There is only one flavor combination that rivals with my love of chocolate + peanut butter. Yes, it is true. I like something almost as much as I love my daily dose of chocolate-y peanut butter.
Chocolate + Mint.
Velvety, rich chocolate combined with crisp, cool mint is a heavenly combination. It satisfies my chocolate craving and leaves my mouth feeling clean and refreshed. Pretty good for a dessert, right?
As a child, one of my favorite memories of going out to eat includes restaurants that gave mints when they brought the check – especially Andes Mints at Olive Garden! My sister and I would quickly grab up the Andes Mints and enjoy them after a carb-loaded, pasta-filled dining experience. Funny how I never reach so quickly for the check now ;)
These miniature cupcakes bring back wonderful childhood memories with the flavors of milk chocolate and sweet mint.
These soft and fluffy bite-sized cupcakes are topped with a creamy, mint frosting and pieces of Andes Mints.
You will be swept away by the taste and have zero guilt due to the miniature size of this delectable dessert!
Mini Andes Mint Cupcakes
Makes 36 mini-cupcakes
Ingredients
Cupcakes:
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/3 cup cocoa powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1 cup water
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 1 tbsp apple cider vinegar
Frosting:
- 1/2 cup butter, softened to room temperature
- 4 cups powdered sugar
- 4 tbsp milk
- 1/2 tsp mint extract
- 3 drops green food coloring
- 1 drop yellow food coloring
- Andes Mint chips for topping, optional
Directions
For cupcakes: Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line a mini-cupcake pan with mini-cupcake liners. Mix all dry ingredients together in a large bowl and then add in wet ingredients. Stir until well blended; there will still be a few lumps in the batter. Spoon batter into cupcake liners, filling almost to the top. Bake for 10-12 minutes, until an inserted toothpick removes clean. Remove from pan and allow to cool on a wire rack completely.
For frosting: Combine butter and 2 cups powdered sugar in an electric mixer. Add in milk, mint extract and remaining sugar. Once mixed, add in food coloring and blend until combined.
When cupcakes are completely cooled, top with frosting and Andes Mint chips. Enjoy!
In addition to being ridiculously tasty, these cupcakes would be perfect for your St. Patrick’s Day party in a few weeks. Green cupcakes + green beer sounds like a good party to me! ;)
What are your favorite flavors to combine with chocolate?
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I am not usually much of a mint girl, but these look amazing!! I like a good chocolate peanut butter combination, or chocolate caramel is good too :)
Those are two of my favs as well!
oh – yum! I love Andes mint and anything mini is good in my book. :) Super cute too. And I agree with Kate – chocolate and caramel is my go to combo.
Oooh yes, chocolate and caramel is an awesome combination. I’ll have to get creative and come up with a new dessert!
These pics are gorgeous!
Thanks :)
Oooo you just made my very favorite dessert! I am in LOVE with Andes Mints. I always sneak a handful home from one of my favorite restaurants by me… :) Your cupcakes look awesome
Thanks girl! I always try to sneak a few away too ;)
Ohhh man. These look crazy good. I think they’d be delicious rolled in some Thin Mint crumbs. Mmmmmm.
They’d be awesome with Thin Mint crumbles!!
I agree—-choc+pb=sooo good and choc+mint=awesome!
This looks ridiculous=good! thx for sharing the recipe:)
These cupcakes are SO pretty!! They look so fancy!
mint is for sure one of my favorite flavors…these cupcakes just look so perfect!
These would be perfect for St. Patty’s day! I love this idea ah!
You’ll have to let me know if you make a GF version!
Ahhh I can’t wait for St Patty’s Day! It’s my favorite holiday, and these cupcakes would just be…um. icing on the cake haha.
Haha! I love that St Pats is your favorite holiday :) Last year it was 70 degrees in Minneapolis on St Pats and I’m hoping for the se this year!
Yum! I totally agree with you about the chocolate + mint combo. Mint chocolate chip will forever be my favorite ice cream flavor! I happen to have a few Andes mints sitting in the cupboard… turning them into these sounds like a must!
Mint chocolate chip ice cream is definitely one of my favorites!
Chocolate and mint are my Mom’s favorite combination! She would absolutely love these! And they are so pretty! Love it!
They are delicious! I’m sure she would love them :)
There ain’t nothing wrong with these cupcakes. At all.
Except that they need to be in my belly.
I think I put enough in my belly yesterday for the both of us!!
These are too cute! I do like mint and chocolate but I’d have to say peanut butter is my fav to combine with chocolate.
Ooh yes, peanut butter + chocolate is BY FAR the best combination known to man ;)
So pretty!!! I love Andes mints and Michael super duper loves mint&chocolate!!
Kyle loves mint and chocolate too! I can’t keep him out of our Thin Mint stash ;) Must be a guy thing!
What perfect little bites of goodness! Love mint and chocolate.
i loveee mint chocolate! i tried to make a cake last year and kind of got scarred. I put wayyyyyyyyy to much mint extract, it was like eating toothpaste lol. So gross. This recipe looks much better! lol
Haha I’ve done that before too!! Too much mint is absolutely awful!
I am 100% with you on the mint + chocolate bandwagon! It’s always been my favorite, I used to ask for peppermint mochas year round at Starbucks :)
These look so good! I especially love the green frosting!
Oh I love peppermint mochas! Yum! Now I’m craving one ;)
Oh my heavens!!!! Delicious! I too love my chocolate and peanut butter( I have been known to dip my oreos in pb when I’m desperate…) Love this recipe, gonna try it out, thanks!
Haha LOVE the Oreos in PB idea :) I had a mini peanut butter Snickers for the first time today. It was AMAZING!
These look SO good. I love the choco + mint combo.
I love chocolate and mint too! What camera do you use? These pics are good :)
Thanks hun! I use a Nikon 3200. I still need to better understand how to use it… I have just been keeping it on its standard setting.
Mmm…chocolate (especially dark) and mint together is definitely my thing…I would love to make those little cute cupcakes. Great sweet treat idea for a party.
They would be great for a party! Super small so easy to eat and hold.
HOLY YUM!!! Those look awesome. I love mint and chocolate.
umm yum that looks soo good! Cant wait to keep reading!
delicious!!! i love chocolate and mint together. i’m also a fan of fruit and chocolate…aka strawberry and chocolate
Oooh, I love chocolate-covered strawberries! What a good combination :)
I love love love mint and chocolate together Becky! and i agree with you – green cupcakes and green beer sounds like an AWESOME time to me girl!
YES! I can’t wait for St. Pat’s!
The only thing better than chocolate-mint is if you can add a little peanut butter in. These cupcakes look amazing! I’ll definitely be making them at some point.
You’ll have to let me know how they turn out!
You evil, evil woman….So evil that I need you to apologize in the form of a 2 dozen shipment of these cupcakes! :P
Haha – if you lived closer, they wouldn’t get dried out on the shipment ;)
So here’s the thing…..I am one of the few people who do not like this combination. It makes me think of brushing my teeth. Chocolate and peanut butter on the other hand, total paradise in my mouth! However, this recipe sounds really really good. I may….just may have to try it!
I totally understand this! The first time I made it, I used waaaay too much mint and well, the outcome was awful. The less mint you use, the better it turns out!
Oh these look so yummy. Whenever I used to go to the Olive Garden my favorite part was getting the Andres Mints at the end of the meal (well that and the salad). These look delicious!