A Sweet Treat for Your Sweet Heart: Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies

Happy Valentines Day! 

Today I'm Sharing a Sweet Treat for Your Sweetie

When I think of Valentines Day treats I think Chocolate & Cherries {But I don't like real chocolate covered cherries - weird right}

I Love this Cherry Chocolate Hot Chocolate 

But My Favorite Chocolate Cherry Treat is Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies. My mom used to make them for us every year & we couldn't wait to get our hands on them!

The Cookie Deets

1 1/4 Cup Flour

1/2 Cocoa Powder

1 Cup Sugar

1/2 Cup Butter

1 Egg

1 1/2 tsp Vanilla

1/4 tsp Baking Soda

1/4 tsp Baking Powder

1/4 tsp Salt

Maraschino Cherries (set aside for construction) 

The How To

Mix all ingredients - except the Cherries

The Dough will be slightly crumbly

The Filling/Sauce Deets

6 oz Chocolate

1/2 Cup Sweet Condensed Milk

4 Tablespoons Cherry Juice

The How To

Mix all ingredients & Melt until smooth 

(about 1 minute in the microwave)

Construction

Roll Dough into Ball, then Poke a hole in the ball & work the hole until it is large enough to fit a cherry & chocolate sauce. 

Add Cherry

Fill with Chocolate Sauce

Bake at 350 for 10 Minutes & Enjoy!

Happy Valentines Day to you & yours!