While mint chocolate is typically used for that Girl Scout copycat flavor, you can instead opt for plain chocolate and embellish the cookies with crushed candy canes for a similar effect.

These cute peppermint chocolate cupcakes are ... so it comes out with a stripy candy cane design. You can finish with a sprinkling of crushed candy canes if you like. Candy cane sweets can soften ...

Add the chocolate and candy cane to the bowl, then mix. The dough should look almost like soil; it should not have formed into one large ball. If mixed for too long the biscuits will be tough.