Are you a fan of Arnott's Mint Slice? For my international readers, Mint Slice is a delicious chocolate cookie topped with a mint cream and coated in dark chocolate.
Mint Slice is one of Troy's all time favourite biscuits, so I wanted to try my hand at creating my own version mint slice. I started with a crunchy chocolate cookie base. One of the great things about a mint slice is the combination of textures. The base is crunchy, then it has a creamy middle and chocolate coating. So with the base nailed down I decided to tackle the filling, and for this I went with a simple combination of icing sugar and peppermint flavouring oil.
The peppermint icing was spread over the top of the biscuit and left to set. Once set the whole cookie was dipped in a bowl of melted dark chocolate and left to set. The only thing that didn't go according to plan was the fact I happened to pick two especially humid days in Brisbane to make and photograph my creations. Melting chocolate aside, my cookies taste pretty close to the real thing.
While I'll admit making your own Mint Slice at home is a little fiddly, the great thing about it, apart from knowing every single ingredient that goes into making it, is the fact you can increase or decrease the intensity of the peppermint to meet your tastes. You could even substitute the peppermint flavouring for another flavouring essence. I think next time I'm going to try an orange flavouring......mmmm chocolate orange!
Recipe
Ingredients
- COOKIES
- 100 g of butter cut into cubes
- 135 g of plain flour sifted, all purpose
- 20 g of cocoa
- ½ cup of caster sugar
- 1 egg yolk
- PEPPERMINT CREAM
- 250 g of icing sugar sifted
- ¼ tsp of peppermint essence
- 2 tbsp of hot water
- CHOCOLATE COATING
- 400 g of 70% cocoa chocolate chopped into small pieces
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180 celsius (350 farenheit) and prepare two baking trays by lining them with baking paper.
- To make the cookies, combine the butter, sugar and egg yolk in a food processor fitted with a steel blade and process until well combined. Add the flour and cocoa and process until it starts to come together in a ball.
- Remove the dough from the food processor and divide into two and flatten into a disc and wrap each disc in cling film and refrigerate for an hour.
- Remove one disc of dough from the refrigerator and roll out between two sheets of baking paper until approximately 6mm thick. Using a small circular cookie cutter cut circles from the dough and place onto the prepared baking tray. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes. Roll out the second disc of dough while the first is baking and then bake that when the first tray is done.
- Leave the cookies to cool on the tray until firm and then place on a wire wrack to cool.
- Once the cookies are cooled make the peppermint cream. Combine the icing sugar, peppermint essence and hot water until it makes a smooth spreadable paste.
- Spread the icing mixture onto the cookies and leave to set.
- Once the icing has set, place a sheet of baking paper until the wire wrack to catch any chocolate drips. Melt the chocolate over a pot of simmering water and once melted remove from the heat. Dip each cookie in the chocolate and return to the wire wrack to set.
Notes
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Sneh | Cook Republic says
Lovely! They look absolutely perfect!
Amanda says
Oh Jen, these look divine - what a lovely job you have done! No wonder you were having problems waiting for them to set before you tucked in - I doubt I could have waited!
delicieux says
Thank you Amanda 🙂 It was very difficult to wait...but worth the wait. 😀
JasmyneTea says
Yum! We love mint slice in this household, so I'll have to attempt this! 🙂
Katie @ Epicurean Mom says
YUMMMM!!! This sounds ridiculous! Beautiful pictures Jennifer!
delicieux says
Thank you so much Katie 😀
Wendi @ Bon Appetit Hon says
Here in the States, we have something similar to the Mint Slice Biscuits. We call them Girl Scout Cookies Thin Mints. Sadly, they only go one sale once a year so it is imperative to clean out freezer space in advance of Girl Scout Cookie season to stash a hoard of them.
delicieux says
Ahhh I was wondering if you had something similar in the States. I can understand clearing out space to stock up on them. They are so delicious. 😀
Alyse says
I was going to say the exact same thing! These may be just the solution for the dismal parts of the year when girl scouts are nowhere to be found, and our freezers have been cleaned of any last delicious remnants.
Meeta says
You know I totally love After Eights! Not always .. but as a special treat every now and then and these remind me of them. They look lovely!
delicieux says
Thank you so much Meeta 😀
Rosa says
Those must taste amazing! Lovely cookies. I wish I could taste one right now...Cheers,Rosa
beti says
your pictures are so beautiful! peppermint patties have been one of my favorite treats since I was a little girl, these ones look fantastic
delicieux says
Thank you so much Beti 😀 I used to love Peppermint Patties when I was a little girl too. 😉
john@heneedsfood says
These are just gorgeous! I could easily plough through a dozen of these in no time.
Terris@ Free Eats says
These are just about the prettiest cookies I've seen in a long time! I'm a chocolate-mint kinda gal too, so these are definitely on my list!
delicieux says
Thank you so much Terris 😀
Joanne T says
Gday and big thanks for this recipe!For one of my future parties entertaining at home, these you will see!Like the suggestion of orange too!DH might even say "WHOO HOO!"
[email protected] says
yum yum! I love the look of these cookies.
Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella says
Great job you did Jennifer! I love mint slice cookies too-more than Tim Tams (can I even say that without having to give back my Australian citizenship? :P).
delicieux says
I won't tell anyone 😉
Baltic Maid says
Wow, your pictures are amazing. I wish I had all the ingredients at home, I'd make these cookies right now... They look delicious!!!
delicieux says
Thank you so much 😀
Tenille @ My Family Table says
I've loved mint slice ever since my aunt died. Sounds strange I know, but when the house cleared of people, and my family and I sat down together and hooked into a packet of mint slices, there was something about the comfort those biscuits gave us that stuck with me. I'm going to have to hunt down some peppermint essence...
delicieux says
I'm sorry to hear about your aunt, but I'm glad to hear you were able to comfort yourselves as a family. It's amazing how food can do that. :)I purchased my Peppermint Essence online at Baking Pleasures. They deliver very quickly.
Sylvie @ Gourmande in the Kitchen says
I used to love those after dinner mints with the mint filling and the chocolate coating. This reminds of them. I've never had a Mint Slice but I have seen them here, I'll have to check them out.
Katherine Martinelli says
These are just gorgeous! I've never had Arnott’s Mint Slice but I love thin mints (a kind of girl scout cookie!). Anyway, would love to give these a try they sound delish.
[email protected] says
These look so perfect. I cant wait to make them...... I hope they look like yours!
delicieux says
I am sure they will look wonderful Tania. I felt mine looked a little messy, but I liked that homemade look. 🙂
thelittleloaf says
Living in the UK, I've never had a mint slice, but I'm not sure I need to try them - I'd be more than happy with one of these instead! Love the idea of doing a chocolate orange version...might even have to try it myself 🙂
delicieux says
If you try the orange version let me know how they go. It's definitely on my list to try too 😉
jas says
Ummm... Jenn... I think I love you! Seriously, yum-mo. Can not wait to make these, pity I've just made a gazillion lamingtons :/
delicieux says
Hehe thanks Jas 😀 Wow lammingtons...I haven't had a lammington in forever!
Emma Galloway says
Wow these look perfect! I'm not a huge choc/mint fan, but my dad is. He would adore these 🙂
Sanjeeta kk says
Oh..these cookies look absolutely stunning, and mint is such a wonderful addition!
Claire @ Claire K Creations says
Am I a fan of mint slice? YES YES YES!!! They are my all-time favourite biscuit that you can buy. I will most definitely be making these at home.
delicieux says
I hope you enjoy them as much as we did Claire 😀
Lisa @ Tarte du Jour says
These luscious mint cookies remind me of a "way better version" of the mint girl scout cookie. These look so elegant and tasty! Yummmm!
delicieux says
Thank you Lisa 😀
Lori @ Lemons and Lavender says
These mint slices are similar to an American cookie called Thin Mints, which are sold as a fundraising effort by The Girl Scouts. I'm sure yours are way better because they are not filled with ingredients you cannot pronounce! I'm definitely making these for my kids and will put them into the freezer just like I used to do when I ate those Thin Mints. They're SO good when frozen.
delicieux says
Hi Lori,I'd never heard of Thin Mints, but I've heard a lot about them since posting this recipe. I'm curious to try them to see how close they are to our Mint Slice biscuits. If you do make them I'd love to hear how it went. 😀
Julie says
They are nothing like mint slices! They’re a mint flavored chocolate cookie covered in chocolate. They’re ok, but leave a sort of greasy film in your mouth. Mint slices are HEAVEN! I’ve lived in the US for 31 years, and the only thing I ask visitors from Australia to bring are mint slices 😊😊😊Looking forward to trying your recipe so I can have mint slices more often. My American husband loves them too.