Thin Mint Donuts
Thin mint donuts are the perfect mash-up of your favorite cookie and a classic sweet treat.
Imagine biting into a soft, chocolatey donut with a cool mint glaze—simple to make yet totally indulgent.
That’s exactly what you’ll find here: a homemade donut recipe that brings bakery-worthy donuts to your own kitchen without the fuss.
If you love the refreshing combo of mint and chocolate, these treats will be your new go-to. They’re baked instead of fried, which makes them easier to whip up on a busy morning or for a fun weekend bake.
Whether you’re making them for a holiday spread, an afternoon pick-me-up, or a surprise dessert for your family, this recipe transforms a nostalgic cookie flavor into something irresistibly new.
How to Make Bakery-Style Mint Donuts at Home
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- You’ll start with a simple chocolate donut recipe base. Don’t overmix the batter because it will make the donuts dense instead of light and fluffy. Just stir just until combined.
- Pour the batter into a piping bag to fill the donut pan.
- The batter bakes up soft and fluffy in just minutes.
- While they’re cooling, a creamy mint glaze comes together with just a few ingredients for that signature flavor and color. Start with a little extract and taste before adding more—it’s easy to overdo it.
- Dip, drizzle, and let them set—and before you know it, you’ll have a batch of donuts that look straight out of a bakery but are completely homemade.
Nope! The color is just for looks. If you’d rather skip it, the glaze will still taste delicious.
Yes, but the donuts won’t be quite as tender. You can also make a quick buttermilk substitute with milk and a splash of vinegar or lemon juice.
Definitely. The donuts taste best the day they’re baked, but you can store them in an airtight container for up to 2 days. Glaze them closer to serving for the prettiest finish.
Yes! Freeze unglazed donuts in an airtight container for up to 2 months. Thaw and glaze when you’re ready to enjoy.
The signature flavor is from peppermint extract or peppermint oil, which gives them that cool, refreshing bite. While some recipes may use spearmint, the classic cookie and most copycat versions stick with peppermint for the authentic taste.
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If Thin Mint Donuts are your thing, you’ll want to peek at these other sweet ideas too:
- Wondering What are some green desserts? Think minty, pistachio, or even key lime—fun treats that are just as colorful as they are delicious.
- Easy Savannah Smiles Cookies bring that zesty lemon flavor into a quick and simple bake you’ll want to make again and again.
- Baked Samoa Donuts are loaded with chocolate, caramel, and toasted coconut—basically the donut version of another Girl Scout favorite.
Girl Scout Cookie Inspired Thin Mint Donuts Recipe
Ingredients
Chocolate Donut Recipe
- ¾ cup buttermilk
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- ¼ cup sugar
- 1 tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp baking soda
- 1 TBSP. cocoa powder
- ½ tsp salt
- 2 Tbsp melted coconut oil
- 1 tsp. vanilla extract
Mint Icing
- 1 ½ cups white chocolate chips
- 1 teaspoon melted coconut oil
- 1/2 tsp mint extract
- a few drops green food coloring
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease a donut pan.
- In a large mixing bowl, add flour, sugar, baking powder, baking soda, cocoa powder and salt. Stir until combined.
- Add in the coconut oil and the buttermilk and stir until fully mixed.
- Use a piping bag or a Ziploc bag with the corner cut, pipe the batter into the prepared pan, filling about 2/3 full.
- Bake for about 8 minutes, or until donuts are fully cooked when a toothpick comes out clean.
- Allow the donuts to cool for 5 minutes in the pan then remove to allow them to cool the rest of the way.
- Melt white chocolate chips with the coconut oil in a medium size microwave safe bowl. Microwave for 1 minute and then continue in 30 second intervals until chocolate is smooth.
- Add the mint extract and a few drops of green food coloring until you reach your desired shade.
- Dip the donuts into the melted chocolate covering them about halfway up the sides.
- Allow the excess chocolate to drip off and set them on a wire rack to fully cure. Repeat with remaining donuts.
- Melt dark chocolate with the oil in a microwave safe bowl. . Microwave for 1 minute and then continue in 30 second intervals until chocolate is smooth.
- Using a fork , drizzle the melted dark chocolate over the donuts allow the chocolate to dry and harden.
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