Here is a great treat for St. Paddy’s Day! I got the cupcake idea from The Food Librarian. Now she used the Girl Scout’s Thin Mint cookies, I cheated and used Keebler Grasshopper cookies. Either one will do. She made a cream cheese frosting for her cupcakes and left the frosting white. I used a buttercream recipe that uses a little cream cheese. I also used green food coloring in the frosting to make these the perfect St. Patrick’s Treat.
Now, these cupcakes were made from scratch. Don’t let that scare you away. It’s a Martha Stewart recipe and it’s all made in one bowl. It was almost as easy as whipping up a boxed mix. If you want you could easily make these with a boxed devil’s food cake mix if you must. If you do make the cup cakes from scratch, don’t worry when you see the batter. This batter is quite runny. The recipe says it makes 18 to 24 cupcakes, I got 21 out of it. I also cut some cookies into fourths to put on top of the cupcakes. Just beware that if you add the cookie on top, only add it to the ones you are gonna eat. We didn’t eat all of ours in one day, the next day the cookie on top was really soft from the moisture in the frosting. Those mint cookies aren’t as yummy when they are soft. I have included the link below for the cupcake recipe from Martha Stewart and the frosting recipe that I used from Southern Living. These cupcakes had a nice light mint flavor the complemented the chocolate cupcake well. If you want a stronger mint flavor you could omit the vanilla extract from the frosting recipe and add 1/8 to 1/4 tsp. mint extract. Just start with the 1/8 tsp mint and taste it. Then add more if you want it to be stronger.
Making these for my Girl Scouts tonight to kick off cookie sles tomorrow. Thanks for posting an easy option manageable for this frazzled mom.
I stumbled upon this post the other day when looking for green cupcakes for St. Paddy’s Day. I sent a few links to husband to help me decide. Your recipe is the winner! We’ll be making these for a party this weekend. Can’t wait to try them!
I’m so glad you made these!!! How awesome! And I like how we can make these all year long with those Keebler cookies! (I brought mine to the library so they were gone in one day (more like hour!) but thanks for the hint about the second day!
Made these this afternoon, but cheated and used a box mix and they turned out really good all the same! Thanks for the great ideas!!
I have one sleeve of Thin Mints left and I am making these tonight. They look wonderful- great job decorating!
These look so good! My girl scout cookies are long gone, so I’ll have to make them with the grasshopper cookies instead
Your blog is my new favorite blog. I am far from a cook. My meals consist a prepackaged box and mixing the ingredients but I’m trying to learn. I am super excited to start trying some of the stuff you posted. I’ve already started making my grocery list.
Wow, they look moist and delish and pretty!
THese look great, I love anything mint-chocolate!
Yummy!
Those look beautiful, Laura!
I just discovered your blog on a friends page. You have some awesome looking recipes here! I love to cook too so I will definately be trying some out!
Sorry about the frosting link. I fixed it now.
They look so scrumptious! I’m a huge fan of mint and chocolate together. I love the creamy green frosting!
YUM! Yet one more way to get thin mints into my mouth…love it!
Buttercream link takes you to cupcakes, not frosting.