Andes Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies

Hey my friends! Anyone in the mood for some cookie inspo? You know, because I’m always happy to give it!

So today’s recipe comes with a whole lot of irony for me because I made cookies using Andes mints. Now, in case you missed it, I lived in Chile for 4 years in the actual Andes mountains and the best part is that you can’t buy Andes mints there! And now here I am, back in the Rockies and I can go to the store and buy them. Hilarious, right?

Well I think it’s pretty funny anyway. So these cookies are really just a simple variation of the classic CCC, but you can’t go wrong with that. With the cold weather and the Holiday season I wanted to make these as soon as I bought some Andes Mints recently. This was something my mom used to make around the Holidays when I was little so it’s sort of a nostalgic thing which is why I’m sharing them today.

Also, I used some Nestle Winter mix baking chips that I found at the store too and they’re simply a mix of chocolate chips and mint flavored chips, so it’s essentially the same as Andes mints, just separated. I just thought the combination with the Andes mints looked super fun and cute.

If you haven’t gotten started on your Holiday baking yet then this is a great recipe to make, and if you have started then add it to your list for later. I’m thinking these would be a lot of fun even into the later winter months.

Which, speaking of Winter, I’m excited about finally having snow after so many years in South America for Christmas without it, but is it terrible that I’m already secretly counting down until Spring a little bit too? It’s mostly because of the lack of daylight hours, but I also miss being able to be active outside in the fresh warm air. I know you can suck it up and just bare the cold or there are gyms, but it’s never the same as a sunny day.

Hey, but either way at least baking is a great distraction from the gray days and cold weather. It’s also probably my favorite way to warm up the house!

Recipe available upon request to the first Steemian friend who says today's word : CHESTNUT

ALL CONTENT IS MINE AND ORIGINAL! All of these food photos were taken with my Nikon D5300 and my favorite Lens, the Nikon AF-S FX NIKKOR 50mm f/1.8G. You can find out more in my INTRO POST. And by the way, to all the minnows out there, my intro post did a huge $0.21