Preheat oven to 350 degrees

Line baking sheet with parchment paper

With a mixer, mix butter and sugars together until they're well combined.Beat in eggs and vanilla

In another bowl - mix the flour, salt and baking soda. Slowly add to wet ingredients

Fold in Chocolate Chips with stiff spoon, (batter will be extremely thick - this is ok!)

Using your fingers, scoop and roll cookie dough into 2 one to one and a half inch balls. Set Starburst candy between the two and roll the dough around it. Form a football shape and set on parchment lined cookie sheet. Repeat this process. Note that these cookies expand quite a bit, so leave plenty of space between them.

Bake cookies 9-13 minutes or until golden brown. Let cool for 5 minutes, move to cooling rack, bake the next batch!

Once they're cooled you can add icing or fondant to make laces on the football