Chocolate Covered Strawberry Cookies
These chocolate covered strawberry cookies taste just like a beloved Valentine's Day dessert in cookie form! Made with freeze dried strawberries and melty chocolate ganache, these cookies are the ultimate indulgence to share with your Valentine.
Servings: 12 cookies
Ingredients
For the ganache:
- 3 oz chocolate chopped
- ¼ cup heavy cream
For the cookie dough:
- 8 tablespoon butter soft
- ¼ cup white sugar
- ¾ cup light brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup + 2 tablespoon flour
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup freeze dried strawberries
- 2 oz chocolate chopped
Instructions
For the ganache:
- In a heat safe bowl or over a double boiler, melt the chocolate and heavy cream in 30 second increments, stirring well until combined.
- Let the ganache cool and set slightly. Scoop the ganache into 12 equal dollops onto a parchment-lined baking sheet or tray, then freeze until use.
For the cookie dough:
- Preheat oven to 350ºF and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer with the paddle attachment, cream butter and sugars until fluffy. Add the egg and vanilla extract and mix until combined.
- In a separate bowl, mix the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, baking powder, and salt together.
- Mix the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients until just combined and no streaks of flour remain.
- Fold in the freeze-dried strawberries and chopped chocolate by hand until just combined.
- Using a cookie scoop for even measuring, scoop the cookie dough into 12 balls. Form a well in each dough ball with your thumbs and place a ganache ball inside. Form the dough in a ball around the ganache, sealing all edges to completely secure the ganache.
- Add each dough ball to the baking tray, gently pressing down to slightly flatten the cookies.
- Bake for about 12 minutes until the cookies have set, but are still soft.
- Let the cookies rest on the tray for at least another 5 minutes before eating to avoid breaking.
Notes
- Utilize mise en place! Make sure you have all of your ingredients prepped and ready before you begin making this recipe - it will help save you time and keep you organized.
- Pack the ganache well. These cookies can get pretty messy if you don't secure the ganache completely with the cookie dough - make sure your cookie dough balls are completely sealed around the ganache before baking!
- Freeze-dried over fresh. Normally I'd suggest fresh fruit when baking, but in cookies, fresh strawberries have a tendency to dry out and lose flavor. Freeze-dried strawberries are packed with super strong flavor and will add a nice crunch without turning gummy!
- Use fun chocolates. I found red velvet peanut butter cups at the store and added them to these cookies for some fun color and flavor – this is your chance to try out a fun new chocolate!
- Dip or drizzle. Have some fun with presentation by drizzling melted chocolate over these cookies, or dipping the bottoms or sides to form a chocolate shell!