Americans get an average of 320 calories a day in the form of added
sugars,
based on a 2,000 - calorie diet, whether it is
sugar added to
soft drinks,
cookies, breakfast cereals, yogurt or ice cream.
I used my all - time favorite
sugar cookie base recipe, made some tweaks to add in a light peppermint flavor and 10 chopped peppermint Oreos, and then added a semi-sweet chocolate glaze to the top of each
soft - baked
cookie bar!