Chocolate Chip Cherry Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 Pillsbury Purely Simple white cake mix
- 8 Tablespoons butter, softened
- 1 egg
- 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
- 3/4 cup mini chocolate chips
- 2 - 10 ounce jars maraschino cherries
- 1/4 cup heavy whipping cream
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Beat together the cake mix, butter, and egg until soft dough forms. Add the cream cheese and beat again until mixed in.
- Drain the jars of cherries. Set aside 36 cherries. Dice the remaining cherries and pat dry again.
- Stir the diced cherries and mini chocolate chips into the cookie dough very gently. Refrigerate for 1 hour.
- Roll into 36 even dough balls. Bake for 8-9 minutes.
- Remove and let the cookies cool on the pan for 2-3 minutes before moving carefully to wax paper on the counter.
- Press the remaining cherries into the tops of the cookies. Let cool completely.
- Place the chocolate chips and heavy whipping cream in a microwave safe bowl. Heat for 30 seconds. Stir and heat again for another 30 seconds. Stir until melted and creamy.
- Cover the tops of the cookies with the melted chocolate. Let set. Store in a sealed container.
Source of Chocolate Chip Cherry Cookies Recipe @ insidebrucrewlife.com
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