Leprechaun Cookies 'n' Mint Cake

1 Hershey's cookies 'n' mint

Chocolate bar (7 oz.) /broken into pcs Few drops green food color (optional) 1 pk Yellow cake mix (with

-pudding in The mix) Cookies 'n' mint glaze -(recipe Follows) Recipe by: www.hersheys.com 1. Heat oven to 350 F. Grease and flour 12-cup fluted tube

pan. 2. Using food processor, chop candy bar pieces very finely;

set aside in small bowl. 3. Prepare cake mix batter as directed on package, using

water, vegetable oil and whole eggs. In small bowl, reserve 1-1/2 cups batter; stir into reserved chopped candy bar.

4. Into remaining vanilla batter, stir in food color, if

desired. Pour into prepared pan. Drop chocolate batter by spoonfuls into center of batter, about 1-inch in from each side of tube. 5. Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until wooden pick inserted

comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan, inverting onto wire rack. Cool completely. Top with COOKIES 'N' MINT GLAZE, if desired. 12 to 16 servings. COOKIES 'N' MINT GLAZE: In small microwave-safe bowl, unwrap and break 1 HERSHEY'S Cookies 'n' Mint Chocolate Bar (7 oz.) into pieces; add 1 teaspoon shortening (not butter, margarine or oil). Microwave at HIGH (100%) 45 seconds. In necessary, microwave at HIGH an additional 15 seconds at a time, stirring after each heating, just until chocolate is melted when stirred.JMCopyright 1995 Hershey Foods Corporation
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