Chocolate-Candy Cane Cookies

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i made these, and they turned out a total disappointment. will not make agian.
Submitted on 10/26/2009 by a cook

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Not very good! There wasn't any flavor to them, and for my taste they were dry. I wouldn't make these again at all!! I had to throw the whole batch away because no one would eat them!
Submitted on 4/8/2009 by MelissaNicole612

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It is a great cookie to make with the kids and was a huge success during the holidays for gift baskets.
Submitted on 1/14/2009 by sampson711

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The cookies were good, but didn't have as much flavor as I hoped. Don't let the comments and reviews scare you, these were very easy to roll out into the rope shape immediately after I mixed them contrary to many of the comments I read here. Since it was after Christmas I took 2 candy cane shapes and joined them into a heart and frosted them with a pink frosting flavored with marashino cherry juice. I made part of them and refrigerated the dough till the next day, so my 1 1/2 year old grandson and 2 1/2 year old granddaugher could help me make them. We had to let them sit out for a while to soften slightly, but they had no problem rolling them out too.
Submitted on 1/10/2009 by laplus5

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The only problem I had with this recipe was not knowing how big to make the balls to make a 3" rope. I ended up making a long rope and cutting it in 3" increments. I also made some of the cookies without peppermint (for those who don't like it) and those were gobbled up as well. You could add extracts to the white chocolate for any tastes and/or occasions and top with nuts or dried fruit. People will think you spent all day making them!
Submitted on 1/1/2009 by Susans_zoo

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The recipe calls for vanilla and I substituted 1/2 tsp of that for peppermint extract to add more of a peppermint flavor than just the candy cane sprinkles on top. I would suggest substituting 1-1/2 tsp of peppermint if not all of it to give it more flavor, it was quite bland. The cookies did stay soft and had a nice texture to them. I would make it again, only using more peppermint next time.
Submitted on 12/30/2008 by Julie6834

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Although the dough is brown to look like chocolate there is hardly any chocolate flavor. The cookies eaten plain are kind of tasteless. The white chocolate doesn't add any flavor either relying solely on the peppermint. Perhaps the powdered cocoa would work better.
Submitted on 12/23/2008 by a cook

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I am in the middle of making this recipe now. I followed the directions, and as other users have written, it is too sticky to work with. I noticed on the video that it looks like she is only using 1 stick of butter, but the recipe calls for 1 1/2. Could this be the problem?
Submitted on 12/21/2008 by misty2406