Chocolate Mint Sugar Cookie Drops

1 cup white sugar

¾ cup vegetable oil

2 eggs

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

2 ½ cups all-purpose flour

1 ½ teaspoons baking powder

¾ teaspoon salt

2 cups mint chocolate chips

¼ cup white sugar for decoration

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

In a medium bowl, mix together 1 cup sugar and vegetable oil. Stir in the egg and vanilla until smooth. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually stir into the sugar mixture. Mix in mint chocolate chips. Roll the dough into walnut sized balls. Roll each ball in the remaining 1/4 cup of sugar to coat. Place the cookies 2 inches apart onto the cookie sheet.

Bake for 8 to 10 minutes in the preheated oven. Allow cookies to cool on baking sheet for 5 minutes before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.