Russian Mints - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1 c. butter
2 c. sifted powdered sugar
4 oz. unsweetened chocolate, melted
4 eggs
1 tsp. peppermint extract
18 or more vanilla wafers
1 (8 oz.) carton Cool Whip
chopped nuts
maraschino cherries

Preparation

Place liners in muffin tins.
Place
vanilla
wafers in each tin.
Cream butter and sugar; blend
in melted chocolate. Add eggs
one at a time and beat well.
Add
flavoring.
Fill each tin 3/4 full.
Add a dollop of Cool Whip, a sprinkling of chopped pecans and half a maraschino cherry.
Freeze in muffin tins.
When firm and solid frozen, remove and
store in Ziploc bags.
Serve frozen, unthawed.
Makes about 2 dozen.