Leprechaun cookies 'n' mint cake

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       Title: LEPRECHAUN COOKIES 'N' MINT CAKE
  Categories: Cakes, Desserts, Holiday
       Yield: 1 cake
  
       7 oz Cookies 'n' Mint Chocolate
            -(HERSHEY'S),
            - broken into pieces
            Few drops green food color
            -(optional)
       1 pk Yellow cake mix (18 oz.)
            -(with pudding in the mix)
            COOKIES 'N' MINT GLAZE
            -(recipe follows), optional
  
   1. Heat oven to 350 F. Grease and flour 12-cup fluted tube pan. 2. Using
   food processor, chop candy bar pieces very finely; set aside in small
   bowl. 3. Prepare cake mix batter as directed on package, using water,
   vegetable oil and whole eggs. In small bowl, reserve 1-1/2 cups batter;
   stir into reserved chopped candy bar.
   
   4. Into remaining vanilla batter, stir in food color, if desired. Pour
   into prepared pan. Drop chocolate batter by spoonfuls into center of
   batter, about 1-inch in from each side of tube.
   
   5. Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until wooden pick inserted comes out clean.
   Cool 10 minutes; remove from pan, inverting onto wire rack. Cool
   completely. Top with COOKIES 'N' MINT GLAZE, if desired. 12 to 16
   servings.
   
   COOKIES 'N' MINT GLAZE: In small microwave-safe bowl, unwrap and break 1
   HERSHEY'S Cookies 'n' Mint Chocolate Bar (7 oz.) into pieces; add 1
   teaspoon shortening (not butter, margarine or oil). Microwave at HIGH
   (100%) 45 seconds. In necessary, microwave at HIGH an additional 15
   seconds at a time, stirring after each heating, just until chocolate is
   melted when stirred.
   
   Hershey's is a registered trademark of Hershey Foods Corporation.
   Recipe may be reprinted courtesy of the Hershey Kitchens.