Chewy Chewbacca Chocolate Cookies

• 2 cup + 2 Tbsp all-purpose flour
• 1/2 tsp baking soda
• 1 1/2 stick butter (12 Tbsp), melted and allowed to cool
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1/2 cup sugar
• 1 egg + 1 egg yolk, room temperature
• 2 tsp vanilla extract
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 package semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 small package white chocolate chips

Preheat oven to 325 F. Mix the dry ingredients: the flour, salt, and baking soda, together in a bowl and set aside. In another bowl, mix the butter and two sugar together. Add the egg, egg yolk, and vanilla, and mix. Now add the dry ingredients and mix till an even dough forms.

Divide the dough into 16 pieces (halve four times). For each dough ball, pull it apart into two pieces. This should result in two equal-sized pieces with jagged edges (where they separated). Turn the pieces so that the jagged edges face upwards and squish them together. Place them jagged side up on parchment-lined baking sheets. This helps to create the desired texture. NOTE: Next time, simply flatten the dough for a thinner cookie with an easier surface to decorate.

Bake 12-15 minutes, or until the edges begin to brown and set, and the centers are still soft and puffy. Take them out of the oven and let them finish baking on the sheets, placing the baking sheets on cooling racks.

Once the cookies have cooled, begin the process of decorating them!

To decorate:

Lay out enough parchment paper to fit all of the cookies.

Melt the chocolate chips in the microwave. Microwave at 50% power for 30 second intervals, stirring between each.

Once the chocolate chips are melted, dip or brush chocolate onto the bottom of each cookie, then place them on the parchment paper to cool. Re-melt chocolate as needed.

Once they have cooled, use a small brush or piping bag to draw on the bandoleer, eyes, nose, mouth, and spots. Make sure the chocolate is quite liquidy, otherwise you'll get peaks in the chocolate.

Once they have cooled again, melt the white chocolate and add the cartridges and teeth.

Makes 16 cookies, 9 WW PointsPlus

Recipe and image source: http://www.diamondsfordessert.com/2013/05/chewie-wookiee-cookies.html