Chocolate Mint Dreams

By lisapearce

Ingredients

• ICING:
• Ingredients
• * 3/4 cup butter, softened
• * 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• * 2 ounces unsweetened chocolate, melted and cooled
• * 1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract
• * 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
• * 1 cup HERSHEY’®S Mini Chips Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
• *
• * 2 tablespoons butter, softened
• * 1 cup confectioners' sugar
• * 1/4 teaspoon peppermint extract
• * 1 to 2 drops green food coloring
• * 1 to 2 tablespoons milk
• *
• DRIZZLE:
• * 1/2 cup HERSHEY’®S Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
• * 1/2 teaspoon shortening

Details

Servings 54
Preparation time 30mins
Cooking time 36mins

Preparation

Step 1

Directions

* In a large bowl, cream butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in chocolate and extract. Gradually add flour and mix well. Stir in chocolate chips. (Dough will be soft.)
* Drop by tablespoonfuls 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 375° for 6-8 minutes or until firm. Cool for 2 minutes before removing to wire racks to cool completely.
* Meanwhile, combine the butter, confectioners' sugar, extract, food coloring and enough milk to achieve desired consistency; spread over cooled cookies. Let set. In a microwave, melt chocolate chips and shortening; stir until smooth. Drizzle over cookies. Yield: 4 dozen.


Nutrition Facts: 1 serving (1 each) equals 82 calories, 5 g fat (3 g saturated fat), 8 mg cholesterol, 31 mg sodium, 10 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 1 g protein.

Chocolate Mint Dreams published in Taste of Home December/January 2004, p27