Grasshopper Cocktail topped with Thin Mint Cookies

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A Grasshopper is a classic cocktail that belongs in every chocolate mint lovers drink repertoire. 

Are you one of those people who waits anxiously every March for one of those sweet green shakes from McDonalds?

When you make this Grasshopper Cocktail Topped with Thin Mint Cookies, you get all the flavors of a shamrock shake – with a boozy kick.

These things are super easy to make and taste like a chocolate-mint dessert in a glass.

All that, and you get a Girl Scout Thin Mint cookie, too!

Enjoy a Grasshopper Cocktail topped with Thin Mint Cookies

 

 

The drink is kind of like if you crossed a grasshopper cocktail with a grasshopper thin mint pie and served it in a glass.

This scrumptious dessert cocktail is made from the blissful combination of Creme de Menthe and Creme de Cacao, plus a little heavy cream.

Add some ice and shake everything together.

Then add a little chocolate syrup, whipped topping, and crushed cookie, and you’ll have a cocktail so delicious, you may never want a “plain old” shamrock shake again.

And no one would blame you.

The classic grasshopper drink recipe

Now the classic grasshopper recipe doesn’t have the cookies in them. 

Or the chocolate syrup.

We’ve jazzed ours up a bit.

But if you want the classic recipe, just use a 1 to 1 to 1 ratio of the creme de menthe, creme de cacao and cream.

Serving our Grasshopper with Thin Mints

The Grasshopper Cocktail Topped with Thin Mint Cookies is the perfect treat for St. Patrick’s Day parties and get-togethers.

Serve this creamy Thin Mint cocktail as an after dinner treat after corned beef and cabbage, colcannon, or other Irish entree favorites.

You can also serve it to celebrate Girl Scout Cookie time (to the adults, of course).

In fact, some people call it a girl scout cookie drink.

I was a cookie selling machine when I was a kid, and I know how hard my family worked to help me sell.

So enjoy!

You deserve it!

In fact, make some of these yummy Grasshoppers to share with your friends and watch the orders for Thin Mints come in.

When to serve a grasshopper

Chocolate mint lovers will tell you that it’s always a good time to serve a Thin Mint cocktail.

And because it’s green, some people love to make it as a Christmas Grasshopper drink.

And since the Grasshopper is a classic cocktail recipe from New Orleans, you can serve it for Mardi Gras too!

Speaking of New Orleans, if you’re serving it for Christmas, be sure to add it to your reveillon dinner menu.

You can even make it work for The Grinch!

You can invite this pretty pastel-green chocolate-mint cocktail to other springtime events, too.

And since it’s green, well, it has Saint Patrick’s Day written all over it.

And since it’s a gorgeous pastel, it is perfect for Easter too.

Truthfully, wherever there is a person who loves chocolate and mint, this Grasshopper Cocktail is right at home.

It’s a wonderful minty after dinner drink as it also acts like a breath mint! Win!

Thin Mint Grasshopper Cocktail Ingredients:

Makes 1 Cocktail

• 1 oz creme de menthe
• 1 oz creme de cacao
• 1 oz heavy cream
• Hershey’s chocolate syrup, to drizzle
• Whipped Topping
• 1 Thin Mint cookie
• Ice

Notes: Since the drink is made in equal parts, it’s easy to multiply the recipe to make more than one cocktail at a time.

Also, if it’s not cookie season, you can substitute another chocolate mint cookie or even Andes mints for the Thin Mint cookie.

If you don’t have any Thin Mint Cookies, you may also substitute an Andes Dinner Mint.

Can I make a non-alcoholic grasshopper?

Sure! You can absolutely make a Grasshopper without the alcohol.

It makes a really yummy Grasshopper mocktail that’s perfect to serve the younger folks or those who don’t drink but want to enjoy it.

Since a classic Grasshopper is made with just three ingredients, creme de menthe, creme de cacao, and heavy cream, all you need to do to make it without the alcohol is to replace the liqueurs with flavored syrups.

And then top the drink however you like with the whipped cream, chocolate syrup, and / or Thin Mint Cookies.

Can I make a frozen grasshopper or a milkshake? 

Making a Grasshopper mocktail with simple syrups may make the drink taste a bit sweeter than you are hoping for.

If that’s the case, we have a couple of recommendations for how to make it work.

You can serve it blended with ice (or even ice cream) like a frozen Grasshopper drink with ice cream.

You can also add some club soda to thin the syrups a bit before you mix them with the cream. 

And if you want to serve it like a milk shake, it’s really easy.

In fact, you can check out our Boozy Thin Mint shake recipe for inspiration.

How to make the Best Grasshopper cocktail recipe:

 

Pre-Steps:

Start by crushing the thin mint cookie into small pieces.

If you want to avoid making a mess, I like to do this in a plastic bag. 

Just put the cookies in the bag, zip it up, and crush them either with your hands or by using a rolling pin.

Mess contained!

Drizzle chocolate syrup into your glass(es).

Make the drink:

Place creme de cacao, creme de menthe, and heavy cream into a cocktail shaker.

Shake it really well.

Add ice to the shaker and shake it well again.

Pouring the drink through a strainer, pour the mixture into glass you drizzled with chocolate.

You want to pour it slowly if you drizzled the chocolate with a pattern. 

Pouring the drink slowly also helps to preserve the green color as it won’t blend with the chocolate as much.

Top with whipped cream.

Then sprinkle the crushed Thin Mint Cookie onto the whipped topping and enjoy!

More Delicious Cocktail Recipes for you to enjoy:

Peppermint Chocolate White Russian Cocktail

Bailey’s Chocolate Pudding Shots

Peppermint Hot Chocolate Coffee

Chocolate Covered Cherry Martinis

Pot of Gold Mimosas

St. Patrick’s Day Cocktails

Scaitlin – Irish Milk Punch

Boozy Thin Mint Shake

Guinness Whiskey Cocktail

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This recipe was originally posted on February 21, 2020. It was updated on December 23, 2021.

 

 

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