"These Chocolate Peppermint Chews use a devil’s food cake mix and a few other ingredients for home-baked holiday treats that disappear fast. The cake batter is made extra chocolaty with the addition of chocolate morsels, and is flavored with a bit of peppermint extract. The peppermint flavor is further enhanced with a drizzle of mint glaze and crushed peppermint candies."
Cookies
* 1 18.25-ounce devil’s 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.
