Chocolate Cherry Beauties

Recipe Rating:	18 Ratings5
Categories:	Cookies, Chocolate, For Kids
Collections:	Christmas Cookies, Summer Desserts!, 2012 Member's Choice, Top 10 Spring Sweets
Keywords:	holiday, cookie, cherries
Serves:	several
Prep Time:	1 Hr
Cook Time:	10 Min

Ingredients

4 oz	unsweetened chocolate
1/2 c	vegetable oil
2 c	granulated sugar
2 tsp	vanilla
4	eggs
2 c	flour
2 tsp	baking powder
1/2 tsp	salt
1/4 stick	butter
1 c	confectioners' sugar
1 tsp	rum or rum extract
1 c	milk chocolate chips
	maraschino cherries

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Cassandra Nasr

Lightly Salted

Stockton, CA (pop. 291,707)

misscassee

Member Since Feb 2012

Cassandra's Notes:

A delicious showstopper of a cookie. I make these cookies for Christmas, and more recently had a request for them for a wine tasting party. My father has proclaimed them "the most delicious cookie I have ever tasted". Mission Accomplished.

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Comments from the Test Kitchen:

These are dynamite! Think ice cream sundae in cookie form! With their brownie-like cookie base and creamy cherry topper, we wiped out the first batch in record time. No shame in that, folks. You'll see what we mean when you give these a try for yourself!

Directions

Prepare cookie base. Melt unsweetened chocolate with a double boiler (or the microwave in 30 second increments.)

In a separate bowl, add chocolate to the oil, sugar and vanilla. Mix until well incorporated.

Stir in eggs, flour, baking powder and salt; Mix well. Chill for 2-3 hours.

Remove from refrigerator. Roll dough into one inch balls. bake at 350° for 10 minutes, this will give you a softer cookie. (Up to 12 minutes if you desire a crispy cookie. I prefer soft. )

Once you have removed the cookies from the oven, immediately use a round bottomed spoon (a teaspoon measuring spoon is a good size) to smoosh a "well" into the cookies. Allow to cool completely.

Prepare cookie filling. In a medium bowl, mix softened butter (not melted), confectioners sugar and rum extract (or rum) for flavor. You may need a little more than a teaspoon, depending on your taste. Blend using a hand mixer until it is the consistency of piping frosting. Add 1/4 cup of milk chocolate chips, finely chopped.

Using a pasrty bag without a tip, pipe a dollop of filling into the well you pressed into the cookie. Add a Maraschino cherry to the top of each cookie. The ones with stems are very pretty.

Melt the remaining milk chocolate chips and drizzle over the cookies. NOTE: The cookies in the main picture are a "bite sized version" of this cookie - When I rolled the ball they were about the size of the cherries before baking.

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Carole F BakersQueen

Feb 11, 2012

YUM!!! These look beautiful!

Kitchen Crew JustaPinch

I tried this recipe and say it's Family Tested & Approved!

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Carole F BakersQueen

Feb 22, 2012

Congrats on the blue ribbon, Cassandra....I knew these were blue ribbon material!!!

donna morales Donnald07

Feb 22, 2012

Congrats on your first big blue Cassandra. WTG!!!! These look and sound awesome. A save for me for sure.

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Feb 23, 2012

CONGRATULATIONS on the blue ribbon!!!!!!!!!!!!

deb baldwin messinthekitchen

Feb 23, 2012

Congratulations Cassandra, on your first blue ribbon! My favorite...chocolate and cherries!

Patti Jagodzinski Gingersnap57

Feb 25, 2012

I have to make these for sure for my meeting on Monday night, I assume when you say "milk chips" in the directions you mean "milk chocolate chips". Thanks for the recipe, it sounds wonderful and congrats on your blue ribbon, I wish I had one..... just sayin ;-)

Fran Miller TchrLdy71

Feb 25, 2012

What would be a tasty alternative to the rum flavoring? We're a "dry" household here. Thanks & congrats on the Blue Ribbon! =^..^=

Aurora McBee aurora

Feb 28, 2012

Beauties indeed! Congrats on your well-deserved Blue Ribbon!

Fran, I have found rum extract in an alcohol free version. Check at your grocery store, you may find it. =)

Cassandra Nasr misscassee

Feb 29, 2012

Thank you everyone for the comments! My family loves this recipe, i am glad you all love it too.

Patti- Yes, milk chocolate chips. I prefer Guittards.

Fran- We are a Muslim household here, so you can absolutely get flavoring with no alcohol. Also for the non "dry" (or Muslim, lol) house holds, you can use actual brandy or rum. you will just have to adjust, because you would have to use a little more i think.

Thanks again everyone!

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