Chocolate Candy Cane Blossoms

• sugar cookie mix
• 12 cup butter, melted and cooled
• 1 egg
• 14 cup flour
• 14 cup cocoa powder
• 12 cup candy cane, finely crushed
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 60 chocolate candies, Hershey's kisses candy cane flavor, approximately one bag, unwrapped
• 12 cup granulated sugar, for rolling the cookies

1. 1.
2. Heat oven to 375 degrees.
3. In a large bowl, stir cookie mix, butter, egg, flour, cocoa powder, candy canes, and vanilla until a soft (but crumbly) dough forms.
4. 2.
5. Shape dough into 3/4 inch balls.
6. You may have to press the balls together.
7. Roll the balls in granulated sugar to coat.
8. 3.
9. Place cookie balls 2 inches apart on a cookie sheet.
10. Bake 10 minutes.
11. Immediately press a kiss in the center of each cookie.
12. Cool completely on a wire rack.
13. Resist the temptation to touch the tip of the kisses for at least 3 hours.
14. Even though the kisses look solid, they have partially melted and need to "set" back up.

sugar cookie, butter, egg, flour, cocoa powder, cane, vanilla, chocolate, sugar

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/chocolate-candy-cane-blossoms-442915 (may not work)