ISO: Recipe for Thin Mint Cookies using Ritz crackers

[claire]

Does anyone have a recipe for Girl Scout like Thin Mint cookies using Ritz crackers? I found a recipe on CopyKat.com using a cake mix and other ingredients, but am looking for the specific recipe using Ritz crackers. Thank you in advance.

[SoCal]

I found this on a December post. You can thank marys for the 'recipe'!

"I have made cookies with Ritz crackers that taste like the Girl Scout thin mints. They actually went over very well
at a cookie exchange last year that I was unprepared for (these are quick and easy). I use the low sodium Ritz and
just dip them in chocolate melted with a few drops of peppermint flavoring. Then put them on wax paper and
refrigerate."

[This message has been edited by SoCal (edited 01-27-2001).]

[Kristilyn1]

well, I made both varieties around Christmas and I was the hero around this house!

I didn't believe they'd taste that real, but they did!

Kristi

[Laura B]

How vital is it to have the paraffin wax in the melted chocolate?

[slknight]

Laura B-I don't think the paraffin wax is that vital. I think the main reason is to make the chocolate shiny. You can also use a tablespoon or so of shortening to achieve the same purpose. Someone please let me know if I'm wrong about this!

[claire]

Thank you for the info. Ritz crackers will be on my shopping list this week. Also, thanks lindrusso for the peanut butter sandwich recipe as well.

[lindrusso]

slknight - I think you're right about the shiny part. I also think that parrafin is supposed to make the chocolate a bit thinner so that it's easier to coat. I know that I sometimes have problems with the chocolate being so thick that it doesn't coat things nicely.

[lindrusso]

I have had similar cookies without the mint but with peanut butter between to Ritz crackers. Yummy! All you do is put 11.5 to 12 oz of chocolate chips with 3/4 cake of paraffin wax in a double broiler and let it melt and start dipping. I'm going to have to make these soon.....