s Day as I lovingly like to call it is a bit of an underrated holiday when it comes to baking. There just aren’t nearly enough recipes for this green holiday or maybe it's because green is not the most appetizing color for food.
The good thing though is The Great Big List of St. Patrick's Day Desserts, The Great Big List of Boozy St. Patrick's Day Desserts, and The Great Big List of Rainbow Desserts has you and I covered with all kinds of delicious St. Patty's Day desserts.
Another good thing, I've got a new and improved, delicious St. Patrick's Day dessert for you to add to your recipe box, St. Patrick's Day Mint Crinkle Cookies.
These crinkle cookies aren't just easy, super delicious, and festive BUT they are also pleasant on the eye despite being green.😉💚
St. Patrick's Day Mint Crinkle Cookies are a beyond easy cookies recipe. They require only seven ingredients: white boxed cake mix, melted butter, eggs, mint extract, mint green gel food coloring, granulated sugar, and powdered sugar. This is the perfect amount of ingredients for a St. Patty's Day recipe...lucky seven!🍀
TIP: A little baking basics, you can use mint extract or peppermint extract for these cookies. Mint extract gives them more of a St. Patty's Day flavor, think Shamrock Shake. Peppermint extract gives them more of a Christmas flavor, think candy canes.
The Mint Crinkle Cookie dough is sticky and has a thick, play-doughy texture. The best way to handle the cookie dough is minimally and to use a cookie scoop. This will prevent over-touching the dough and it creates uniform-sized cookies.
TIP: To make perfect crinkle cookies, roll your balls of crinkle cookie dough first in granulated sugar and then into the powdered sugar. The granulated sugar draws out moisture giving your cookies the crinkle and acts as a barrier preventing the powdered sugar from being absorbed into your cookies.
Perfect crinkle cookies require crinkles and powdered sugar ON your crinkle cookies.
Happy St. Patrick's Day Mint Crinkle Cookies, lucky 7-ingredient crinkle cookies never tasted so good!
St. Patrick's Day Mint Crinkle Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 white boxed cake mix, 16.25 oz
- 6 tablespoons butter, melted
- 2 large eggs
- 1 and ¼ teaspoons mint extract
- 2 drops mint green gel food coloring
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- â…” cup powdered sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375F degrees.
- In a large bowl using an electric mixer, mix together boxed cake mix, melted butter, eggs, mint extract and mint green gel food coloring; mix until combined.
- Place granulated sugar and powdered sugar in separate shallow dishes. Scoop dough into tablespoon balls using a #50 Disher and drop into granulated sugar and roll to coat. Transfer dough balls to powdered sugar and roll to coat. Evenly space dough balls on a baking sheet.
- Bake 9-11 minutes, until puffed and cracked and edges have begun to set but centers are still soft, cookies will look raw between cracks and appear underdone.
- Cool cookies on a baking sheet on a wire rack for 5 minutes; transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Eat & Enjoy!
Anne Buswell says
Great cookie for x mas t. Refrigerate dough for a little bit, easier to scoop. My husband just loves them with melted chocolate over them.
Sarah says
Anne - I love the idea of this cookie with melted chocolate. That sounds wonderful! Thanks for stopping by and commenting! 🙂
Lisa @ Healthy Nibbles & Bits says
Oh my goodness, look at that beautiful color on these cookies!
Sarah says
Thanks Lisa!
Thao @ In Good Flavor says
These cookies are adorable and I love the color.
Sarah says
Thanks Thao! 🙂
J @ A Hot Southern Mess says
These cookies look so so good! I bet my hubby would love these! Maybe I will make them St. Patty's Day next week. Thanks for sharing!
Sarah says
Thanks J! If you bake them I'd love to see them, tag #sarahsbakestudio on social media.
Aida@TheCraftingFoodie says
Sarah,
These are so adorable! I love crinkle cookies, and this minty green twist looks so delicious! The best part is that you can easily adapt your recipe for vegan or dairy-free eaters!
Sarah says
Thanks Aida! I never thought about doing a vegan or dairy-free option. I'll have to look into that.
Beverly says
I saw these on Retro Re-Pin and they are definitely eye catching. I love that they start with a cake mix. Pinned and plan on making these soon.
Sarah says
Awesome Beverly! Thanks for stopping by!
Elena says
I love crinkle cookies and yours look fabulous!
Sarah says
Thanks Erica!
Maureen McKeever says
I find refrigerating the dough 20+ minutes helps to roll them into balls-I love baking with cakemixes, one can be quite creative with add-ins.
Sarah says
Hi Maureen. I am partial to cake mix recipes too; the creative options are endless!
Denise says
I love mint! Growing up I always requested a chocolate and mint cake for my birthday. Will have to try these 🙂
Sarah says
Denise, a chocolate and mint cake sounds wonderful. I may have to make that. 🙂 Thanks for stopping by!