Reviewed: May 24, 2012

5 stars with adjustments by reviewers - especially tin foil!

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Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Feb. 2, 2012

These are truly visually beautiful cookies, I made a batch this past Christmas using a Christmas tree cookie cutter and multicolored Jolly Rancher candies, and gave half to my Dad and half to my boyfriend's best friend. They got scarfed down right away!

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mis.anderson

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Portland, Oregon, USA

Living In: Oxford, Ohio, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 15, 2011

I took SINESSE's recipe and prepared the cookies that way. I have found that crushing the candy in their bags and then emptying the bags into a larger bag worked for me. I also found that putting wax paper on the cookie sheet helped the cookies and candy not get burned. I cooked my cookies for 5 minutes, and let them cool for 5 minutes. They turned out burnt free and delicious! It was also easier to take them off and store them- I wasn't pounding at the cookie sheet.

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ntovella

Reviewed: Feb. 21, 2011

Cookies didn't turn out for me, I had to add way to much flour and they tasted like a cracker in the end. Could be me, try them yourself if you want or take my review to heart. Nice idea, my kids loved the candy cracking.

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Reikari

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Reviewed: Jan. 24, 2011

The final product was OK, but the dough was very difficult to work with. I did increase the sugar to 1 1/4 c. and used 1 tsp. vanilla. Even after refrigerating the dough overnight, it was still very sticky and hard to work with. I had to add a LOT of extra flour to keep it from sticking to the counter. Very frustrating. I baked the cookies for 8 minutes. For me, the end result is just not worth the hassle.

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erz2002

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Dover, Pennsylvania, USA

Living In: Dillsburg, Pennsylvania, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 30, 2010

if i could put zero stars on this i would . they came out terrible they were going to be a christmas gift but the cookie part wasn't the right kind to have candy in the middle! they stuck to the pan and i spent two hours scraping it off cookie sheets will never make agian!!!!!;(

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crazycook

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Lynchburg, Virginia, USA

Living In: Ponca City, Oklahoma, USA

Reviewed: Dec. 18, 2010

Meh.. I added extra sugar and decreased the milk in the dough, and I still found it to be bland. I probably won't make these again, except maybe for children. They look prettier than they taste!

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Adriana

Cooking Level: Expert

Living In: Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

Reviewed: Dec. 9, 2010

This recipe is absolutely unusable unless you increase the flour quantity by another 75%. It is more of a sloppy semi-batter consistency than a dough that can be rolled. Even after adding all that flour the cookies are tough, bland and not worth the time, ingredients and electricity. There are much better recipes around.

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Izzy

Reviewed: Nov. 22, 2010

Growing up, I LOVED these cookies. I was waiting for my mom's recipe but decided to try this one out. This recipe, I apologize, was not good. :( My "dough" turned into batter. And, the batter tasted like chalk. Needless to say, I threw it out after attempting to use the batter-like mix for cookies. Needless to say, I was highly upset and disappointed as I gathered all the called for ingredients and followed it step-by-step. I'm going to use my moms recipe this time around and see what happens!

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laura01

Reviewed: Mar. 26, 2010

I have no idea how the other cooks got their cookies to come out. These were very unsuccessful. I would never make them again. These were A LOT of work for very little return. It was near impossible to find a small roll of Life Savers for one. Crushing the cookies might be fun for kids but it was a pain for me. It created quite a mess. The candy part stuck to the pan, no matter what I did. I used parchment paper, wax paper, butter, shortening.. I tried everything. I got a few cookies to come out (see rack photo) but most of them ended up crushed pieces (see plastic bowl pic). The cookie part was very bland and had no flavor. The candy part ended up gummy. On a good note (the one star that i can give) is that my dogs LOVED the busted up pieces. I'll never make these again, ever.

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