Leprechaun Cookies 'n Mint Dessert

One Cookies 'N' Mint Chocolate Bar (7 ounce), broken into pieces
Few drops green food color (optional)
One package (about 18 ounces) yellow cake mix (with pudding in the mix)
Cookies and Mint Glaze (recipe follows), optional

Directions:
Heat oven to 350°F. Grease and flour 12-cup fluted tube pan.
Using food processor, chop candy pieces very finely and set-aside in small bowl. Prepare cake mix batter as directed on package, using water, vegetable oil and whole eggs. In small bowl, reserve 1-1/2 cup batter; stir into reserved chopped candy.

Into remaining vanilla batter, stir in food color, if desired. Pour into prepared pan. Drop chocolate batter by spoonfuls into center of batter, about 1-inch in from each side of tube.

Bake 35 to 40 minutes or until wooden pick inserted comes out clean. Cool for ten minutes then remove from pan, inverting onto wire rack. Cool completely. Top with Cookies and Mint Glaze, if desired.