Mint Frosted Chocolate Cookies

 A delicious chocolate cookie topped with minty green icing and chocolate ganache glaze. Yum! Do note that you have to chill the dough 45 minutes before baking.

Ingredients:

For the Cookies:

1 cup melted butter 2 sticks
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 large eggs
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
2 1/4 cups all-purpose flour

For the Mint Frosting:

1/2 cup butter softened
3 cups powdered sugar
3-4 Tbsp. milk
1 1/4 teaspoons peppermint extract
green food coloring (a few drops)

For the Chocolate Ganache Glaze

8 oz. semi-sweet chocolate chips
3 Tbsp. milk
4 teaspoons butter
4 teaspoons honey or corn syrup

Directions:

1. Combine melted butter and cocoa powder in a large bowl and mix. Add sugars and mix until smooth. Add eggs and vanilla. 
2. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour baking soda, and salt. Slowly mix into the wet mixture and mix until combined.
3. Chill cookie dough in the refrigerator for 45 minutes to an hour.
4. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
5. Scoop cookie dough onto a parchment paper-lined cookie sheet and bake for 10 minutes.
6. Let the cookies sit on the baking sheets for a couple of minutes, and then transfer the cookies to a cooling rack to cool completely.
7. After the cookies have cooled, put the cookies back on a cool cookie sheet. Put as many on the sheet as you can to help save space in your fridge when cooling the frosted/glazed cookies. 
8. Beat frosting ingredients together. Add a few drops of green food coloring to get a color you like and mix thoroughly. Spread over cookies then refrigerate cookies for 15-20 minutes. This will chill the frosting and keep it stable when you pour the warm chocolate glaze over them.
9. Heat glaze ingredients in a microwave-safe bowl for 30 seconds. Stir. Heat for an additional 15-20 seconds. Stir until smooth and creamy. If additional time is needed do it in 10-second increments. 
10. Spoon glaze over cookies.
11. Allow glaze to set up (placing cookies back into the refrigerator or freezer for 15-20 minutes will speed this up).
12. Cookies can be stored at room temperature or refrigerated.

Makes just over 5 dozen cookies