Girl Scout Cookie Shot
This girl scout cookie shot is the perfect way to bring a childhood favorite into adulthood! This layered shot combines delicious girl scout cookie flavors in one glass. It’s like eating an entire box of girl scout cookies in just one gulp! The layered shot is creamy and indulgent, with layers of coffee liqueur, peppermint, and cream.
My favorite girl scout cookie is the thin mint. When my great niece comes around to sell cookies, you can bet your sweet bippy that I’ll be ordering a few boxes. I also enjoy the peanut butter cookies.
So, for this party shot, I decided to garnish the rims of the glasses with hot fudge and then dip one in crushed thin mint and one in crushed peanut butter cookie.
True confession: I have a layering problem. When I pour shots, I’m compelled to see if I can layer them. And the fun thing is, I can layer just about every shot I pour.
Would you like to see a few examples of my ‘problem’?
This girl scout cookie shot has three ingredients and is a fun shot for practicing your layering skills. The layers are clearly delineated, but not so distinct that they don’t leave room for playing around.
The beauty of layering shots is that you don’t have to use a cocktail shaker, but if you prefer not to tackle layering, feel free to add the ingredients to a shaker with ice and after shaking the contents, pour into the shot glasses, but you’ll be missing out.
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Tips
- How to layer a shot: Use either a cocktail spoon or if you don’t have one, a regular iced coffee teaspoon will work fine. I prefer to use the cocktail spoon but for the thin, tall shot glass, I have to use the iced coffee teaspoon because the cocktail spoon is too wide to fit in the glass.
- Always place the spoon upside down with the bowl-side facing up in and against the side of the glass. You will then slowly pour the liquid over the back of a spoon and into the glass.
- If you plan to make layered shots, I say invest in a few pourers. I got a set of six for $6.99.
- Using a pourer helps to control the pour, which is critical to layering any shot. But if you do use a pourer, just know that you will have to eyeball your quantities because in that case, they’re coming straight out of the bottle, unmeasured.
- You won’t be able to use a pourer with the half & half so pour a little in a glass measuring cup with a spout and when you pour it into the girl scout cookie shot, make sure you do it slowly.
- I DO prefer using half & half or cream in this cocktail, but if you want an extra zing, you can use irish cream instead.
- Don’t have coffee liqueur? Use a good chocolate liqueur instead, although the coffee liqueur adds depth.
- When layering shots, you place the heaviest liquor on the bottom and work your way up in weight.
- I like to use different shapes of shot glasses not only because it’s fun to see how each shape accepts layering, but layered shots look pretty in the different shapes.
- I have noticed that in the tall shot glass, the layers get a little muddied unless the liquor weights are very different. But if they are close in weight, you’ll get the muddied look.
- The back right shot glass in the photo above shows the layers the best, so I wonder if it’s because the shape of the glass is tilted.
- When I garnish the shot glasses, I dip my finger in some hot chocolate sauce (it doesn’t have to be warm), and rub it around 3/4 of the shot glasses. I leave a space empty of any garnish so people can place their lips there.
This recipe is for one shot, so if you’re making them for a group, just multiply the recipe times the amount of people.
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your embed code hereHow to make the girl scout cookie shot
Pre-step
Gather your shot glasses, cocktail spoon and one pourer.
Step one
Get the ingredients – Coffee liqueur, peppermint schnapps and half & half.
How to garnish this shot
Step two
Take whatever cookie you’re going to use and crush it into small chunks and/or fine crumbs. I used a pestle on a small plate. A little goes a long way so you’ll only use a fraction of the cookie.
Step three
Take a little hot fudge sauce on your finger and rub it around 3/4 of the rim of the glasses. Dip the chocolate covered rims into the cookie crumbs then shake each glass and set aside.
Step four
Measure .50 ounce of coffee liqueur and pour it in the glasses. Be sure not to pour it over the garnish.
The liquid should be a third of the way up the glass.
Step five
Place a pourer in the peppermint schnapps bottle. Put a cocktail spoon with the bowl side up in and against the shot glass and slowly pour the peppermint schnapps over the back of the spoon into the glass.
You can see the different layers in the middle and right glasses but not so much in the left glass.
Step six
Pour half & half in a small measuring cup with a spout and place the cocktail spoon again bowl side up in and against the glass and gently and slowly pour the half & half over the bowl and into the glass.
I like the look of the cream infiltrating the schnapps layer in the front glass. What about you?
Let’s look at the vertical view of the thin mint shooter.
You can see that the cream stayed put in this front glass. See the difference between the three glasses? Interesting, isn’t it?
I hope you enjoyed this girl scout cookie shot recipe! It’s yummy like the thin mint cookie.
And as always, may all your dishes be delish!
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Girl Scout Cookie Shot
Ingredients
- .50 ounce Kahlúa (or other coffee flavored liquor)
- .50 ounce peppermint schnapps
- .50 ounce half & half (or light cream)
Garnish
- .25 teaspoon hot fudge sauce (this is approximate)
- 1 thin mint cookie, crushed (or cookie of choice)
Instructions
- Rub some hot fudge sauce around 3/4 of the rim of the glass (leave a space for someone's mouth). Dip into cookie crumbs and shake off and set aside
- Pour Kahlúa into glass
- Stick pourer into peppermint schnapps and place cocktail spoon bowl side up in and against the glass and slowly pour over the bowl and into the glass
- Place the cocktail spoon again in and against the glass and slowly pour the half & half over the bowl and into the glass
- Shoot the drink
- Smile
- Enjoy
Equipment
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- How to layer a shot: Use either a cocktail spoon or if you don’t have one, a regular iced coffee teaspoon will work fine. I prefer to use the cocktail spoon but for the thin, tall shot glass, I have to use the iced coffee teaspoon because the cocktail spoon is too wide to fit in the glass.
- Always place the spoon upside down with the bowl-side facing up in and against the side of the glass. You will then slowly pour the liquid over the back of a spoon and into the glass.
- If you plan to make layered shots, I say invest in a few pourers. I got a set of six for $6.99.
- Using a pourer helps to control the pour, which is critical to layering any shot. But if you do use a pourer, just know that you will have to eyeball your quantities because in that case, they’re coming straight out of the bottle, unmeasured.
- You won’t be able to use a pourer with the half & half so pour a little in a glass measuring cup with a spout and when you pour it into the girl scout cookie shot, make sure you do it slowly.
- I DO prefer using half & half or cream in this cocktail, but if you want an extra zing, you can use irish cream instead.
- When layering shots, you place the heaviest liquor on the bottom and work your way up in weight.
- I like to use different shapes of shot glasses not only because it’s fun to see how each shape accepts layering, but layered shots look pretty in the different shapes.
- I have noticed that in the tall shot glass, the layers get a little muddied unless the liquor weights are very different. But if they are close in weight, you’ll get the muddied look.
- The back right shot glass in the photo above shows the layers the best, so I wonder if it’s because the shape of the glass is tilted.
- When I garnish the shot glasses, I dip my finger in some hot chocolate sauce (it doesn’t have to be warm), and rub it around 3/4 of the shot glasses. I leave a space empty of any garnish so people can place their lips there.
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What a fun adult treat! Love the hot fudge garnish.
Thanks Marlynn! 🙂
This was a such a delicious adult drink, just what I needed!
Glad you enjoyed it Stephanie! Thanks for your comment!
Love thin mints, and this looks like a great party drink that would be a hit!
Thanks Sally, it’s quite a treat!
I am super excited to try any shot that tastes like a thin mint cookie! I am definitely going to try this out this weekend.
I hope you enjoy it Heidy! It’s quite yummy!
I seriously loved it! Thank you so much for the recipe!
You are so welcome, Toni! I am glad you enjoyed it!