Santa Cookies

Total Time: 30 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• 2 (6 ounce) packages chocolate baking squares, chopped
• 1 (1 lb) package nutter butter sandwich cookies
• red sugar crystals
• 32 vanilla chips or 32 chocolate chips
• 64 miniature semisweet chocolate chips
• 32 red-hot candies

Recipe

• 1 in a heavy saucepan over low heat, melt chocolate, stirring occasionally.
• 2 dip one end of each cookie into melted chocolate.
• 3 place on wire racks.
• 4 for santa's hat, sprinkle red sugar on top part of chocolate.
• 5 press one vanilla chip off-center on hat for pom-pom, let stand until set. note: you can also use a mini marshmallow cut in half for the pom-pom.
• 6 dip other end of each cookie into melted chocolate for beard, leaving center of cookie uncovered.
• 7 place on wire racks.
• 8 with a dab of melted chocolate, attach semisweet chips for the eyes and a red-hot for the nose.
• 9 place on waxed paper until chocolate sets.