These Paleo Thin Mints are a scrumptiously healthy cookie that make a great holiday gift. We love this treat so much though, that we make it all year round.
Homemade Girl Scout Cookies
Making your own Girl Scout cookies is as simple as 1-2-3 with my quick and easy recipe. These Paleo Thin Mints are a chocolate wafer cookie that is baked, cooled, and then dipped in rich dark chocolate that’s melted. We store our Paleo Thin Mints in the freezer for the best texture and crispy crunch.
Egg-Free Girl Scout Cookies
These copycat Thin Mints are not only gluten and grain-free, they’re an egg-free cookie recipe too! Did you know that 99% of my cookie recipes are egg-free? If you have egg allergies, you’ll want to take a look at both my Cookie Recipes Page and my Egg-Free Diet Recipes page. They’ll broaden your dietary horizons in a big way!
Gluten-Free Girl Scout Cookies
Don’t be sad when Girl Scout Cookie season rolls around. Because I’ve created a gluten-free Girl Scout Cookie season just for you! Finally, you can partake in gluten-free Thin Mints, Tagalongs, and Samoas. I would not have thought of making Paleo Girl Scout Cookies, let alone Paleo Thin Mints if I had not seen Tammy Credicott’s incredible book Paleo Indulgences
Paleo Thin Mints
Ingredients
- 1 cup blanched almond flour (not almond meal)
- 1 teaspoon coconut flour
- 2 tablespoons cacao powder
- ⅛ teaspoon celtic sea salt
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- 2 tablespoons palm shortening
- ¼ cup honey
- 1 teaspoon peppermint extract
- 6 ounces chocolate chips
- ½ teaspoon peppermint extract
Instructions
- In a food processor, combine almond flour, coconut flour, cacao, baking soda, and salt
- Pulse in shortening, honey, and peppermint extract until dough forms
- Roll out dough between 2 pieces of parchment paper to ⅛-inch thick
- Freeze dough for 15 minutes
- Using a 2 inch cookie cutter, cut out dough
- Transfer circles to parchment paper lined baking sheet
- Bake at 350°F for 4-5 minutes
- Cool completely on baking sheets, then freeze 1 hour
- Melt chocolate and peppermint in a small saucepan over very low heat
- Use a dipping tool to lower cookies into chocolate, then place on parchment lined plate
- Freeze 1 hour
- Serve
Homemade Holiday Gifts
These healthy, gluten-free cookies are a wonderful DIY holiday gift. They’re perfect for Christmas, Hanukkah, and other celebrations. I love to give these Paleo Thin Mints alongside my homemade Hamantaschen when Purim rolls around.
Reduce Waste and Save Money During the Holidays
I’m very passionate when it comes to conservation and I love to reduce, reuse, and recycle as much as possible. That’s because I used to run this company which I founded in 1993 when I was 26 years old.
Now, decades later, when I give holiday gifts I follow this ethos by keeping it simple, yet special. I place my homemade cookies and candy in reusable tins which I purchase at the thrift store. I carefully scrub and de-glutenize the tins, then run them through the dishwasher. This reduces waste during Christmas, Hanukkah, and other special occasions.
Healthy Holiday Gift Recipes
Here are more healthy cookie and bar recipes that make great holiday gifts!
This post is an oldie but goodie from the archives, I first published this recipe in 2013.
Debbie B. says
Elana, I absolutely love your sense of humor, in addition to your recipes, of course!
(That you’re Jewish makes your blog the best! Shabbat Shalom.
Anne Jeffres says
I was thinking that EXACT same thing! By the way, I have 2 Girl Scouts and I’m a troop leader, and we don’t even eat the cookies since they are so unhealthy!
Elana says
Thanks for your amazing comments guys!
Kenna says
Yay! Up next…the peanut butter (sun butter) tagalongs? I think I may use your cookie as ground work and spend some time this weekend trying to get those fatty patties in my belly. Thanks for rockin’ it, Elana!
Tonya says
I just have to say that I love that you said “get those fatty patties in my belly”. Just totally made me smile.
Kenna says
Ha! Glad I could make you smile, Tonya. In case you are interested, I think I did a decent job creating those fatty patties…
Use Elana’s cookie recipe, minus the cocoa.
1/2 cup Sun Butter
1/4 cup Honey
1/4 cup Coconut Flour
2 tsp. Vanilla
Chocolate chunks
Bake the cookies after cutting the shapes. Melt chocolate. Let cool. Generously apply butter. Paint chocolate over cookie. The first batch I did had too much chocolate (I dipped them) and not enough filling.
I haven’t had the tagalongs for years, but this did my belly wonders. :)
autumn says
Is the sunbutter layer the combo of the honey/coconut flour/vanilla or just the sunbutter? And using the rest of the ingredients for the cookie? Just to clarify… I can’t wait to make them :)
Annsley says
Have you gotten the tag alongs to work? I’d love to see the recipe!
Elana says
Annsley, here you go:
https://elanaspantry.com/paleo-peanut-butter-patties-tagalongs/
Enjoy!
Elana
candice says
any substitute for almond flour for a nut free version?
Elana says
Candice, thanks for your comment! I haven’t tried that so not sure. You may want to take a look at my Nut-Free Dessert Recipes page:
https://elanaspantry.com/special-diets/nut-free-dessert/
Enjoy!
Elana
Kathy says
I will just never get over how amazing you are Elana!
Elana says
Thanks Kathy!
Claire Traas says
Oh DARN, I can’t make this recipe because i don’t have any CELTIC sea salt, I only have the NORMAL kind! Shucks!
Faith says
I don’t think using the normal salt would hurt the flavor.
Lauren says
I didn’t even use salt and they were fine.
Peas - Jenn says
You can always tell it’s Celtic from the accent!!
Johnna says
Thin Mints were my absolute favorite Girl Scout cookie. I’m so excited to try these!
Elana says
Johnna, thanks!
Leilani says
I’m so excited for these!! Thank you!!
Elana says
Leilani, you’re welcome!
Marian says
Would also love to know a substitute for the vegan shortening- would coconut oil work or butter?
Aimee says
I have used coconut oil in place of vegan shortening with much success. I used this substitution in the Choc Chip Scones and worked beautifully. Happy baking!
Karyn says
I subbed coconut oil in this recipe- just softened it a bit. Worked and tasted great!
Lauren says
I used coconut oil too – it seemed to make the dough more oily so I ended up adding more almond flour – but it worked really wonderfully!
Susan says
I made them with butter, worked out great! Sounds like either substitution works. I’m so very happy with this recipe. My husband has the real GS thin mints, and I’m having to chase him away from mine.
Elana says
Susan, that’s great news!
Candice says
Substitute for vegan palm shortening??
Renee Rose says
I used coconut oil and it came out fine!
Terry H. says
Thank you – I was thinking Coconut Oil, also.
Tamara Finley says
butter,coconut oil,palm oil all work just as well. Just warm slightly to melt.
Kim says
Elana – I love your site and your recipes & have been following you since I first went gluten free four years ago. With this recipe though, you have made my life complete! I am GF, DF & egg-free, so many Paleo recipes don’t work for me. I am so excited about this one! Thin Mints were always my absolute favorite Girl Scout cookie, and now I can finally have them again (and feel good about what I’m eating)! Thank you SO much!