Chocolate Mint Cookies

Ingredients:

3/4 cup butter

1 1/2 cups brown sugar

2 Tbsp water

2 cups semi sweet chocolate chips

2 eggs

2 1/2 cups flour

1 1/4 tsp baking soda

1/2 tsp salt

1 1/2 (4.5 oz) packages of Andes mints

Directions:

* Melt the butter, sugar and water together. (I use a microwave) Just make sure the sugar gets melted however you do it.

* While the sugar/butter/water mixture is warm stir in the chocolate chips until they melt in.

* Let this cool a bit.

* Pour the COOLED sugar/butter/water/chocolate mixture into a bigger bowl.

* Beat in the eggs one at a time.

* In a separate bowl ( sorry have to get out another one), mix the flour, baking soda, and salt.

* Stir dry ingredients into the chocolate mixture.

* Cover and refrigerate the dough for about an hour.

* While the dough is chilling ~ break the Andes mints in half.

* Preheat oven to 350F.

* Roll cookie dough into balls and place on cookie sheet.

* Bake for 8-10 minutes.

* After removing cookie sheet from oven - press the half mint into each cookie. Let it for one minute and melt a bit.

* Use a toothpick ~ make swirls with the melting mint.(Or not. Just an option.)

* Let these cool before serving - they aren't that great warm.