Comments on: Homemade Thin Mints and Catalina Chicken – Guest Post

By: Saving You Dinero » Recipe of the Week – Dinner and Dessert!

Saving You Dinero » Recipe of the Week – Dinner and Dessert! — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:05:42 +0000

[...] now for dessert….this is a quick version of Girl Scout Thin Mints. I found this recipe here but it is from this [...]

By: Janell

Janell — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:32:33 +0000

Loved the Thin Mints recipe!! My son (4 yo) woke up and saw them and told my husband – I see she made cookies again!

By: Robyn

Robyn — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 00:42:51 +0000

I just made these tonight and they were delicious!! Seriously taste like thin mints, crazy. I assumed I’d taste the salt on the Ritz and didn’t … it blended well w/ the chocolate mint. I used 5 squares of bakers squares and 1 1/2 capfuls of mccormicks peppermint extract. Basically, you just make the mint to taste I suppose. I think what I did made about 25 ‘cookies’ or so. This will be a great Christmas cookie — very quick and easy.

By: CheapAppetite

CheapAppetite — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 01:21:18 +0000

The catalina chicken recipe is really nice and simple. It looks great too. I love fast and simple recipe like this. Thanks for sharing:)

By: Mel

Mel — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:44:19 +0000

Thanks for the recipes! I’m going to try both — like the Brilliant Moms blog, too! Thanks for sharing!

By: Rena

Rena — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 20:09:03 +0000

The catalina chicken recipe is so much easier than the chicken dish I had planned to cook tonight and I have all the ingredients in my cupboard. I may be making a menu plan substitution.

Thanks for sharing the recipes.

By: Suzanne (Crunchy green Mom)

Suzanne (Crunchy green Mom) — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:03:24 +0000

GREAT recipes!

I am printing off the Catalina chicken. We eat a ton of chicken and I am looking for new ways to make it interesting!!

I can’t wait to try this one Monday night!

By: Kim

Kim — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:46:22 +0000

Yummy! I once ate a whole box of Thin Mints…in one sitting! I hide them and hoard them!

By: Ashly

Ashly — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 16:23:29 +0000

Your recipe sounds easier, but I have a WONDERFUL thin mint recipe (much less frugal too!) for those who are interested.

1 box Devil’s Food Cake Mix
2 Eggs
2 Tbl. Water
2 Tbl. Cooking Oil
1/2 Cup Cocoa
1 pkg. Chocolate Chips
2−3 drops Wilton’s Candy Mint Flavoring

Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Combine cake mix, eggs, water, cooking oil,
and cocoa. You will need to blend this together well, this will be a
very sticky mess. Let stand for 20 minutes, and then shape into very
small 1/2 inch balls. Place these balls on a cookie sheet 2 inches a part,
and smash down flat. You will need to spray a large spoon with Pam to
make them flat. Bake for about 8 minutes. Let cool until they reach
room temperature.

Heat chocolate chips in either the microwave, or in a double boiler.
When completely melted add a couple drops of the mint flavoring.
Be carefull not to add too much, it is a powerfull flavoring.
You can either spread the melted chocolate on the cookies,
or you can dip the cookies into the chocolate.

By: Sandra

Sandra — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 14:38:28 +0000

Girl .. I tear UP some thin mints .. too bad, I usually buy like 8 boxes and pop ‘em in the freezer and make them last til next year. Though, if I do get a BAD craving for them .. then those limited edition ice creams using GS cookies hits the spot. LOL I’m interested to try these home-made thin mints .. can’t image they’d be equally good, but more of an apple to orange, can’t quite fairly compare them. ha! We’ll see though. Thanks for the recipe as I will try it out!