Chocolate Mint Marvels

This past Christmas at my dad’s house my step-sister Heidi made these wonderful cookies. They are so addicting. Again this is another easy recipe for a busy mom or anyone just looking for something quick. Thanks Heidi, for the recipe.
3/4 cup butter

1 1/2 cup brown sugar

2 cups Chocolate Chips

2 eggs

2 1/2 cups flour

1 1/4 teaspoons baking soda

3 or 4 packages of Andes Mints

Melt butter and brown sugar in sauce pan over low heat. Add chocolate chips and stir to melt; put mixture into a bowl and let cool. Add eggs, and then mix in flour and baking soda.

Chill dough for 1 hour. Preheat oven to 350.

Roll into balls and place on baking sheet. Bake for 9 minutes.

Remove cookies from oven and place one Andes mint on each one. As the candy melts, spread it across the top of the cookie with a butter knife. Makes 3 dozen.

FYI: I tried storing left over dough in the fridge, to make more the next day. The dough got really dried out and they did not turn out so great the next day. I covered them really well, so I recommend making all the cookies at once, and then store them in an air tight container.

Also, cook them for just 9 minutes. On one of the batches I left them in a minute too long and they were more of a crunchy cookie. These, like most cookies do, cook some more on the baking sheet when you take them out.

And of course, the best part about making cookies is licking the egg beaters, right? Well if you look at Benjamin’s face you can see how much fun that really is!

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