Categories: Desserts

Ingredients

• 3/4 cups packed brown sugar
• 3/4 cups granulated sugar
• 1/2 cup butter or margarine, softened
• 1/2 cup shortening
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 eggs
• 2oz unsweetened baking chocolate, melted and cooled
• 2 1/4 cups all purpose flour
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 2 packages (4.67oz each) foil wrapped rectangular creme de menthe thin chocolate mints, unwrapped and coarsely chopped
• 1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chunks

Directions

1. at oven to 350. In a large bowl, beat brown sugar, granulated sugar, butter, shortening, vanilla, and eggs with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth.

2. Beat in melted baking chocolate.

3. Beat in flour and baking soda until well blended.

4. Reserve 1 cup of the chopped mints. Stir in remaining mints and chocolate chunks into dough.

5. On un-greased cookie sheet, drop by 1/4 cupfuls 2 inches apart.

6. Bake 11-15 minutes or until center of cookies no longer look moist.

7. Immediately sprinkle with reserved mints.

8. Cool 1 minute; remove from cookie sheet to wire rack.

9. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.

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