Cherry Chocolate Kiss Cookies
If you love cherries and chocolate, this Cherry Chocolate Kiss Cookies recipe is the perfect combination of both. They are great to make for a cookie exchange, neighbors, friends, or just to have out for Christmas. These are more like a shortbread cookie with cherries inside the dough. This is one cookie recipe you will enjoy to make and eat!
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INGREDIENTS
- 1 cup slightly softened Butter
- 1 cup Powdered Sugar
- 2 tsp Maraschino Cherry liquid
- Red Food Coloring
- ¼ teaspoon Vanilla
- 2 ¼ cup Flour
- 10 oz jar Maraschino Cherries
- 2 tbsp Sugar
- 36 unwrapped Hershey kisses
DIRECTIONS
1. Preheat the oven to 325. Line cookie sheet with parchment paper.
2. Remove cherries from liquid and chop.
3. Reserve 2 teaspoons of liquid.
4. Cream the butter with a mixer.
5. Gradually add powdered sugar.
6. Add 2 teaspoons cherry liquid, red food coloring to reach desired shade and vanilla and mix.
7. Gradually add flour and mix until combined.
8. Add cherries and mix until distributed.
9. Shape into 1″ balls and place the balls on a prepared sheet leaving space all around.
10. Press gently down on center of cookie to flatten.
11. Sprinkle each with a sugar.
12. Bake 12-15 minutes or until the bottoms are beginning to brown.
13. Remove from oven and lightly press a kiss into the middle of each.
14. Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
Recipe
Cherry Chocolate Kiss Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup slightly softened Butter
- 1 cup Powdered Sugar
- 2 tsp Maraschino Cherry liquid
- Red Food Coloring
- ¼ teaspoon Vanilla
- 2 ¼ cup Flour
- 10 oz jar Maraschino Cherries
- 2 tbsp Sugar
- 36 unwrapped Hershey kisses
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 325.
- Line cookie sheet with parchment paper.
- Remove cherries from liquid and chop. Reserve 2 teaspoons of liquid.
- Cream the butter with a mixer.
- Gradually add powdered sugar.
- Add 2 teaspoons cherry liquid, red food coloring to reach desired shade and vanilla and mix.
- Gradually add flour and mix until combined.
- Add cherries and mix until distributed.
- Shape into 1" balls and place the balls on a prepared sheet leaving space all around.
- Press gently down on center of cookie to flatten.
- Sprinkle each with a sugar.
- Bake 12-15 minutes or until the bottoms are beginning to brown.
- Remove from oven and lightly press a kiss into the middle of each.
- Transfer to a wire rack to cool.
Nutrition Disclosure
Nutritional facts are estimates and are provided as a courtesy to the reader. Please utilize your own brand nutritional values to double check against our estimates. Nutritional values are calculated via a third party. Changing ingredients, amounts or cooking technique will alter the estimated nutritional calculations.
J K Weigle
i love cherries and chocolate. I will make this recipe. However, mine will be pink. That is just too much coloring for me. I think it effects taste. It also effects my inner workings.
Gathering_Roses
Do you have a similar recipe using FRESH or frozen cherries instead of Maraschino?
Alison
No I don’t sorry.