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Just how decadent are these chocolate cherry cookies? You'll have to taste them to find out! You definitely won't be disappointed.
Chocolate Cherry Cookies Ingredients
Most of the ingredients you'll need to make this chocolate cherry cookie recipe. If you don't have them all at home, here's what you'll need to add to your grocery list:
· Sugar and butter: This chocolate cherry cookie recipe starts with a cup of white sugar creamed with a stick of butter.
· Egg: A whole egg adds moisture and helps bind the cookie dough together.
· Vanilla: Vanilla extract enhances the flavor and adds complexity.
· Flour: All-purpose flour gives the cookie dough structure.
· Cocoa powder: Unsweetened cocoa powder gives these cookies a rich, chocolatey flavor.
· Salt: A pinch of salt enhances the overall flavor, but it won't make the cookies taste salty.
· Leaveners: Baking soda and baking powder acts as leaveners, which means they help the cookies rise.
· Cherries: Jarred maraschino cherries are perfect for this decadent recipe. You'll also need the juice from the jar.
· Sweetened condensed milk and chocolate chips: A two-ingredient chocolate sauce is spiked with cherry juice, then spooned over the cherries before baking.
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How to Make Chocolate Cherry Cookies
You'll find the full, step-by-step recipe below — but here's a brief overview of what you can expect when you make chocolate cherry cookies:
1. Make the cookie dough: Beat the butter and sugar together, then stir in the other wet ingredients. Add the dry ingredients and stir to make a dough.
2. Add the cherries: Roll the dough into balls and use your thumb to make an indentation in each ball. Place a cherry in each indentation.
3. Top with chocolate: Cook the chocolate chips and sweetened condensed milk until melted and smooth. Stir in the cherry juice. Drizzle the mixture over the cherries.
4. Bake the cookies: Bake the cookies in the preheated oven and cool on wire racks.
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How to Store Chocolate Cherry Cookies
Store the cooled cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to three days or in the refrigerator for up to one week.
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Can You Freeze Chocolate Cherry Cookies?
Sure! You can definitely freeze these chocolate cherry cookies. Here's how: Arrange the cookies in a single layer on a baking sheet, flash freeze for a few hours or up to overnight, then transfer the frozen cookies to a freezer-safe container. Freeze for up to three months.
Allrecipes Community Tips and Praise
"They turn out GREAT every time," raves Ladybuggg. "All of our extended family begs us to make these every year for our Christmas gathering. I add extra cherry juice to the icing and pour it generously on the cookies before baking (and a little after)."
"I liked putting some of the maraschino ino juice into the divet for the cherry prior to baking," according to Steven Hedlund. "Always a big hit everywhere I've made them."
"The cookies are always a hit," says jammininAZ. "While the frosting makes a lot, it saves well in the fridge and is wonderful mixed into milk for hot cocoa or stirred into coffee for a decadent mocha."
Editorial contributions by Corey Williams
Ingredients
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1 cup white sugar
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½ cup butter
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1 egg
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1 ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
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1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
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½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
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¼ teaspoon salt
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¼ teaspoon baking soda
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¼ teaspoon baking powder
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1 (10 ounce) jar maraschino cherries
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½ cup sweetened condensed milk
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1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Directions
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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C).
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Beat sugar and butter together in a large bowl with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Add egg and vanilla; beat well. Stir in flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking soda, and baking powder until smooth. Roll dough into walnut-size balls and place 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets. Make an indentation with your thumb in the center of each cookie.
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Drain cherries and reserve juice. Place a cherry in the indentation of each cookie ball.
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Combine chocolate chips with condensed milk in a saucepan over low heat; stir until chocolate is melted. Stir in 4 teaspoons of cherry juice. Drizzle or spoon about 1 teaspoon of chocolate cherry mixture over each cherry to cover.
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Bake in the preheated for 10 minutes. Cool on the baking sheets briefly before removing to a wire rack to cool completely.
Recipe Tip
Add more cherry juice to the melted chocolate mixture to get a spreading consistency if needed.
Nutrition Facts (per serving)
223 | Calories |
9g | Fat |
36g | Carbs |
3g | Protein |
Nutrition Facts | |
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Servings Per Recipe 18 | |
Calories 223 | |
% Daily Value * | |
Total Fat 9g | 12% |
Saturated Fat 6g | 28% |
Cholesterol 17mg | 6% |
Sodium 100mg | 4% |
Total Carbohydrate 36g | 13% |
Dietary Fiber 2g | 6% |
Protein 3g | 5% |
Vitamin C 0mg | 0% |
Calcium 39mg | 3% |
Iron 1mg | 7% |
Potassium 159mg | 3% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
** Nutrient information is not available for all ingredients. Amount is based on available nutrient data.
(-) Information is not currently available for this nutrient. If you are following a medically restrictive diet, please consult your doctor or registered dietitian before preparing this recipe for personal consumption.