This is something the kids would probably just love to help you bake. 

1 tube of refrigerated cookie dough (16 ½ ounces)

1/3 cup cocoa powder (not sweetened)

1/3 cup powdered sugar

1 tsp. cinnamon

Chocolate icing to dip cookie in:

¼ cup water

1 ½ cup powdered sugar

¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder

Mix to consistency that will stick on cookies when dipped.

White icing dip:

¼ cup water

1 ½ cups powdered sugar

Roll heaping teaspoons of dough one at a time into a ball.  On a lightly floured surface, roll dough into a 9 inch rope.  Form into pretzel right on an ungreased cookies sheet.  Place cookies two inches apart.

Bake at 350 degrees for 9 minutes. Cool cookies on baking sheet for one minute.  Move cookies to wire rack to cool.  Out a piece of waxed paper under the wire rack so when you are dipping and putting the cookies back on the rack to firm up, the excess icing will fall on the waxed paper.  Decorate with nonpareils, coconut, ground nuts or whatever you choose. 

Enjoy,

Gogi