Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookie Cupcakes! (St. Patricks day edition parttwo)

It's Girl Scout cookie season!!! Those little girl scouts are pretty hard to pass by whether they are at the grocery store entrance or when they come a'knockin on the door! So its inevitable that you probably have a few extra boxes stashed away... So here is an awesome recipe to use them up! (Bonus: It only takes one bowl to make!)

Thin Mint Girl Scout Cookie Cupcakes!

 

Ingredients:

1 and 1/2 cup                       All-purpose flour
3/4 cup                                 Unsweetened dutch-processed cocoa powder
1 and 1/2 cup                       Sugar
1 and 1/2 tsp.                       Baking powder
3/4 tsp.                                 Salt
2                                           Eggs (large)
3/4 cup                                 Buttermilk
3 tbls.                                   Vegetable oil
3/4 cup                                 Water (warm)
                                             Thin-mint girl scout cookies


Pre-heat oven to 350. Line a standard muffin pan with cupcake liners and place a single girl scout cookie in each. In an electric mixer bowl, whisk together flour, cocoa powder, sugar, baking powder, and salt. Add eggs, buttermilk, oil, and warm water. Beat on medium speed until smooth and fully incorporated (scraping down sides of bowl as necessary). Pour evenly into cupcake liners and bake until done (toothpick comes out clean). 


When cupcakes are cool... scoop out a hole in the center of each cupcake (Tip: use a star point frosting tip).

Chocolate Ganache:

12 oz.                   Dark chocolate (cut into small pieces)
1 cup                    Heavy cream


Place chocolate in a medium sized bowl. Meanwhile, in a saucepan bring heavy cream to a boil. Remove from heat and pour over chocolate. Stir until mixture is smooth and all the chocolate is melted. Pour into cupcakes and let cool.

Mint Buttercream:

1 cup                   Unsalted butter
4 cups                  Powdered sugar
                            Peppermint oil
                            Green food coloring (optional)



Cream butter until smooth. Add powdered sugar one cup at a time until fully incorporated. Add peppermint oil to taste until fully incorporated. Add green food coloring if using. Pipe onto top of cupcakes.