Chocolate Chai Cookies

My entire family knows and loves these tasty little treats. Also, if you make them into small cookies you get around 6 dozen...You would never know that the base is from a boxed chocolate cake...I always add them to my holiday cookie platters!

Chocolate Chai Latte Cookies

• 1 package butter recipe chocolate cake mix (though I use any chocolate type)
• 3 T instant chai tea latte mix (generally found by the cocoas/coffees, I get mine at Trader Joes)
• ½ cup Butter – softened
• 1 egg
• 3 T milk
• 1 cup chocolate chips (they call for milk, I use semi-sweet or white)

Drizzle

• 1 ½ cups powdered sugar
• 1 ½ tsp ground cinnamon
• 3-5 tsp water

Heat oven to 350F. Combine all cookie ingredients except chocolate chips in a large bowl. (I start with the butter and chai latte mix, then add the cake mix a little at a time until the egg and milk is needed, but it really doesn’t matter). Beat at medium speed until well mixed and smooth. Stir in chocolate chips by hand. It is a thick, sticky dough.
Shape dough into ¾ inch balls. If using your hands, butter them so they don’t stick. I use a cookie scoop and it makes nice little even balls. Place 2 inches apart onto ungreased cookie sheets. Bake for 9-11 minutes or until tops are set and cracked. Cool 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheets. Cool completely.
Combine all drizzle ingredients except water in a small bowl. Add enough water for desired drizzling consistency. Drizzle over cooled cookies (I use a fork and drizzle like mad with all cookies on a sheet so I don’t make too large a mess). Store between sheets of waxed paper in container with tight-fitting lid. I store them in ziplock bags, and they are just fine!