Thin Mint Cocoa

Recipe By caradae
Rating
Published Jun 19th
Thin Mint Cocoa
Prep 5m Cook 10m Additional - Ready In 15m
Servings 4 servings Calories 280.6

Delicious hot chocolate that tastes like Girl Scout Thin Mint cookies.

Recipe Ingredients

  • ½ cup white sugar
  • ¼ cup hot cocoa mix
  • 1 dash salt
  • ⅓ cup hot water
  • 4 cups whole milk
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon peppermint extract

Cooking Directions

  1. 1 Mix the sugar, cocoa mix, and salt into the water in a saucepan until completely dissolved
  2. 2 Bring the mixture to a boil; cook and stir at a boil for 2 minutes
  3. 3 Stir the milk, vanilla extract, and peppermint extract through the mixture
  4. 4 Continue cooking until hot, but do not bring to a boil
  5. 5 Serve hot.

Nutrition Facts

  • Calories 280.6
  • Carbohydrate 42.9 g
  • Cholesterol 24.4 mg
  • Fat 8.3 g
  • Fiber 0.3 g
  • Protein 8.4 g
  • Saturated Fat 4.7 g
  • Sodium 235.5 mg
  • Sugar 41.4 g

Reviews

  1. Mixit Dec 2, 2014 07:35 PM
    I prefer using cocoa from the can too for this. Also use your own judgement for the extract 'less is more.'
  2. April's Kitchen Nov 20, 2013 09:36 PM
    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 - Read more ...
  3. cejj08 Sep 24, 2012 02:59 AM
    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!
  4. puppy101 Sep 15, 2012 04:41 PM
    This is the best the whole family enjoyed it!!:)
  5. Holiday Baker Feb 13, 2012 09:08 PM
    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 - Read more ...
  6. Mother of Four Jan 26, 2012 04:50 AM
    I think this has way too much peppermint extract. I recommend 1/2 tsp and then tasting it to see if you want more.
  7. carla Nov 27, 2011 05:29 AM
    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.
  8. Judy M. Aug 8, 2011 04:49 PM
    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). - Read more ...
  9. Sarah Jo Nov 16, 2010 07:23 PM
    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 - Read more ...