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You know what’s funny? Me re-watching Victoria’s Secret fashion shows being huge at 30 weeks pregnant wearing tapered sweat pants and big ugly socks with frizzy hair and no make-up eating this entire pie.
My husband is one lucky man.
Anyways, I made a pie. And it’s the bomb. I’ve also been looking up new workouts to try after I have this little dude, but I’m thinking that my good intentions will be put on hold because of ….. this pie.
Blasted girl scouts and their irresistible cookies.
I think perhaps that chocolate and mint are one of my favorite combinations ever. Especially when cream is somehow involved. Umm, definitely when cream is involved. I do it because I can. And because I had 2 cups of cream I had to get rid of. And by get rid of I mean eat.
So yes, I made a Thin Mint Cream Pie. Thin mint crust, chocolate pudding filling and pepperminty whipped cream on top. HEAVEN! And super simple to whip out. I made the pudding from what I had on hand, but feel free to use a small box of chocolate jello to eat that much faster. And please make sure to add the whipped cream. My husband is a girl, doesn’t like ‘tasteless empty calories’ and scraped his cream off.
I was seriously this close to smacking him.
Moral of the story: don’t be like him.
More Mint Chocolate Recipes to Try!
- Mint Brownies
- Peppermint Fudge
- Chocolate Mint Cookies
- Perfect Chocolate Cupcakes with Peppermint Cream Cheese Frosting
Thin Mint Pie
Ingredients
for the crust-
- 24 thin mint cookies + more for garnish
- 1 tablespoon sugar
- 3 tablespoons melted butter
for the filling-
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 3 tablespoons cornstarch sifted
- 4 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder sifted
- 2 cups milk
- 2 oz chopped bittersweet chocolate
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
- 1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
for the topping-
- 2 cups heavy cream
- 4 tablespoons powdered sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon peppermint extract
Instructions
- Grind thin mint cookies into crumbs. Stir together with sugar and melted butter until crumbs are moistened and press into a pie plate. Refrigerate.
- In a small pot, stir sugar, cornstarch and cocoa powder together. Whisk in milk and place over medium heat until mixture comes to a boil and starts to thicken.
- Once hot and thick remove from heat and stir in chopped chocolate, vanilla and peppermint extract. Pour into pie plate and cover with plastic wrap. Be sure to place the plastic wrap directly on the filling. Refrigerate for 2 hours or until completely chilled and plastic wrap comes off clean.
- For the topping, whip cream, powdered sugar, vanilla and peppermint extract together until stiff peaks form. Spread half overtop entire pie and use the remaining to decorate the edges. Top with extra thin mint cookies and serve.
Hands down my fav are Thin Mints!
Love those Do Si Dos! Have to eat the whole sleeve, never just one.
thin mints and Samoas!!! LOVE!
SAMOAS… hands down!
How do you choose just one favorite?! I would have to say my top three would be samoas, tagalongs, and thin mints. But honestly…there is no bad girl scout cookie.
You have nailed my favorite with this pie, thin mints! Although samoas are almost tied with them!
I love Samoas!
I live for samoas. Seriously. Live for them!
Samoas, for sure!
Thin mints!!
Depending on the mood, thin mints from the freezer or lemonades, can’t stop eating either once I start!
Samoas – hands down, definitely samoas. But I do love Thin Mints and Tagalongs. I’ve honestly never tried the other kinds because I don’t want to waste a purchase on something I may not like – I’m guaranteed to like these 3 : ) However, one of each box is a great idea!
Samoas and Tagalongs
Looks like Thanks A Lot cookies need a vote . . . and they get mine! YUM!
Thanks A Lots
shortbread cookie with choc on the bottom – mm mm
Mmmm… looks delish! I’ve only had Thin Mints, but they were wonderful!
Caramel Delights! I was a Girl Scout for 6 years and a Girl Scout leader for 13 – Girl Scouts rock!!!
Samoas are pretty much the greatest Girl Scout cookie ever, although I do miss the Juliettes, which apparently no one remembers but me when I mention them.
Tagalongs all the way!
Somoas and Thin Mints
Tagalongs and samoas – I can’t choose between the two!
Do I have to pick just one as a favorite?! I have 3 favorites, but the one that my top out all the rest, would have to be the THIN MINTS! I usually end up with an extra box of those if I buy them!
BTW, when it’s NOT GS cookie season, General Dollar has a knock-off that’s great tasting, by Clover Valley AND you really can’t tell the difference! 🙂
I LOVE Thin Mints! 😛
Oh snap… definintely Thin Mints which makes this recipe a serious must!!! Now I just need to get my hands on some of those delicious cookies! 😉
My favorite girl scout cookies are the Samosa, but the Thin Mints are a very close second 🙂
Thin mints, without a doubt!
My favorite are the Peanut Butter Patties. Peanut butter and chocolate are perfect together!
Growing up, mom always bought about 10 extra boxes of thin mints to put in the freezer so they would last the whole year. Needless to say, they didn’t last the whole year. That was the beginning of my frozen thin mint obsession :).
Thin mints for sure!!
tagalongs!
Thin mints are my fave! I will have to try this pie for sure!!!!!!
Tagalongs
Thin Mints. Gotta have them!
Have to be Samoas, my husband’s is Thin Mints and my son’s is Tagalongs!
Back in 1960 my sister was “Miss Cookie”, for selling the most cookies in our county. Yep they actually had that award and a parade. She looked so cute in her banner. Everyone on our block, (because in those days you only sold them door to door) bought boxes and boxes of the peanut sandwich cookies and I have no idea what they were called, they were the best.
Thin Mints are my favorite, of course!
Tagalongs for me
I have two…thin mints from the freezer and samoas..
Mmmm…. Favorite Girl Scout cookie would have to be Tagalongs…or maybe Samoas…or Thin Mints….No, definitely Tagalongs! This pie looks amazing!
I am torn between samoas and thin mints.
Samoas! Or Caramel Delights as they changed the name to 🙂
Thin Mint are my fav!
My favorite kind of Girl Scout cookie is the Peanut Butter Patties!
Love samoas!
Yum thin mint crust is geniuos:-) i love the samoas…and the pb ones!
Thin Mints!!
Tagalongs are the best! Love this pie though!
My favorite would be shortbread! I’m the only one in the fam that loves that kind, so I get the box all for myself.
I was a Thin Mint kind of girl for years and years, but I am now Samoa’s (not the name any more, I don’t think) lady.