"I have also been making these cookies for years and they are always a favorite. For the non-mint fans in my house, we use the cherry Andes candy instead. Gives a cherry chocolate taste instead and everyone is happy! I also used to be able to get the green/choc/green Andes version which added more green color, but have a hard time finding them any more, so the key is to minimize the swirling and then some of the green shows up."