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Girl Scout Cookie Recipe – Thin Mint Grasshopper Pie #EasyDessertRecipe

04/26/2017 8:00 pm · 0 comments

by Sarah A Thrifty Mom

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Girl Scout Cookie Recipe

Thin Mint Grasshopper Pie #EasyDessertRecipe

Thin Mint Grasshopper pie Girl Scout Recipe

There is almost nothing better then Girl Scout Cookies. I just love each cookie. The Samoa’s, Tagalongs, Toffe-tassic, and even the Cranberry Citrus Crisps. One type of cookie I always get and buy enough of to hide them away for the rest of the year are Thin Mints! Girl Scout Cookie Thin Mints are one of the best cookie recipes around! So simple but so good! Not only is the cookie great but so is the recipes you can make with Thin Mints! There are all kids of recipes to make with Thin Mints, from savory dishes to fantastic desserts.
The Girl Scout cookie recipe I love best is the combination of Thin Mints and pudding or custard. Add the two together and you get a delish Thin Mint Grasshopper Pie recipe! An easy Girl Scout Cookie recipe that can be made ahead of time and put away in the fridge till the party starts! Great for kids at birthday parties, St Patrick’s Day parties or even nice evening parties with friends!

How to make Thin Mint Grasshopper pie recipe ingredients

Our step by step Girl Scout Cookie Recipe for Thin Mint Grasshopper Pie is so easy you’ll just want to pin it and save it for ever! Make sure to share it with your friends too!

Girl Scout Cookie Recipe Thin Mint Grasshopper Pie

Ingredients:

2½ cups Thin Mints finely crushed
3 cups mini marshmallows
½ cup milk
1 teaspoon mint extract
6 drops of green food coloring
1½ cups heavy whipping cream
chocolate sprinkles
4-6 small glasses

Directions:

We used food processor and coarsely ground the Thin Mint cookies until finely crushed. You can also do this by placing the cookies in a ziplock bag and then using a cookie color ad crushing the cookies.

In a medium saucepan, melt the mini marshmallows with the milk over low heat. Once all the mini marshmallows have melted, place marshmallow mixture in fridge for 10 minutes to set.

Once the marshmallow mix has cooled and set, stir in the mint extract and a 2-3 drops of green food coloring. Place this mixture to the side to do the next step.

Use an electric mixer, whip the whipping cream until soft peaks form.

Fold the whipped cream into the mint mixture move to the side

Put the pies together:

Add the crust evenly by spreading the cookie mixture into the bottoms of your glass I like mine firm so pack it down.

Now add the mint mixture on top of the cookie crust, filling each glass 3/4 of the way.

Top the pies with a dollop of whip cream, and some chocolate sprinkles.

Chill in fridge for at least 2 hours before serving.

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Thin Mint Grasshopper Pie

We all love Girl Scout cookies and especially Thin Mints. Now you can take your favorite Thin Mint cookie and make it into a yummy Grasshopper Pie Dessert!

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Ingredients

Ingredients:
2½ cups Thin Mints finely crushed
3 cups mini marshmallows
½ cup milk
1 teaspoon mint extract
6 drops of green food coloring
1½ cups heavy whipping cream
chocolate sprinkles
4-6 small glasses

Instructions

Directions:
We used food processor and coarsely ground the Thin Mint cookies until finely crushed. You can also do this by placing the cookies in a ziplock bag and then using a cookie color ad crushing the cookies.
In a medium saucepan, melt the mini marshmallows with the milk over low heat. Once all the mini marshmallows have melted, place marshmallow mixture in fridge for 10 minutes to set.
Once the marshmallow mix has cooled and set, stir in the mint extract and a 2-3 drops of green food coloring. Place this mixture to the side to do the next step.
Use an electric mixer, whip the whipping cream until soft peaks form.
Fold the whipped cream into the mint mixture move to the side
Put the pies together:
Add the crust evenly by spreading the cookie mixture into the bottoms of your glass I like mine firm so pack it down.
Now add the mint mixture on top of the cookie crust, filling each glass 3/4 of the way.
Top the pies with a dollop of whip cream, and some chocolate sprinkles.
Chill in fridge for at least 2 hours before serving.

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Interchangeable Rainbow Wreath ~ Spring and St Patrick’s Day

02/25/2016 4:00 am · 0 comments

by Tami

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Interchangeable Rainbow Wreath ~ Spring and St Patrick’s Day

This fun wreath is easy to make and a fun change from a normal wreath. The best part, with some string, bakers twine or fishing line, you can add a cute shape in the middle and use it through spring when St Patrick’s day is over!

You will need:

Felt in rainbow colors. I used one piece of each color

Wreath form (Get a wicker one from the dollar store to save some money)

Hot glue gun and glue sticks

A spice container, or something to use as a template for cutting circles that are around 2 inches in diameter

Fabric scissors

pen

You will want to start by tracing circles. If you use anything bigger than a couple of inches, you will need more flannel. Once you have your circles traced you are going to cut them out with some fabric scissors. This isn’t hard, but a little time consuming. Do yourself a favor and do it while you watch television or something to entertain yourself. Really, you will never want to see another circle in your life. 😉

Once you have all of your circles cut, you are going to glue them on to your wreath form. This also takes forever but the ruffles look so pretty that it is worth it! Begin with red or purple, since those are your end colors and work your way to the other end. Put a small dot of hot glue in the middle of the felt circle and pinch it together. This will help keep it from just falling into a flat circle.

Once you have glued the circle in the middle, put a dot on your wreath form and place the circle on. Pinch it for a few seconds so that it will stay attached. Continue to do this for each circle. Place them close together to prevent gaps. They should cover fairly well.

Once I did my colors, I still had a good size gap left of wreath showing. I covered it in strips of light blue felt for the sky. I wanted my clouds to be different from the rainbow, so they wouldn’t look like part of the rainbow. I cut them flat, to look like clouds, and just cut 3 different sizes to give it more depth.

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Now, for the shape in the middle. Using card stock or thick paper, cut your desired shape. I went with a shamrock out of some sparkly green scrapbook paper I had. If you want to make it thicker, do two of the same shape and glue them together so that it is double sided. Punch a small hole in the top and hang using string, bakers twine or fishing line. If you are using a wicker wreath, tie the other end of the string around the pieces of wicker in the back. Or just hot glue it where you want it. I also made raindrops that I plan on hanging after St Patrick’s day is over so that I can keep my fun, bright wreath up through spring!

Rainbow Goody Bags, Made From a Coffee Filter! Perfect for St Patrick’s Day

03/10/2015 5:00 pm · 1 comment

by Tami

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Rainbow Goody Bags, Made From a Coffee Filter!

Here is a great last minute goody bag idea. This would be great for classroom handouts for Saint Patrick’s Day, a child’s birthday party or any event that rainbow goody bags would liven the day!

You will need

Coffee filters

Markers (not Sharpie or permanent)

Squirt bottle of water

Something to set the coffee filter on to protect your table top

Candy for the inside

Twine, string or ribbon to tie bag shut

Color in sections of your coffee filters. Doesn’t have to be super clean or perfectly colored, the water will help hide all of that. If you are doing rainbow colors you will want to go in rainbow order (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple) I left out indigo, I didn’t have one that color.

Once you color in sections and your coffee filter is covered in marker, take your water bottle and lightly mist the coffee filter. Be sure there is something under your coffee filter so that there is no marker or water on your table top.

The water will help the marker to run and the colors will mix on the edges. It will also help the colors smooth out hiding all of your marker lines. Turns out really lovely!

Let it set out and dry. Once it is completely dry you can wrap a couple of wrapped candies in the middle and tie it with a small string.

I would be sure that the candy is wrapped. I am sure if you use nontoxic markers you would be completely safe, but just to be on the safe side, I recommend sticking with candies in wrappers. For Saint Patrick’s day I put some Andes mints inside. Some gold coin chocolates, or skittles would also be great!