We make those every year, and they are also requested. How dark were hers? Ours are a nice dark rusty color, not dark, but not light brown. And they are awesome.
They were darker than the nice rusty color and only slightly lighter than a chocolate chocolate chip cookie. I seriously have no clue.
Sidenote: The type of butter you use can have an effect on the color of baked goods.
please elaborate. 
You might try using clarified butter in the cookies. It's darker, nuttier, and has the water cooked out of it. It could easily result in a darker and crispier cookie.
My favorite cookie: Nabisco pinwheels.
17/11/2010 02:35:38 AM
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Chips Ahoy's new Reese's Peanut Butter Cup-Chocolate Chip Cookie *NM*
17/11/2010 03:27:07 AM
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Arnott's Wagon Wheels and Mint Slices
17/11/2010 03:46:10 AM
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Gah!
17/11/2010 04:37:43 AM
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but...but...Imma be an Aussie
17/11/2010 04:50:42 AM
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Resist!
17/11/2010 04:52:00 AM
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Pinwheels are disgusting. And in my head they don't qualify as a cookie.
17/11/2010 12:09:10 PM
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That's actually a good point about the butter
18/11/2010 02:41:40 AM
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You go girlfriend!
( <-- pretend the smiley is doing the Arsenio woo-woo thing) *NM*
17/11/2010 10:17:07 PM
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Girl Scout, thin mints.
17/11/2010 03:21:41 PM
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Hey!
17/11/2010 03:45:47 PM
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Hey you, I know you, I know you.
17/11/2010 05:03:56 PM
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Oh, so if Snoop replied to me you don't have to anymore?
17/11/2010 08:04:15 PM
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She knows Germans produce inferior baked goods.
17/11/2010 10:20:40 PM
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Omg then you didn't go to the right bakeries and pastry shops!
17/11/2010 10:52:47 PM
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I consumed delicacies from the very elven ovens of the Black Forest itself, good sir! *NM*
18/11/2010 02:13:03 AM
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Actually, one of the few things the US really does well food wide is the cakes and pastries
18/11/2010 03:56:38 PM
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Really? they all taste sooo artificial, like plastic, and way too sweet... *NM*
19/11/2010 10:11:27 AM
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Store bought cookies? Bleccchhhh! Chocolate chip cookies made from scratch are what I like. *NM*
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