Not so Thin Mints

Terry and I are enjoying our spring break much the same way we did fall break back in October. Instead of taking a long vacation we are having a different "excellant adventure" each day. Sometimes that means a tour of someplace interesting. Someimes it's a visit to a museum or a zoo. Today we did something completely different. We got in the car and drove around looking for different kinds of animals we could find in our "neighborhood". Lots of sheep and goats were out along with horses and cows. Then we came home and made Thin Mints. I had found a really easy recipe on Little Birdie Secrets (http://littlebirdiesecrets.blogspot.com/ ). I love Girl Scout Thin Mints so much I didn't order any because I tend to eat the whole box. These tasted so much like the real thing. The secret to these are that they are made with Ritz Crackers! They are transformed magically to these delicious cookies. We made a bunch and before we could eat them all up we thought we better take them to some friends. Here is the recipe and some pictures.

1 pkg of Ritz Crackers (the original recipe said to use the Low Sodium ones but I say, live dangerously.... I actually think you could use a generic brand with the same results)

1 pkg of Hersheys Milk Chocolate Chips (again... the brand probably isn't important, this is just the brand I used)

1 pkg of Hersheys Dark Chocolate Chips

2 tsps of PEPPERMINT extract (do not use mint ... it MUST be peppermint!)

Melt the chips in a glass bowl in your microwave. I am really good at this technique. You put them in a glass bowl and melt for 1 minute. Stir well. Melt for another minute. Stir well. Melt for about 20 more seconds and, yes, stir well. The chips should all be melted by now.

Stir in the peppermint extract. Depending on how much you like the flavor you can add less (1 tsp).

Now the fun and really messy part. Start dipping the crackers. Make sure you coat both sides and then let them drip the excess off. Place on a foil lined or parchment lined cookie sheet. I put mine in the fridge for about 30 minutes to set. Okay, actually, I ate about six of them before doing this.
I'm sure someone with more finesse could make them look prettier but they truly are really, really good.

Enjoy.