Reviewed: May 26, 2012

As my mom would say....delisioso

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Reviewed: Mar. 18, 2012

Not bad! While not as good as Girl Scout cookies, these are a decent (and cheap!) knockoff for sure! Now, if I could get my cookies to look as pretty as the boxed ones (and if I could find those darn chocolate wafers everyone is talking about), I'd be able to fool a LOT of people! NOTE: You MUST let these sit overnight to taste anything like the commercial variety. I ate several of these right after setting up in the freezer and wasn't impressed at all. This is definitely something you want to prepare in advance, IMHO. All in all, these were super yummy and the perfect snack to serve with my St. Paddy's Day corned beef sandwiches (the green sugar crystals I decorated mine were a nice touch). If I were to givethese as gifts or display on a holiday cookie tray, my technique will need some serious improvement tho... mine were really sad looking this time around lol. :( Thanks for sharing, Kim!

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Chef Mickey (aka Mickey)

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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: De Soto, Missouri, USA

Living In: Elgin, Illinois, USA

Reviewed: Feb. 3, 2012

These were so gross because of the bittersweet chocolate (which was EXPENSIVE)! I've had these before and they were so good, but they must have used regular milk chocolate. I want to try again with "good tasting" chocolate. Mad I wasted money on the bittersweet! :(

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twittes

Reviewed: Dec. 28, 2011

This was hit or miss. Some loved them, others, not so much.

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Kirstin

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Rochester, New York, USA

Living In: Bartlett, Illinois, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 27, 2011

This has quickly become our new favorite holiday goodie. Has gotten rave reviews from recipients, as well! We sprinkled the tops of our with crushed Andes mints and/or green mint chips.

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tntsmomie

Reviewed: Dec. 25, 2011

These are delicious!!! A little more time intensive than I prefer, but they're worth it. :)

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Amy

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Dec. 22, 2011

I'm giving this 5 stars for ingenuity, texure & flavor! I didn't follow the recipe exactly, I used the suggestion of some others & simply melted Andes mints then spread it onto Ritz crackers & sprinkled crushed peppermint candy on top. I'm sure they would be even better with the thin chocolate wafer cookies but where in the world does one find them anymore? The seecondbatch I coursely choppd some York Peppermint Patty bits & sprinkled these ontop of te chocolaate - took it over the top in wonderful chocolately minty flavor! The crackers are an excellent alternative!

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BudsGurls

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Dec. 19, 2011

yum yum yum. my husband loves the girl scout thin mints so i had him try these with his eyes closed and i didnt tell him what they were. I wanted to see what he would say when he tasted them. And he thought they were the real thin mints, he loved them and so did my kids. Super easy.

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stacey

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Dec. 15, 2011

These were good, but I made some changes. After reading a ton of reviews on all different sites, I decided to experiment using ritz crackers, Vanilla wafers and Nabisco Famous Chocolate Wafers. I melted andes mints instead of melting chocolate and then adding peppermint extract. The andes mints were perfect. I melted them slowly in the microwave, stirring frequently. Our family conducted a taste test on the 3 different varieties, and the chocolate wafers were by far the best! Plus, they are almost black inside, just like a girl scout thin mint. It was odd biting into the rits and Nilla wafer and seeing a white color. I had never heard of these wafers but read about them in another review. I found them at Wal Mart in a long skinny yellow box with clear cellophane on top so you can see the cookies. There is only a single row of them with about 45-50 in the box. Make sure they are not broken.

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mkbg

Reviewed: Dec. 7, 2011

...I seriously don't even know where to begin. These...are...sooooo...freakin' AWESOME!!! I'm shocked to discover that I actually prefer these to GS Thin Mints. I used regular Ritz crackers. I like the very, very slight salt taste combined with the mint chocolate. I could, quite literally, eat these until I'm sick! I used the 10 oz. bag of Andes Creme de Mint Baking Chips (Walmart $2.50), melted in a bowl over a pot of simmering water. As my mint chocolate was melting, I lined a cookie sheet with wax paper and put it in the freezer. I used the suggestion of breaking the two inside prongs of a plastic fork. This worked fabulously for turning the crackers in the chocolate and lifting these delicious "cookies" onto the baking sheet. I made 52 cookies from the one bag of Andes. I should've made a double batch! There's always a next time though :) As another reviewer stated, these are so much cheaper than buying Thin Mints. The last time I bought a box was a few years ago and they were $10. Others have stated this is a messy recipe but I didn't have that problem at all. Even if I did, I would still make these. They're THAT good! You have my lifelong gratitude for this brilliant recipe Kim!!! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

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