Recipe - M And Ms Brownie Turtle Cookies

2 ounce Unsweetened baking chocolate
1/3 cup Solid vegetable shortening
1 cup Granulated sugar
One half teaspoon Vanilla extract
2 lg Eggs
1 One fourth cup Allpurpose flour
One half teaspoon Baking powder
One half teaspoon Salt
1 cup Pecan halves
1 cup M&Ms® milk chocolate mini
baking bits; divided
1 cup Prepared chocolate frosting

Preheat oven to350øF. Lightly grease cookie sheets; set aside. Heat
chocolate and shortening in2quart sauce pan over low heat, stirring
constantly, until melted; remove from heat. Mix in sugar, vanilla and eggs.
Blend in flour, baking powder and salt. Stir in 2/3 cup "M&M's"(r) Milk
Chocolate Mini Baking Bits. For each cookie, arrange 3 pecan halves, with
ends almost touching at center, on prepared cookie sheets. Drop dough by
rounded teaspoonfuls onto center of each group of pecans; mound the dough
slightly. Bake 8 to 10 minutes just until set; do not over bake.
Immediately remove cookies to wire racks to cool completely. Top each
cookie with frosting; press remaining "M&M's"(r) Milk Chocolate Mini Baking
Bits into frosting to create turtle shell..

Notes: These chewy little turtles are as fun to eat as they are to make!
MAKES ABOUT 2 One half DOZEN COOKIES

Recipe by: Mars Recipe by 1996 Mars, Incorporated
Posted to brandnamerecipes by Barbrabarbra@pipeline.com on Feb 03, 1998