Chocolate Mint Pizzelles

With another summer comes some more mint recipes to use the mint that is starting to grow out of control in Mom's garden. Luckily, I love all things mint. And mint and chocolate pair so well together that it is easy to add mint to many chocolate-based recipes to create a delicious variation.

For this recipe, I just followed the chocolate pizzelle recipe, but added some freshly chopped mint. You can add as much mint as you would like. I added about a cup of chopped mint, but you could you use more or less to taste. I roughly chopped the mint, but you could chop it very finely, if preferred.

Chocolate Mint Pizzelles

• 3 eggs at room temperature
• 3/4 cup plus 3 Tbsp. sugar
• 1/2 cup butter, melted and cooled
• 1 tsp. vanilla
• 1 3/4 cup flour
• 2 tsp. baking powder
• 3 Tbsp. cocoa powder
• 1/2 to 1 cup chopped mint

In a large bowl, beat eggs and sugar. Add butter and vanilla. Blend in flour, baking powder, and cocoa powder. Add in the chopped mint. The batter will be stiff. Preheat the pizzelle iron. Drop batter by the spoonful into each pizzelle pattern. Close pizzelle iron and allow about bake about one minute. Remove the pizzelles with a spatula and allow to cool on a flat surface. Sprinkle pizzelles with powdered sugar. Enjoy!