Well, the reason I asked on LJ instead of Googling myself was that I wanted to hear from people I trusted what might work and what definitely wouldn't. These cookies are, if I am remembering correctly, a pain in the ASS to make, and if I tried something that wasn't... proven, exactly? And the cookies flopped? I would be a Very Unhappy Bunny. For most other things, I wouldn't really care about trying something various cooksite suggest, but these cookies are Special.

So, 'bout ten minutes ago I decided to hell with it, and ran up to the store for some gorramn molasses and some Hershey's Kisses.