Mar 12, 2011, Updated Apr 12, 2023
Why’ll You’ll LOVE This Cherry Cookie Recipe
These are unique cherry cookies packed with melted dark chocolate – much different from a cocoa based cookie. They only have a fraction of the flour you would expect to see, and consist mostly of eggs, sugar and melted chocolate that you cream together. Like mousse. You have no idea what kind of self-control it took to actually bake these puppies, the batter is delicious. Because of their mousse-like consistency, chilling these cherry cookies is not an option, it is a requirement. If you bake them up from room temperature, they would run and flatten into one giant paper-thin cookie on their cookie sheets in the oven.
The Perfect Cookie for Chocolate Covered Cherry Lovers
The cherry cookies bake up shiny with cracked surfaces, crispy and meringue-like at the edges and very fudgy and chewy in the centres. Bite into one and you might be lucky enough to strike a chunk of chocolate and a tart, dried cherry in the same mouthful. Cue heavenly choir. They’re perfect for a holiday cookie tray.
Cherry Cookie Variations
Swap maraschino cherries for the dried cherries for a juicier cherry bite. Add 1/8 tsp of almond extract for more cherry flavor (almond extract actually really tastes like cherry in baking!) For a thicker texture than what you see pictured (they’re thin and chewy), add 1 tbsp of cornstarch to the cookie dough with the flour.
