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Chocolate Fudge Cookies
These Chocolate Fudge Cookies are so adorable and perfect for your winter festivities! You have a chocolate cookie topped with chocolate fudge and a maraschino cherry, perfect with a cold glass of milk.
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
30 mins
Servings: 30
Calories: 135 kcal
Course:
Dessert , Baked Goods
Cuisine:
American
Ingredients
Cookies
- 1½ cups all-purpose flour
- ½ cup cocoa powder unsweetened
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ cup butter unsalted, softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon almond extract
- 30 Maraschino cherries red and/or green
Fudge
- ½ cup sweetened condensed milk
- 6 ounces chocolate chips semisweet
- 1 tablespoon maraschino cherry juice
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F.
- In a small bowl, stir together dry ingredients: flour, cocoa powder, salt, baking soda and baking powder.
- In a large mixing bowl, cream butter and sugar. Add egg and extracts. Beat well.
- Gradually add flour mixture to the butter mixture and mix until blended.
- Shape the dough into 1-inch balls and place on an ungreased cookie sheet. With your finger, a cork or the end of a wooden spoon, press down in the center of all the dough balls.
- To make the fudge, add the fudge ingredients to a small saucepan and heat over medium-low heat until well combined. Stir in 1 tablespoon of maraschino cherry juice.
- Spoon some frosting into the thumbprint of each cookie. I found it easier to put the frosting in a ziploc bag and pipe it into each cookie. Top with a cherry.
- Bake 8-10 minutes. Cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes then transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling.
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Notes
- Room temperature ingredients. The unsalted butter needs to be soft to make the dough and the eggs should be at room temperature so that the cookie dough binds together properly.
- Chilling of the dough is not necessary but you can totally place the baking sheet with cookie dough balls in the refrigerator to chill for a couple hours before baking, especially if you need to make these ahead of time.
- DO NOT over bake your cookies. Keep in mind that they will continue to cook once you take them out of the oven.
- Be sure to store these in an airtight container at room temperature and your chocolate fudge cookies will last for 2 – 3 weeks! This will ensure you keep the cookies soft and will prevent them from turning hard. If you don’t have an airtight container, add a slice of bread which will keep them soft.
Nutrition Information
Serving
1cookie
Calories
135kcal
(7%)
Carbohydrates
21g
(7%)
Protein
2g
(4%)
Fat
5g
(8%)
Saturated Fat
3g
(15%)
Polyunsaturated Fat
0.2g
Monounsaturated Fat
1g
Trans Fat
0.1g
Cholesterol
16mg
(5%)
Sodium
42mg
(2%)
Potassium
59mg
(2%)
Fiber
1g
(4%)
Sugar
15g
(30%)
Vitamin A
131IU
(3%)
Vitamin C
0.2mg
(0%)
Calcium
31mg
(3%)
Iron
1mg
(6%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 30Serving
Amount Per Serving
Calories 135
% Daily Value*
| Serving | 1cookie | |
| Calories | 135kcal | 7% |
| Carbohydrates | 21g | 7% |
| Protein | 2g | 4% |
| Fat | 5g | 8% |
| Saturated Fat | 3g | 15% |
| Polyunsaturated Fat | 0.2g | 1% |
| Monounsaturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Trans Fat | 0.1g | 5% |
| Cholesterol | 16mg | 5% |
| Sodium | 42mg | 2% |
| Potassium | 59mg | 1% |
| Fiber | 1g | 4% |
| Sugar | 15g | 30% |
| Vitamin A | 131IU | 3% |
| Vitamin C | 0.2mg | 0% |
| Calcium | 31mg | 3% |
| Iron | 1mg | 6% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.