Chocolate Fudge Kiss Cookies (Cookie Mix)

These cookies are fudgy,chewy and chocolaty. Betty Crocker, prize winning 2007 recipe.

• Ready In: 2 hrs
• Yields: 60 dozen cookies

Ingredients

• 1⁄3 cup butter or 1⁄3 cup margarine
• 6  ounces  unsweetened chocolate
• 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated)
• 1 (17 1/2ounce)  sugar cookie mix (1 lb 1.5 oz)
• 1  teaspoon ground cinnamon
• 60  Hershey chocolate kisses, unwrapped

Directions

1. Heat oven to 350°F.
2. In large microwavable bowl, microwave butter and chocolate untill melted and stir still smooth. (about 1 min, watch like a hawk and stir at intervals).
3. Stir condensed milk into chocolate mixture.
4. Stir in cookie mix and cinnamon until well blended.
5. Using 1 level tablespoonful of dough for each cookie, shape into 60 balls. Place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
6. Bake 6 to 7 minutes or until edges lose their shiny look (do not overbake).
7. Immediately press 1 candy into center of each cookie.
8. Cool cookies on cookie sheet 5 minutes; remove from cookie sheets.
9. To get candy to spread slightly on top of cookie, tap edge of each cookie lightly. Cool completely. Store covered at room temperature.