1/2 cup margarine
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla
1-1/2 cups flour
1/8 teaspoon salt
20 to 25 maraschino cherries
2 tablespoons juice from maraschino cherries (optional)
20 to 25 chocolate chips , plus 1 cup chocolate chips
Preheat oven to 350° F. Cream sugar and margarine well. Add vanilla, flour and salt. Mix well. If the dough seems dry, add up to 2 tablespoons of the maraschino cherry juice. Stuff each cherry with a chocolate chip, then wrap in 1 teaspoon dough. Bake on ungreased cookie sheet for 12 to 15 minutes. Cool. Melt 1 cup chocolate chips in the top of a double boiler over low heat or in the microwave, and dip top of cookies in melted chocolate.
Jennifer Dec 13, 2008
Would make this again.
These taste just like cherry poptarts with a chocolate filling. They were great and pretty addicting. I also used 2 Tbsp of cherry juice per batch.
Nanna in Clarksville, OH Dec 9, 2008
Would make this again.
This will be my 5th year making these delicious holiday bon bons! I suggest doubling, or even tripling the recipe, as they seem to go quicker than any of the cookies.
Ditto on the addition of liquid, learned the hard way my first time.
Beth Dec 5, 2008
Would make this again.
These are delicious, but I agree with everyone else that at least 2T of liquid needs to be added. I suspect there has been some sort of wet ingredient left out of the original recipe, which is the only reason I didn't give it 5. We also drizzled the melted chocolate over the cookies instead of dipping them.
Jenn in Canada in Canada Dec 1, 2008
Would make this again.
These cookies are great! I made them for a cookie exchange and everyone loved them. Add 2 tbsp of cherry juice to the dough and they turn out like a dream!
Terese in OH Dec 19, 2007
Would make this again.
This was a fantastic recipe! They were a huge hit with family and coworkers. I used dark chocolate chips inside the cherry and milk chocolate as the dip. The dough was a bit dry but I used 3 or 4 tablespoons of cherry juice and it shaped right up. Next time, I'm going to try doubling the recipe because there were just too few of them. They were gone in a matter of days!
