Mint Chocolate Rice Krispie Treats

Cocoa Krispies and Andes mints make for a mint chocolately spin on your standard rice krispie treat – perfect for St. Patrick’s Day!

I’ve never been huge on celebrating St. Patrick’s Day. 

I’m not Irish, but I live in Massachusetts and if you’re anywhere near Boston… well, everyone is Irish on St. Patrick’s Day.

Being originally from Chicago, I will say that I miss seeing the Chicago River dyed green every year. Such a cool sight, and they don’t/can’t do anything like that out here. 

So, the closest I come to “celebrating” is an annual party a friend of mine throws the weekend closest to the holiday (which is basically just an excuse to get a bunch of people together who don’t normally get to see each other), and I make some sort of green or Guinnessy dessert. 

This year we’re going minty and boozy! Well, not really boozy – it’s just a teaspoon of Bailey’s in the chocolate ganache, and it’s not even a requirement.

What if I don’t have mint extract?

You most definitely don’t need to add mint extract to this because there’s plenty of mint flavor from the Andes chocolate mints.

If you’re not a fan of mint chocolate flavor… go right ahead and click over to a different recipe that might be more up you alley, like maybe these fluffernutter rice krispie treats.

Ingredients that you’ll need

• A package of Andes mints (the whole thing, so no sneaking one as a snack!)
• Cocoa Krispies cereal, instead of standard  Rice Krispies
• Mini marshmallows
• Unsalted butter
• Vanilla extract
• Dark chocolate
• Heavy cream

Andes mints are the thing I most look forward to at some restaurants when they bring you the check, or at some hotels where they leave them on your pillow. It’s chocolate and it’s refreshing. It’s perfect.

God, I freaking love Andes mints.

Mint is a pretty polarizing flavor, but I love it. There’s a fine line between a delicious and refreshing addition of mint flavor to a dish, and having it taste like toothpaste. No toothpaste flavor here – but if you’re not a hardcore cheerleader for mint, maybe exclude the chopped mints in the base, or half what you top the ganache with.

Use your best judgment, I’m not your mouth. I don’t know what you can handle.

I got a little excited when I was shooting these. It was late at night and I just wanted to be done so that I could eat them. I was moving too quick, trying to make adjustments for different angles, and I bashed my hip right into the table. 

This resulted in a mint chocolate avalanche, and the fact that none of them ended up on the floor and/or in a cat’s face is sort of a small miracle.

So don’t be like me and pile them up high because you’re trying to be artistic, or something. Just shove them in your face and enjoy them.

Need more festive food for St. Patrick’s Day?

• Chocolate Guinness Whipped Cream
• Whiskey Stuffed Car Bomb Cupcakes from Hunger Thirst Play
• Lucky Charms Milkshake
• Chocolate Guinness Cupcakes from Nourish and Fete
• Guinness Braised Short Ribs from Hunger Thirst Play

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