Enjoy these delicious chocolate and maraschino cherry cookies for dessert that are baked using Pillsbury™ refrigerated sugar cookies drizzled with cheery liquid and chocolate chips icing for added delight!
Chocolate-Cherry Gems
- Prep Time 30 min
- Total 1 hr 30 min
- Ingredients 8
- Servings 36
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1 roll (16.5 oz) refrigerated Pillsbury™ Sugar Cookie Dough
- 1/4 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
- 1/4 cup semisweet chocolate chips, melted, cooled
- 1 jar (10 oz) maraschino cherries, drained, chopped (3/4 cup)
Cups
- 36 miniature paper or foil baking cups (1 1/4-inch diameter)
Icing
- 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated)
- 1 tablespoon brandy or maraschino cherry liquid
Instructions
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Step1Heat oven to 350°F (325°F. for dark cookie sheet). In large bowl, break up cookie dough. Stir or knead in cocoa and melted chocolate until well blended. Stir in cherries. Cover; freeze dough 30 minutes for easier handling.
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Step2Place paper cups on ungreased large cookie sheet. Shape dough into 36 (1-inch) balls; place each in paper cup.
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Step3Bake 11 to 17 minutes or until puffy and surface loses its shine. Immediately remove cookies in cups from cookie sheet; place on wire racks. Cool completely, about 15 minutes.
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Step4In 1-quart saucepan, heat 1/2 cup chocolate chips and condensed milk over low heat about 3 minutes, stirring constantly, until chips are melted and smooth. Stir in brandy. Drizzle about 1 teaspoon icing over top of each cooled cookie.
Nutrition
100
Calories
3 1/2g
Total Fat
1g
Protein
14g
Total Carbohydrate
10g
Sugars
Nutrition Facts
Serving Size: 1 Cookie
- Calories
- 100
- Calories from Fat
- 35
- Total Fat
- 3 1/2g
- 6%
- Saturated Fat
- 1 1/2g
- 8%
- Trans Fat
- 1/2g
- Cholesterol
- 0mg
- 0%
- Sodium
- 50mg
- 2%
- Potassium
- 40mg
- 1%
- Total Carbohydrate
- 14g
- 5%
- Dietary Fiber
- 0g
- 0%
- Sugars
- 10g
- Protein
- 1g
% Daily Value*:
- Vitamin A
- 0%
- 0%
- Vitamin C
- 0%
- 0%
- Calcium
- 0%
- 0%
- Iron
- 2%
- 2%
Exchanges:
1/2 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1/2 Fat;Carbohydrate Choice
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