Leprechaun Cookies 'N' Mint Cake

• 1 each chocolate bar cookies 'n' mint, broken into pieces
• 1 x food coloring frew drops, green
• 1 package cake mix yellow, with pudding
• 1 each chocolate bar cookies 'n' mint, cut into pieces
• 1 teaspoon vegetable shortening

1. Heat oven to 350F (180C).
2. Grease and flour 12-cup fluted tube pan.
3. Using food processor, chop candy bar pieces very finely; set aside in small bowl.
4. Prepare cake mix batter as directed on package, using water, vegetable oil and whole eggs.
5. In small bowl, reserve 1 1/2 cups batter; stir into reserved chopped candy bar.
6. Into remaining vanilla batter, stir in food color, if desired.
7. Pour into prepared pan.
8. Drop chocolate batter by spoonfuls into center of batter, about 1-inch in from each side of tube.
9. Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until wooden pick inserted comes out clean.
10. Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan, inverting onto wire rack.
11. Cool completely.
12. Top with COOKIES 'N' MINT GLAZE, if desired.
13. 12 to 16 servings.
14. COOKIES 'N' MINT GLAZE: In small microwave-safe bowl, unwrap and breakCookies 'n' Mint Chocolate Bar (7 ounces) into pieces; add 1 teaspoon shortening (not butter, margarine or oil).
15. Microwave at HIGH (100%) 45 seconds.
16. In necessary, microwave at HIGH an additional 15 seconds at a time, stirring after each heating, just until chocolate is melted when stirred.

chocolate bar cookies, food coloring frew drops, cake mix yellow, chocolate bar cookies, vegetable shortening

Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/leprechaun-cookies-n-mint-cake-47212 (may not work)