Chocolate Cherry Cookies

Chocolate Cherry Cookies

  • Prep Time: 45 mins
  • Total Time: 55 mins
  • Yield: 48cookies

    • About This Recipe

    “A hidden cherry under the chocolate makes a sweet surprise when you bite into these wonderful chocolate cookies.”

    Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cupsall-purpose flour
  • 1/2 cupunsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1/2 cup butter or 1/2 cupmargarine
  • 1cupsugar
  • 1/4 teaspoonbaking soda
  • 1/4 teaspoonbaking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoonsalt
  • 1largeegg
  • 1 1/2 teaspoonsvanilla
  • 48undrained maraschino cherries( reserve 4 tsp cherry juice)
  • 1cupsemisweet chocolate piece
  • 1/2 cupsweetened condensed milk

    • Directions

  • Combine flour and cocoa; set aside.
  • Beat butter in a med bowl on med speed until softened.
  • Add sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
  • Beat until well mixed.
  • Beat in egg and vanilla, scraping the side of the bowl.
  • Gradually beat in flour mixture.
  • Shape dough into 1-inch balls.
  • Place 2-inches apart on an ungreased cooking sheet.
  • Press down the centers with your thumb.
  • Drain cherries, reserving juice.
  • Place a cherry in the center of each cookie in the depression you made with your thumb.
  • Combine chocolate pieces and condensed milk in a small saucepan.
  • Cook and stir over low heat until the chocolate is melted.
  • Stir in 4 teaspoons of the reserved cherry juice.
  • Spoon about 1 teaspoon of the chocolate and milk mixture over each cherry, spreading to cover cherry.
  • If the frosting is too thick, thin with additional cherry juice.
  • Bake in a 350°F oven for about 10 minutes or until edges of cookie is firm.
  • Cool on cookie sheet for 1 minute.
  • Transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling.

    • Reviews

  • “A very close family friend shared this recipe with me a few years ago.I include these in my gift boxes of “goodies” that I give at Christmas.They are a delicious, soft and fudgy cookie with a delightful cherry inside.If you are a cherry fan I think you will be pleased with this one.”

  • “This is a very nice Christmas cookie.It taste like a Devil’s Food cookie that I have eaten before.Thanks for the recipe.”

  • “This is my absolute favorite cookie! I found the recipe on BHG.com and I make batches and batches every year to give out as Christmas gifts because they are so good! I follow the recipe exactly and I’ve never had a problem with them. They remind me of the Snack Wells Devil’s Food cookies with a cherry in the middle. Thanks so much for posting!”

  • “Fabulous Recipe! I had lost it from a cookie exchange years ago and was sooo happy to have found it again. These cookies get RAVE reviews from all my family and friends.The cookies are moist and delicious and hold together very well. The icing covers the cherries perfectly. Maybe let the icing cool a bit before covering the cherries. These are by far my most requested recipe this year! Thanks!”

  • “I made these for a cookie exchange last week.I’m not sure why it happened but the cookies were really soft and broke very easily (I did bake them the specified length of time and my oven thermometer showed that it was at the specified temp.).I drained the cherries on paper towels, so I don’t think that there was too much moisture there.I was expecting the chocolate frosting to “stay put” but after baking, the cherries were peeking out of the frosting.I was told that the cookies tasted good.Thank you for posting this recipe.”

  • “This recipe is just okay.I’m a avid baker and I wasn’t thrilled about them.I love chocolate covered cherries and so does my Dad.I brought some over to share with the family and Mom said they were “okay” (another great baker), sister liked them, and Dad said, “They could do without the cherry and might taste better.”This is coming from a guy that receives a box of chocolate covered cherries from everyone in the family at xmas because he LOVES them!This is not a recipe I will keep. I have so many more that are so much better.Sorry to rain on everyone’s parade.”

  • “I made this recipe about 20 years ago and never forgot these cookies. Came online hoping to find the recipe to make them for Valentine’s Day and here they are!And apparently everyone loves them as much as I did.Thanks for posting it!”

  • “I made thise as part of my cookie tray. My son and daughter inhaled them.This recipe is a keeper!!”

  • “Absolutely amazingly deliciously decadent! Somewhat like a moist and fudgey brownie bite topped with a chocolate covered cherry. Definitely a keeper, thank you!!!”

  • “These are my favorite cookies ever!! I’ve been making them for years and they are the best!!! Nice and moist and very tasty. Thanks for sharing Karen.”

  • “I was searching the database as I was going to post the recipe. This is one of my annual holiday recipes originally found in a BHG Christmas book many years ago. It is a very tasty cookie always enjoyed by family and friends.”

  • “This recipe is a KEEPER!Took them to work and got RAVE reviews.Will try using the frosting portion of the recipe on cherry chocolate brownies…that should be awesome!Thanks for sharing this great recipe!”

  • “These are so good!I messed up a little and used 4 tablespoons of cherry juice instead of 4 teaspoons so I just barely covered the cherries with the frosting and then added more after they came out of the oven.They turned out really good though.No sticking or soupy frosting even with my mistake!”

  • “These were a hit with my family! I’m not sure if I’ll have enough to give away. I like how the semisweet chocolate balances with the cookie and the cherry. My 6 year old DS helped and we had a good time. I used parchment paper on the cookie sheets for easy clean up and no chance of sticking to the pan. I might add a little bit of cherry flavoring to the cookie dough next time and see how it turns out since I can’t leave any recipe alone. I got 36 cookies out of the batch I made. I’ve added these to my favorites.”

  • “I’ve been making these for quite a few years.I would be disowned by all if they were not on my Christmas cookie tray.I always double the recipe in order to use the whole can of SC milk and use the whole bag of chips.Make sure you do NOT use milk choc. chips, MUST be semisweet or the frosting will run off, and the flavor is not as good.I also don’t skimp on the frosting, if you put it over the cherry in a swirling motion it covers nicely and covers the whole cookie as it bakes.Anyone who tries them loves them.”

  • “Even though I am one of the people that believe chocolate and cherries are good seperate but not together, these were still pretty good.I sent the rest to the U.S Military where it got high approval ratings!!!!!”

  • “These were a really nice change to the traditional cookie! when i first made them, i think i made them a little too big, but i have requests to make them again, so i will, and make them more bite size. 🙂 Thank you!”

  • “One of my all time favorite cookies. I normally feel that chocolate cookies are over powering, but these were lovely. Very delicate and tasty!”

  • “I made this recipe out of a magazineseveral years ago. I had forgotten about it, though, so I was delighted to run across it here. They were delicious cookies and were a wonderful addition to holiday treat trays. I hope to make them again this Christmas. Thanks for posting! “

  • “Very tasty cookies, although they are slightly messy and abit fussy to prepare.Mother of 4, next time I’ll include my children in the “mix”…Thanks for the great cookies!”

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