Shelly's Recipe

CHOCOLATE PEPPERMINT CHEWS

Category: Cookies

1 18.25-ounce devils food cake mix
1/2 cup vegetable oil
2 large eggs
1/2 teaspoon peppermint extract
1 cup mini or regular semisweet chocolate chips or mint chocolate chips

Combine first 4 ingredients, and beat at medium with an electric mixer until blended. Stir in chocolate chips. Drop dough by rounded teaspoonfuls about 2 inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake at 350 degrees for 10 minutes. Cool cookies on the pan about 5 minutes; remove to wire racks to cool completely.

To finish the cookies

1 cup confectioners sugar
2 drops peppermint extract
4 teaspoons water
1 cup crushed peppermint candies.

Combine the sugar, extract and water in a small bowl. Stir until smooth. Pour into a zip-top plastic sandwich bag. Seal and cut off a small piece at one of the corners. Drizzle over the cookies and sprinkle immediately with the crushed peppermint candies.

Makes 3 dozen cookies.