Copycat Thin Mint® Cookies :: Gluten-Free, Grain-Free, Dairy-Free, Refined Sugar-Free

Crispy, chocolate cookies enrobed in a silky mint chocolate glaze. These Copycat Thin Mint® Cookies are (dare I say it?) better than the original. If you are having to avoid the top allergens of gluten, grain, dairy, and refined sugars, you are going to swoon over this recipe. Not only do they taste better, but they also won’t leave your belly all in an uproar!

Can we just talk about one of the most popular cookies out there — Thin Mints® — today?

How many of you love these thin, chocolatey mint cookies as much as I do? I have eaten many Thin Mints® in my day, though I can honestly say that I have not had one in almost 10 years as I write this post.

When I was first diagnosed with an autoimmune disease, I started cleaning up my diet and paying attention to ingredient labels. Once I started reading labels, I just couldn’t bring myself to eat those tasty cookies anymore. There sure was a lot of stuff in there that didn’t really need to be there.

Plus, since my body does not tolerate gluten, dairy, and refined sugar very well, well, that doesn’t leave me with much of a choice but to give up those sweet Thin Mints®. The stomach aches, headache, and neck ache (one of my diary exposure symptoms) are just not worth it.

But you know what? Just because I can’t eat the traditional Thin Mint® cookies anymore doesn’t mean I have to give them up altogether.

Nope, it does not!

Whenever I have to cease enjoying one of my favorite foods (chronic illness sucks sometimes 😭😭😭), I always head right to the kitchen and start experimenting with ingredients. The sole mission? To make a real food, gluten, grain, and dairy-free version that tastes just as good (if not better!) than the original.

You know, I honestly think I knocked it out of the park with this recipe.

Like way, way, WAY out of the park.

• A crispy cookie that’s gluten, grain, dairy, and refined sugar-free? CHECK!
• A silky mint chocolate coating that’s also gluten, grain, dairy, and refined sugar-free? CHECK!
• A cookie that tastes better than the original? Well, CHECK, if I do say so myself!

I tested and tested this recipe to make sure I got it perfect. My tastebuds still remember the taste and texture of those traditional Girl Scout® cookies, even a decade later. So I knew this was not a recipe that I could just whip up one batch of and call it good.

No. I made batch after batch after batch.

I made so many that I actually got sick of eating them.

Which, if you know anything about my sweet tooth, is saying a lot! 😉

Once I got them just right, I knew I had to share them with you. Because how many of you guys also love Thin Mints®, but can no longer enjoy them because of your sensitive gut and metabolic system? I know I am certainly not alone!

Well, today I am sharing that recipe with you, but I’m doing it a little differently. In order to snag this recipe (along with a handful of other never-before-published dessert recipes), you will need to download a copy of my newest eBook: Deliciously Decadent Desserts.

I know, I know. I’m being mean. It’s not fair that I get you all excited about this new recipe, only to not share it here in my blog post.

But you guys, the recipe is THAT. GOOD. 

So I had to do it a little differently this time.

Trust me, it’s worth it.

Are you ready to get to baking? Then all you need to do is subscribe to my newsletter via the form below and you’ll get instant access to this amazing new eBook (yes, I am tooting my own horn), which has the Thin Mint recipe, as well as:

• Lemon Blueberry Mug Cake
• Fast and Easy Matcha “Nice Cream”
• Cold Mixed Berry Fruit Soup
• Chocolate Chunk Cookies
• Easy Apple Crumble
• Thin Mint Sandwich Cookies (um, yes, you read that right!)