Rolo Cookies

I saw this recipe on a blog that I read (thanks Erika) and thought they looked delish! So these are the next cookie recipe for me to try. I would be in the kitchen making them right now if a) I had all the ingredients and b) if I didn't have a huge mound of monster cookies that the kids and I made last night. So I will try them later in the week and let everyone know how they turned out.
Ingredients:
2-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
3/4 cup cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup brown sugar
1 cup butter, softened
2 teaspoons vanilla
2 large eggs
48 Rolo candies-ish (You can also use Reese's pieces! They are delicious, but don't spread out as well, and instead make a bump in the middle of your cookie. But if it's okay with you, it's okay with me. [p.s. if you have Very Helpful tiny people at your house, unwrapping all the Rolos is a very good job])
extra sugar

Directions:
Preheat oven to 375 F. In small bowl, combine flour, cocoa, and baking soda. Mix well. In large bowl, beat the sugars and butter until light and fluffy. Add vanilla and eggs; beat well. Add flour mixture; blend well. For each cookie, shape about 1 tablespoon of dough around a Rolo, covering completely. Roll in sugar. Bake 7 - 10 minutes (err on the 7 minute side) or until set and slightly cracked. Cool on cookie sheet 2 minutes, then remove and cool completely on wire racks.
Verdict:
They make 48 cookies and they were gone by the next day. Everyone is asking me to make them again.
Lara: They did take a little bit more than regular cookies but they were still easy and fun. I love trying new treat recipes. I put a little too much dough on the first batch because I was overly worried about the rolos being covered. (If the rolo doesn't get covered you have a melted candy mess on your cookie sheet.) I also don't have cooling racks or a spatula here in NY and those are a must for these cookies. I finally figured out a system but the rolo melted middles drop out of the bottom of them if they aren't cooled all the way and are picked up by the sides. Which was fine by me because I had to eat the mistakes. :)
Turbo: Loved helping unwrap the rolos and roll the cookie in sugar. It was a fun interactive recipe and he loves, loves the cookies.
G: It's food and it's a treat so she loves it. I don't even want to know how many she snuck off the counter.
They were a great way to have a chocolate cookie without having to worry about everything melting all over.