Best Cake Mix Grasshopper Sandwich Cookies Recipes

GRASSHOPPER SANDWICH COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375F.
• Combine the chocolate chips and butter, and microwave for around 40-60 seconds, stirring every 20 seconds until melted and smooth.
• Add the sugar and egg, and mix until well blended.
• Stir in the flour until just incorporated.
• Scoop rounded tablespoons of dough onto a parchment lined cookie sheet, 1" apart (will make about 20-24 cookies total).
• Bake at 375F for 9-11 minutes, or until the edges are just set.
• While cookies bake, prepare filling. In a medium bowl, combine softened butter, confectioners' sugar and crème de menthe syrup.
• Blend until smooth using a spoon.
• Once the cookies have cooled, begin frosting half of the cookie bottoms with the crème de menthe filling.
• Immediately top each frosted cookie with an unfrosted cookie to create a cookie sandwich.
• Microwave the garnish chocolate chips for around 40-60 seconds, stirring every 20 seconds until melted and smooth.
• Pour the melted chocolate into a resealable plastic bag, then create a DIY piping bag by cutting off a small corner of the bag.
• Drizzle chocolate liberally over the tops of your cookie sandwiches.
• Sprinkle with chopped chocolate mint candies to garnish.

GRASSHOPPER SANDWICH COOKIES

Steps:

• To make the cookies, combine the chocolate chips and butter and microwave for around 40-60 seconds, stirring every 20 seconds until melted and smooth. Add the sugar and Nellie's Free Range Egg and mix until well blended. Stir in the flour until just incorporated. Scoop rounded tablespoons of dough onto a parchment lined cookie sheet, 1" apart (will make about 20-24 total). Bake at 375°F for 9-11 minutes, or until the edges are just set.
• Meanwhile, in a medium bowl, combine softened butter, powdered sugar and creme de menthe for the filling. Use a spoon to blend until smooth.
• Once the cookies have cooled, frost half of the cookie bottoms with the creme de menthe filling. Immediately top each frosted cookie with an unfrosted cookie to create a cookie sandwich.
• Microwave the garnish chocolate chips for around 30-60 seconds, stirring every 20 seconds until melted and smooth. Pour the melted chocolate into a resealable plastic bag, creating a DIY piping bag by cutting just a small corner of the bag. Drizzle chocolate liberally over the tops of your cookie sandwiches. Sprinkle with chopped chocolate mint candies to garnish.

CAKE-MIX MINT CHOCOLATE SANDWICH COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Coat two baking sheets with cooking spray.
• Beat the cake mix, eggs, butter and 1/4 cup water in a large bowl with an electric mixer on medium speed until smooth and no bits of dry cake mix are left. Stir in the chocolate chips and peppermint extract.
• Drop the batter onto the prepared baking sheets, using about 2 tablespoonfuls for each cookie (a small ice cream scoop will make this task easier) and spacing them about 1 1/2 inches apart. Bake until set around the edges but still soft in the center, about 10 minutes.
• Let the cookies cool on the baking sheets for 10 minutes and then transfer to a cooling rack to cool completely. Continue to bake cookies with the remaining batter.
• Place about 1 tablespoon marshmallow cream on half the cookies and top each with a second cookie, gently pressing on the marshmallow; it will continue to spread to the edges on its own in a few minutes.

GRASSHOPPER BARS (COOKIE MIX)

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F
• Spray bottom of 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, stir all Bar ingredients until soft dough forms.
• Press into pan; bake 15 minutes. Cool about 10 minutes.
• In large bowl, stir all Frosting ingredients until smooth.
• Spread over bars.
• In small microwavable bowl, microwave all Glaze ingredients on High 30 seconds; stir until smooth.
• Drizzle over frosting.
• Refrigerate 30 minutes or until set.
• For bars, cut into 9 rows by 4 rows.
• Store covered in refrigerator.

GRASSHOPPER SANDWICH COOKIES RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Mix together cake mix, eggs and shortening until well combined. The dough will be pretty thick.
• Roll dough into 1-inch balls, making sure they are all similar in size.
• Place dough onto ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 8 minutes.
• Immediately transfer cookies to a cooking rack.
• To make the frosting, mix together butter, milk, powdered sugar, peppermint extract and as much green food coloring as desired (I used 8 drops) until smooth.
• Spread onto cooled cookies and sandwich together.

CAKE MIX COOKIE SANDWICHES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• In a bowl mix together the cake mix, oil and eggs. Do this by hand as it is very stiff. You are looking for everything to just come together to form a dough.
• Roll dough into 1" balls. Place about 2" apart on an ungreased cookie sheet.
• Note: if dough is too sticky to roll into balls easily, refrigerate for a short time.
• Bake cookies 8 to 11 minutes at 350. Cookies should still be soft but the tops will have a cracked appearance when done.
• Remove cookies from baking sheets to cool.
• Allow to cool completely.
• Choose 2 cookies that are the same size and shape. Place about 1/2 to 1 teaspoon of frosting on the bottom of one cookie. Put the two cookies together bottoms facing each other to form the sandwich.
• Note: I like to use the following combinations, but feel free to experiment. Chocolate cookie with fudge frosting, chocolate cookie with vanilla frosting, white cake with vanilla frosting (add about 1/2 teaspoon of almond extract to the frosting), carrot cake cookies with chream cheese frosting, funfetti cookies with rainbow chip frosting (kids love this one for the colors).