Soft and chewy, these Chocolate Cherry Cookies feature a rich chocolate cookie with a maraschino cherry in the center, topped with a chocolate drizzle.
Place 24 maraschino cherries on a plate lined with paper towels to remove the excess juice. Do not discard the juice, you'll need 1 tablespoon for the dough.
Preheat the oven to 350ºF. In a mixing bowl, combine the all purpose flour, dutch processed cocoa powder, baking soda, salt and cornstarch.
In a separate mixing bowl cream the butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar together with a mixer on medium speed for, 1-2 minutes.
Add in the eggs, vanilla extract, and 1 tbsp juice from the maraschino cherries, mix again.
Gently add in the dry ingredients, mixing on low or by hand just until combined.
For regular sized cookies, use a cookie scoop to drop 2 tablespoon sized dough balls on a silicone mat lined baking sheet. You can also use a 1/4 cup to portion out the dough. Divide the dough ball in half and you get two portions that are each about 2 tablespoons. For large “crumbl sized cookies” use a 1/4 cup of dough per cookie.
For regular sized cookies, place the cookies 3 inches apart on a silicone lined baking sheet. Use your thumb to make an indent in the middle of the dough and press a maraschino cherry into the cookie. Bake for 12-13 minutes. Allow the cookies to cool on the sheet for 10 minutes before moving to a cooling rack. Bake one cookie sheet at a time.
For large “crumbl sized cookies”, place the cookies 4-5 inches apart on a silicone lined baking sheet. Use your thumb to make an indent in the middle of the dough and press a maraschino cherry into the cookie. Bake for 15 minutes. Allow the cookies to cool on the sheet for 20 minutes before moving to a cooling rack. Bake one cookie sheet at a time.
Allow the cookies to cool before adding the chocolate drizzle. Place the chocolate chips in a microwave safe bowl. Microwave for 3 minutes on 50% power, stirring after each minute. Continue to microwave until fully melted. Transfer the melted chocolate into a squeeze bottle or a sandwich bag with the corner cut off. Drizzle chocolate over each cookie.
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Notes
Look for a jar of maraschino cherries that's between 10-16 oz to make sure you have enough cherries for the cookies.