Chocolate Cherry Mallows

These cookies draw the children like bees to honey.

The big kids don't seem to mind them either!

• 20- 25 large marshmallows cut in half - do this first, dipping your scissors or kitchen shears in water with each cut to keep the scissors from sticking. Set marshmallows aside.

• 3/4 cup margarine, softened
• 1 cup brown sugar, firmly packed
• 2 eggs
• 1/2 cup maraschino cherry liquid
• 1 1/2 squares unsweetened chocolate melted
• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 3/4 cup chopped pecans
• 1/2 cup maraschino cherries drained and chopped
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• 1/2 cup chocolate chips melted (for the drizzle)

1. In mixer bowl, beat margarine with brown sugar until fluffy.
2. Add eggs one at a time, beating in between additions.
3. Add unsweetened chocolate and maraschino cherry liquid and mix.
4. Add flour, baking soda and salt and mix well.
5. Stir in pecans and cherries.
6. Drop by spoonfuls on to ungreased cookie sheets.
7. Bake at 350º for 10 to 12 minutes.
8. Immediately place a half marshmallow piece on each cookie while it is still hot then remove cookies to rack.
9. When cookies are cool, drizzle with melted chocolate.