Makes: 3 dozen

Description: Chocolate cookies with melted mint topping.

Ingredients:
¾ cup  butter
1 ½ cups  brown sugar
2 tablespoons  water
2 cups  semisweet chocolate chips
2  eggs
2 ½ cups  all-purpose flour
1 ¼ teaspoon  baking soda
½ teaspoon  salt
3 (4.5 ounce) packages  chocolate covered thin mints

Instructions: 1. In a saucepan over medium heat, cook the sugar, butter and water, stirring occasionally until melted. Remove from heat, stir in the chocolate chips until melted and set aside to cool for 10 minutes.
2. Pour the chocolate mixture into a large bowl, and beat in the eggs, one at a time. Combine the flour, baking soda and salt, stir into the chocolate mixture. Cover and refrigerate dough for at least 1 hour.
3. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease cookie sheets. Roll cookie dough into walnut sized balls and place 2 inches apart onto the prepared cookie sheets.
4. Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven, be careful not to over bake. When cookies come out of the oven, press one mint wafer into the top of each cookie and let sit for 1 minute. When the mint is softened, swirl with the back of a spoon or toothpick to make a pattern with the green filling of the mint wafer. For smaller cookies, break mints in half.