Chocolate Cherry Thumbprint Cookies

Holiday perfection! 🍒 Chocolate Cherry Thumbprint Cookies are rich chocolate cookies with a cherry center and a chocolate drizzle.

The chocolate dough gets rolled in sugar and pressed with a thumbprint. After baking, each one gets a maraschino cherry and a drizzle of chocolate melted with cherry juice.

So festive on a cookie tray. 🍫

Why You’ll Love It

• Chocolate and cherry. A classic combo.
• Sparkly sugar coating. Rolled in sugar before baking.
• Pretty and festive. Bright red cherry centers.
• Chocolate drizzle. With a hint of cherry juice.
• Cookie tray star. They always stand out.

Ingredients You’ll Need

• Butter and sugar: Plus extra sugar for rolling.
• Egg yolks and vanilla: For a rich dough.
• Flour, cocoa and salt: The chocolate base.
• Maraschino cherries: One in each center.
• Chocolate chips and cherry juice: Melted together for the drizzle.

You’ll find the exact amounts and steps in the printable recipe card below.

How to Make It

Cream the butter with the 2/3 cup sugar, then beat in the egg yolks and vanilla. Mix in the flour, cocoa and salt. Roll the dough into balls, roll them in the rest of the sugar, and press a thumbprint into each. Bake, re-press the centers while they’re warm, and set a cherry in each one. Finish with a drizzle of chocolate chips melted with the cherry juice.

Tips for the Best Chocolate Cherry Thumbprint Cookies

• Roll in sugar. It gives them a sparkly finish.
• Press a good thumbprint. Deep enough to hold a cherry.
• Re-press after baking. The centers puff up in the oven.
• Add the cherry warm. Right after re-pressing.
• Drizzle last. Over the cookies once the cherries are in.

Chocolate and cherry: is there a better holiday combo? 🍒