HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY FAUX MINTS

I made these last year, but I am entering them into 2010 "Eat Your Own Words" challenge over at Savor The Thyme and tangled noodle .  They are faux thin mints made out of Ritz Crackers with "Happy Mother's Day" spelled out on them.

This is a version of the faux thin mints that I made previously - a how-to is posted at http://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/faux_thin_mints)

After making the cracker/cookies I put them in the freezer for about 10 minutes, then wrote a separate letter on each cookie with white frosting then lined a 9x13 cake pan with green tissue paper and arranged the cracker/cookies inside and put back in the freezer until ready to serve.

As the cookies kind of look like scrapbooking letters, you could also use them to decorate a cake.

Faux Thin Mints out of Ritz Crackers

I saw this receipe at

http://littlebirdiesecrets.blogspot.com/2009/03/make-your-own-thin-mints.html

and had most of the ingredients, so I thought I would give it a try. The taste was surprisingly similar to the Thin Mints that you buy from the Girl Scouts, but was chewy. Who would have thought a cracker could me made into a cookie!

I tweaked the ingredients from the original recipe as I did not have Milk Chocolate Chips by using the full bag of Dark Chocolate Chips and adding 2 TBSP margarine and 2 TBSP milk.

Ingredients:

• 1 bag Dark Chocolate or Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
• 1 box of Ritz Crackers
• 2 TBSP Margarine
• 2 TBSP Milk
• 2 TBSP Peppermint Extract

My recipe resulted in 30 cracker/cookies.

Melt the margarine and chocolate chips in a double boiler (or the equivalent) then add in 2 TBSP peppermint extract and mix.

Add in 2 TBSP milk and stir until fully mixed.

To coat the crackers, I put them in the chocolate and lightly turned them over and covered each with chocolate with a spoon, then put on a parchment lined piece of wax paper to cool. After they cooled off for about 5 mins, I stuck them in freezer for about 10 minutes then served them.