Reviewed: Oct. 31, 2009

This recipe has been around since the 60s. My mom made them for us every fall. Original recipe uses margarine, not butter, and used 1 1/2 squares bittersweet choc. melted with 1/2 tsp soda added to the chocolate. I've learned to roll the lighter dough around two chocolate logs to form a single oval shaped dough log to chill. This way, they don't break in two so easily. My favorite thing about them: when they bake, they all take on different personalities!!!

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Carolyn

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Reviewed: Oct. 31, 2009

these were great! i made these for a Halloween party and they were a hit! i used white chocolate chips for the eyes, and instead of putting them on before they baked i put them on after i pulled them out of the oven so they wouldn't get toasty and dry. i'll definitely make them again!

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Carrie

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Reviewed: Oct. 29, 2009

These are super tasty! And, beyond adorable. I wanted to make some nut-free, so I pressed a candy corn into the cookies right when they came out of the oven for beaks. Also, for some I pressed a black m&m over the chocolate chip eyes while still warm from the oven. Lots of fun things you can do with these, I can't wait to show everyone how cute they are!

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ONIOND

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Reviewed: Oct. 19, 2009

I followed the recipe to the letter and my cookies turned out DELICIOUS. I cut the recipe in half and within a few hours, half of the cookies were gone (my boyfriend and I can't get enough of them). One tip: Don't preheat the oven as step 1, the dough has to chill for 2 hours, what a waste of energy. Will be making these many times over.

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danakscully64

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Reviewed: Oct. 17, 2009

awesome cookies taste and look great!. would love to make these cookies for my daughters nut free school. any ideas for a non nut beak?

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angela

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Reviewed: Oct. 20, 2008

Pretty good! I loved how they turned out and the kids seemed to enjoy them. Very buttery flavor. Will definitely hang on to this recipe for Fall parties.

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MaBe227

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Reviewed: Oct. 12, 2008

I have made these two 'falls' now. My children really like them. You have to use real butter-it is a butter cookie. I use swirled chocolate/white chips for the eyes and they look really cool! These are a hit when given as gifts as well. Highly recommend. Cute, tastey, pretty easy-a keeper! Thanks so much for posting.

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KELCI ROBINS

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Reviewed: Oct. 31, 2007

Thank you! Thank you! I was first introduced to this recipe when I was in a homemaking class in 8th grade. Over the years (almost 50) I lost this recipe so it was great to find this one. I changed the sugar to 1/2 cup brown and 1/2 cup white and chilled in the freezer for a couple of hours. They don't have to be exactly round--the shape gives them a little character. They taste good and look just darling! Thanks again!

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Reviewed: Oct. 14, 2007

Fantastic recipe- clever, adorable and tasty! My friend and I made these for a party and they were an absolute hit! We tried the m&m and chocolate chip idea and it turned out that just baking the m&ms tends to crack them, while just the chocolate chip is rather plain. We ended up using the baked (melted) chocolate chips to 'glue' the m&ms into place.

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Timiah

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Reviewed: Mar. 27, 2006

My Mom has made these for me since I was just a little girl, and we always LOVED them in our family. Somehow, we miss placed my Mom's recipe, so I am so happy to find this one! The only thing we do differently is we use smarties for the eyes, for a nice bit of colour. So yummy and cute!

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Chelsey Wolnowski

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Reviewed: Oct. 30, 2005

This recipe works so much better using m&m's for the eyes instead of chocolate chips. Try it! A perfect little cookie for halloween parties.

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Reviewed: Apr. 21, 2004

I give this three stars for being cute. I think I did something wrong because I could not get the eyes to be round, no matter how long I chilled the dough or how sharp the knife they just kept getting flattened. They also tasted kind of boring. Probably my fault!

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