Description
Gluten Free Thin Mints are the crunchy, minty snack your sweet tooth deserves—without the gluten drama. Crisp, chocolatey, and pepperminty, they’re everything you love in a cookie—just safer for your gut.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 cup gluten-free flour blend
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ cup coconut oil or vegan butter, melted
- ⅓ cup maple syrup or sugar
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ½ tsp peppermint extract
- Pinch of salt
- ¾ cup dark chocolate chips or baking chocolate (for coating)
- 1 tsp coconut oil (to smooth out the chocolate)
Instructions
- Mix dry ingredients in one bowl, wet in another. Combine until smooth. Chill dough for 30 minutes.
- Roll dough between parchment sheets. Cut into circles.
- Bake at 350°F for 8–10 minutes. Cool completely.
- Melt chocolate with coconut oil in microwave, stirring every 20 seconds.
- Dip each cookie in melted chocolate, coat evenly, and place on parchment to cool.
- Chill cookies in fridge for 15–20 minutes to set the coating.
Notes
For extra flavor, sprinkle flaky sea salt before chocolate sets. Always check labels if baking for someone with celiac disease.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 75
- Sugar: 5g
- Sodium: 45mg
- Fat: 5g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 2g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 10g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 1g
- Cholesterol: 0mg
Keywords: gluten free, thin mints, chocolate mint cookies, homemade thin mints