Thin Mint Ice Cream Cups
There are some days that just call for easy dessert.
Like, maybe a day where Daylight Savings has wreaked emotional havoc on you and you’re all out of sorts.
Why does 6:30 am suddenly feel like 2 am? Because people aren’t meant to get up when it’s dark outside, THAT’S WHY.
THEN maybe you decided to take your 7 year old son to the mall after school for a Soft Pretzel Date. And while you’re at the mall with your sweet baby boy, the child who hung the moon and the stars, he sees a group of teenage girls and his face turns red and he lets go of your hand.
So you eat almost all the Pretzel Nuggets without sharing, because junk food is your emotional crutch, then you go home and cry and try to pinpoint the exact moment when you became uncool.
Then it’s 7:00 pm, so you tell Mr. Too Cool For School that it’s time to take a shower and get ready for bed, and he looks at you like you’ve lost your brain and says, “But it’s still light outside”.
DO YOU EVER HAVE DAYS LIKE THAT?!
Well.
Hope is not lost. Because as long as there are cookies and ice cream, I will find ways for you to turn them into something cool.
It’s like therapy.
This dessert would not only be really fun for St. Patrick’s Day, but it’s also a great way to serve ice cream at parties. No more making a huge, melty mess in the kitchen and scooping until your arm falls off. Yay!!
There is really no actual recipe for these ice cream cups. All you need is Thin Mint Cookies — approximately 2 per serving, and Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream — approximately 1 scoop per serving.
Line muffin tins with foil liners (they won’t get soggy) and place a cookie in the bottom of each liner.
Let the ice cream soften (I put mine in the microwave for a few seconds to speed up the process), and spoon into the liners over the cookies. Top with crushed cookies and place in the freezer until frozen firm.
There are actually tons of flavor options for these ice cream cups. You could do Oreo Cookies and Vanilla or Chocolate Ice Cream, or Birthday Cake Oreos and Birthday Cake Ice Cream…or Samoa Cookies and Salted Caramel Haagen Dazs.
Make them ahead, keep them in the freezer, and serve them at your next par-tay or just keep on hand for a fun and easy snack!!
Enjoy and have a happy Tuesday!!
Genius! The perfect portion…and I love eating thin mints when they are frozen. Perfection. :D
Yes, please!! Love these cute little cups!
Ice cream is the perfect therapy. These are brilliant, Kristan! Pure brilliance.
You are brilliant! I love the single-serve portion; what a great idea for a kiddo’s b-day party! Or you know, just eating on a Tuesday.
What?!? You’re telling me there is going to come a day when my now almost five-year old thinks I’m not cool? I am totally not ready for that. I’m off to cry now, and eat some of these ice cream cups.
Dessert, especially ice cream really does make things better. These look amazing! Perfect for St Patricks Day, and really perfect for a warm summer/spring day.
Such a great idea!!
Sounds like a great idea!
and yes, 6:30 is the new 2 am. I hate it! Can’t wait for summer!
I had the exact same day yesterday. My 8 year old was so desperate to get me to leave Lacrosse practice that he actually came over and gave me a hug and said, “you can go now”. CRYYYYYYYY.
These mint cookie ice cream cups would solve a multitude of problems for me.
You are a genius! Perfect idea with soooo many options. Thanks for sharing. My 5 year old son was in tears the other night because he never wants to leave me and live somewhere else. This after I told him that one day when he had his own house he could run his bath as deep as he likes. He never wants to marry anyone else and wants to live with me forever. This I will cling to when the day comes…….
These look perfect. You are so hysterical by the way, even when it is dark in the morning.
Yummo! I think I would add fudge in there somewhere too!
I have many days where I need these in my life!
Did you say Birthday Cake Oreos???? I’m off to the store – how the heck did I miss THESE???
Has anyone ever told you that you are brilliant – just brilliant?! Well, let me remind you of that fact!! I have been racking my brain over what to bring to my son’s 10th birthday party. He does not really like cake (gasp! I know) and wants an ice-cream cake. I’ve told him that it would be impossible to manage an ice cream cake with all the mess and still trying to control a group of 10 year old boys. Your solution is genius! I’m making these for each kid and my problem is solved. Maybe I’ll actually be “cool” again for about 10 seconds … Hey a mom can dream.
Thanks again for the great idea!
Daylight savings time is The Worst. I hate it. Luckily chocolate cures all. Good thinking!
We ALL have days like that with kids…chuckling as I type this b/c that’s so my life.
These..omg. love thin mints and can only imagine how good this is!
These look amazing. And I’m pretty sure the only reason I moved to Arizona is because it’s the one state that ignores Daylight Savings.
Now I’m going to go make some Thin Mint Ice Cream Cups. Won’t you PLEASE tell me your thoughts on finale of The Bachelor?!?!
He’s a jerk. I threw a grenade at the TV during the finale.
Boys are funny. I have scratched my head many times over my son’s behaviour whilst he was growing up. He was always Mr. Joe Cool, but would feel just as comfortable talking to the cashier at Safeway as he would a group of teeny tweens…funny. The “Game Changer” was the day we were shopping at the mall (because us cool moms know how to pick the clothes, you know) and his girlfriend’s friends saw him “cheating” …he was with another girl AT THE MALL! After that, I was feeling pretty cool, after all I was mistaken for a teeny-bopper girl (from probably 30 yards away, but whatev..) and my son was not embarrased at all. He thought it was funny and from then on we had alot of fun shopping trips…I guess its cool to have a mom who is a teenaged -girlfriend- impersonator- even if its from far far away…
These little cups look divine- and mint chocolate is my son’s favorite! He’s grown up now, but loves his treats..
Yum! Oh how I love mint icecream!
I first thought those were green muffin liners with some chocolate muffin inside.
Then I read ‘Ice Cream Cups’ and wondered. Then I read this ‘surprise muffin’ is made of ice cream & cookies!
You’re full of surprises. And great ideas.
they look lovely and with a beautiful color! I must say that I didn’t like mint which now I think it’s weird but now I love it since I made mint ice cream, I’m excited to try new recipes with mint
I feel you pain – I’m just dreading the day when my son will be too cool for me. :( I’m sorry.
I have a sore throat today. These green bites of yummy seem to be the cure! Thank you!
I’m not looking forward to those ‘uncool’ days but I definitely want this!! I am a sucker for mint… especially mint cookies and ice cream.
Daylight savings has definitely been kicking my ass. I’m sleeping later than usual and waking up is a struggle, more so than usual. But I will tell you the one benefit of daylight savings time: more time to shoot photos in natural light. I’ve kind of daydreamed about the idea of living in Alaska so I’d have natural light 24/7 but I’ll take what I can get with this extra hour.
These ice cream cups look so great, and I love how easy they are. I can’t wait to try the different variations of ice cream flavors.
what an awesome idea! I LOVE thin mints and I love ice cream, so really you can’t go wrong. And you should have seen my puppy’s reaction to daylight savings time. Trying to get him up to go outside the past few mornings has been somewhat hysterical :)
DST is the worst! My usually chipper AM daughter is begging me to let her sleep in and skip school and my strange-weird-sleep body thinks that I need to wake up at 4:30 am which is totally the opposite of what should be happening. These ice cream treats can be a great emotional eating crutch for me!
OMG! Samoas and Salted Caramel ice cream sounds AMAZING! I want to make these… NOW!
I have been wanting to do ice cream in cupcake wrappers for a party for like…years or something. But I never have because of the soggy wrapper problem. Foil liners. COMPLETE GENIUS right there. The world is now a better place.
Two of my fave things in one dessert! I’ve been trying to decide on a St. Patty’s day dessert. I’ve found it – thanks for this post!
Quick and easy, thank you.
Oh so YUMMY! Thanks for the fun idea :) I feel your pain about being “not cool” with your kids. Went to a dance party with my kids at their elementary school, & found out it wasn’t cool to dance with my 9 yr old daughter who ran away from me in shear embarrassment because I dance and refuse to dance with me. Even when the Electric Slide song is played! I took multiple dance lessons because I LOVE to dance & I’m good at it, it’s my outlet. So needless to say, even if you’re a good dancer, it’s not cool to dance at your daughter’s dance party. Bummer, I did it anyways…hey when the music hits ya just gotta groove! lol :)
Tons of flavor options and NO paper to peel off? Sign me up. Need dessert now :)
Cute idea! Love the thin mint touch though, my favorite!
I am dreading the not holding my hand! Mine is almost 7 :(
Chocolate and ice cream is perfect together!
I’m glad I don’t live next door to you. I’d weigh a ton just smelling the wonderful aromas that come from your house! You’re funny and imaginative. Keep up the good work!
My birthday is coming up in just three weeks and I really want to make these! I can’t wait to think up different combinations. :)
Love the look of these ice cream cups and you can beat the chocolate and mint flavour combination in my book. Love the story of you and your son in the mall!
Sounds lke DST is in effect wherever you are in the US. It’s not in effect here in the UK yet but yes! All 3 of my kids give me attitude when it comes to bedtime and it still being light outside.
Mint ice cream is awesome too. These look so quick and easy to get the good old sugar and ice cream fix. I’ll be using my silicone cases so no foil needed :)
Thanks for sharing your creativity.
I love everything about this post!
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This is a GREAT idea! the next time I have a party I will try this! My husband doesn’t like mint but I can come up with all sorts of flavor combinations in my mind…Oreo’s with cookies and cream is one that came to me first:-)
You, girl, know how to make good use of your Girl Scout cookies. They are precious at our house (and we even have a Girl Scout, so I get plenty!), but this and your Thin Mint Truffles recipe are worthy uses of those precious cookies. Delicious. Thanks! And I *just saw* your Samoas Truffles recipe… on my to-do list for next week!
I missed this one somehow. Musta been daylight savings time! Love these kind of things because the kids can help. Loving the samoa combo!
OMG! the time change is killing me this year!!! time change and spring break are horrible when they happen at the same time! regular schedule soon I hope.
Pam Ramirez
I remember the day my son stopped “allowing” me to walk him in, on the first day of the school year. He was too cool. Now I’m working on grandsons. Recently I walked down the street holding hands with the just-turned-5-year-old. I asked how old will he be when he doesn’t want to hold my hand anymore. Grandma, he said, I’ll always hold your hand. If only… Meanwhile, I love your IC cup idea, for all occasions, not just St. Patrick’s Day. Thanks for sharing your ideas and thoughts. Always enjoy reading your blog!
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genius! thanks a lot for that recipe!
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