Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies #SundaySupper

For as long as I can remember, my mom has loved chocolate covered cherries.  Not just any chocolate covered cherries though.  The ones with the cream in them are no good.  She only likes the kind that has the plain syrup.  I used to go hunting for them every year, and finally gave up and started making my own.

Coincidentally, I never liked cherries at all until I started making my own chocolate covered cherries.  I could and would eat anything cherry flavored, but not the real thing.  Cherry Lifesavers?  Yep.  Cherry Blowpop?  Mmmhmm.  Cherry pie?  Gag.  I would even *gasp* scrape cherry topping off of a cheese cake before I’d dare take a bite.

I could eat my weight in my chocolate covered cherries.  That’s a bad thing.  Trust me.

When we decided to do a virtual cookie exchange for #SundaySupper, I knew I wanted something different.  Chocolate covered cherries were the first thing that came to mind, but how to make those into a cookie…

Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies

Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies

Makes 2 Dozen

1/2 Cup Butter, Softened

1/2 Cup White Sugar

1/2 Cup Packed Light Brown Sugar

1 Egg

1 tsp Vanilla

1-1/4 Cups All-Purpose Flour

1/2 tsp Baking Soda

1/2 Cup Cocoa Powder

1 Jar Maraschino Cherries

In a medium bowl, beat the butter and sugars until they are well mixed.  Add the egg and vanilla.  Beat until they are well incorporated.

In a separate bowl, mix the flour, cocoa and baking soda.

Add the flour mixture to the sugar mixture, a little at a time, and beat until everything is combined.

Cover and chill the dough for 30 minutes.

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

Using a cookie dough scoop for uniformity, scoop out the dough and shape it into round balls.  Place the dough balls on a lined baking sheet or stoneware pan, leaving about 2 inches between each dough ball.

Bake the dough balls for 7-10 minutes (mine too exactly 8 minutes) or until the dough balls have cooked completely on the outside.

Immediately smash a cherry into each of the dough balls.  This will flatten the balls to make them cookie shaped.

Allow the cookies to cool on the pan.  They will harden as they set.

Store in an air tight container.

I can not tell you how amazing these are.  And, yes.  I ate the whole thing…cherry included.  Several of them to be exact.  They are soft and almost fudgy, and perfectly embody the flavors of a chocolate covered cherry.  My kids absolutely loved them, and my mom has already made a request that these be served at Christmas.  I’m sad that we’ve almost destroyed what we have here.  Next time I will surely have to double the recipe!

Y’all… if these don’t do it for you, surely one of the other cookies from our fantastic #SundaySupper team’s Ultimate Cookie Exchange will!  Check them out…

• Turtle Thumbprint Cookies by Cravings of a Lunatic 
• #glutenfree Almond Oatmeal Raisin Cookies by Cooking Underwriter
• Old-Fashioned Oatmeal Cookies by The Foodie Army Wife
• M & M Cookies by Damn Delicious 
• Snowball Cookies by Small Wallet Big Appetite 
• Mocha Thumbprint Cookies by The Meltaways
• Cardamom-Walnut Cookies by Home Cooking Memories 
• Polish Chrusciki (Bow Ties) by Comfy Cuisine 
• Cherry Blossom Cookies by Flour on my Face
• Rosettes by That Skinny Chick Can Bake
• Millionaire’s Shortbread by Gotta Get Baked 
• Double-the-Mint Chocolate Kiss Cookies by The Weekend Gourmet 
• Whole Wheat Cereal Cookies by Cindy’s Recipes and Writings 
• Chocolate Dipped Potato Chip Shortbread Cookies by The Girl in the Little Red Kitchen 
• Scories De Vulcan | Lava Stones Cookies by The Daily Dish Recipes
• Zimtsterne {Cinamon Stars} #Dairyfree by Galactosemia in PDX
• S’mores Cookies by Hezzi-D’s Book and Cooks
• Chocolate Whoppers by Vintage Kitchen Notes
• Ricotta Cookies with White Chocolate Glaze Country Girl in the Village
• Turtles by Dinners, Dishes and Desserts 
• Salted Caramel Brownie Cookies! by I Run For Wine
• Peanut Butter Chocolate Toffee Cookies by The Urban Mrs.
• Red Velvet Crinkle Cookies by She likes ruffles, he likes truffles 
• Amaretto Almond Biscotti by Noshing With The Nolands
• Mexican Chocolate Cookies by Generation Y Foodie 
• Double Chocolate Peppermin Biscotti by Pippi’s in the Kitchen Again
• Ice Cream Kolaczki by Cookistry
• Amoniaczki by What Smells So Good?
• Fruit and Nut Ice Box Cookies by In the Kitchen with Audrey
• Ginger Bourbon Balls by girlichef
• Candy Cane Blossom Cookies by Mommas Meals 
• Double Chocolate Cranberry Cookies by Lovely Pantry
• Ninja Bread Men by Diabetic Foodie 
• Peppermint Sugar Cookies by In The Kitchen With KP
• Christmas Crunchies by Magnolia Days
• Cream Cheese Swirled Red Velvet Cookies by Mom’s Test Kitchen
• Double Peanut Butter Surprise Cookies and Tips on Mailing Cookies by Chocolate Moosey
• Congo Bars by Supper for a Steal 
• Mint Surprise Cookies by The Cookie A Day Challenge
• Salted Caramel Thumbprint Cookies by Midlife Road Trip
• Best Ever Pecan Pie Bars by Shockingly Delicious
• Oreo Cheesecake Cookies by Baker Street 
• Biscoff Pillow Cookies by by The Messy Baker Blog
• Mexican Hot Cocoa Cookies by Juanita’s Cocina
• Raspberry Thumbprints for my first #SundaySupper!  by Kelly Bakes 
• Tea Biscuits by My Cute Bride
• Chocolate Covered Cherry Cookies by Mama Mommy Mom 
• Lebanese Butter Cookies for the Christmas Season by The Catholic Foodie
• Almond Joy Macaroons by Cupcakes and Kale Chips 
• Gluten Free Coconut Fruit Nut Cookies by Sue’s Nutrition Buzz 
• Snowball Surprise Cookies by Family Foodie

Join us at 7 PM EST for our weekly #SundaySupper Twitter chat.  We’re sure to be up to our eyeballs in sugary goodness!

Do you have a favorite cookie you like to share during the holidays?