Minty Mousse
2 Tbsp. baking cocoa
2 Tbsp. milk
1 cup Junior Mints
2 Tbsp. margarine
1 (8oz) carton whipped topping
1/2 tsp. vanilla
Mix cocoa and milk in a saucepan until smooth. Add mints and margarine, cooking over low heat until smooth. Cool for 15 minutes and fold in whipped topping and vanilla. Spoon into dessert dishes and garnish with whipped topping.
Photo By: Bob B. Brown
This recipe is so cool. I can’t wait to make it. You have the best recipes.
Can you use butter instead?
Yes you can use butter.
I made thise recipe and it’s so good. I found Junior Mints at Dollar Tree and came home and made this dessert. It’s amazing how the Junior Mints melt and there is no physical trace of them. It makes such a light and fluffy mousse.
Good idea Bea to get the mints at the Dollar Tree because sometimes they can be expensive.
When I went shopping at the Dollar Tree I also picked up sour cream and made that Cinnamon Sour Cream Fruit Dip you have on this site, so I was thrilled. Yepee!
what are Junior Mints? What company makes them? I am not familiar with many kinds of candy.
They are a soft mint that is covered in chocolate.
You can also find the junior mints with the boxes of theater candy which now they have here at Wal Mart, Walgreens and even our grocery stores. If you can’t find them you could probably replace them with 2-3 York peppermint patties (jr. mints are pretty much the same thing) or in Dining on a Dime there is a recipe for party mints on page 265 which is the same as York Peppermint patties. It would take more work since you have to make up the mints first but if you can’t find the other this would work. The Party mints are really easy to make too.