I got a hold on you, tonight - oh oh it's magic, when I'm with you

The plan for the weekend was to bake, and bake I did. It's all or nothing with me. I either make a lot or I sit on my a$$ and watch Food Network. On Saturday I started out making a trifle for a party, then matzo ball soup for dinner, then chocolate cookies with the Kid, and then Burger Bites. LOTS of Burger Bites. I've been making them since I was in my teens so they don't take me long. I can do about 50 of 'em in 20 minutes. If only someone would invent a unwrapping machine for the patties, well I bet I could get my timing down to about 15 mins. I should be on Iron Chef: Peppermint Patties.
The Kid said he wanted to bake with me, so when I saw some Nestle holiday white chocolate swirled chips and I picked them up right away. Anything white chocolate I try to keep on hand for the Kid. Just the other day he had one drop, ONE, of chocolate sauce and he busted out in hives in a matter of seconds. sigh. The allergy continues.

The swirly chips are very cute, but they throw you off, while they look peppermint-like with their swirly pink/white they are actually just plain old blah chips. Lame-dash-oh. So I decided to MAKE them peppermint, by putting them in a cocoa peppermint cookie. At least that would give the illusion that there was actually mint involved. Suddenly I'm the Lance Burton of baking.

While the kid happily munched on these - I thought they needed a little more kick. The ones I gave away - I went unnecessarily overboard and dipped them in a peppermint infused chocolate.

No dip:

Dipped:Wow that red/pink plate REALLY makes them look peppermint-y now! Ah, the magic of Christmas. 'Course anything tastes good on a Kate Spade plate. Mmm. Magical.

Chocolate Dipped Peppermint Cookies recipe