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Chocolate Covered Strawberry Cookie

Chocolate Covered Strawberry Cookies

Hollie Schultz
This dark chocolate based cookie is topped with a delicious strawberry frosting and drizzled with dark chocolate ganache to create the perfect Chocolate Covered Strawberry Cookies.
5 from 3 votes
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Frosting 15 minutes
Total Time 35 minutes
Course cookies
Cuisine American
Servings 24 cookies
Calories 268 kcal

Ingredients
  

Chocolate Cookies

  • 1/2 cup butter softened
  • 3/4 cup brown sugar
  • 2 tbsp granulated sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 2 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 1/4 cup flour
  • 1/2 cup cocoa powder
  • 1/2 tsp baking soda
  • 1/2 tsp salt

Strawberry Buttercream Frosting

  • 1 cup butter softened
  • 0.5 oz freeze-dried strawberries made into powder
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 3 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1/3 cup heavy cream
  • 1/2 tbsp lemon or lime juice

Chocolate Ganache

  • 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips
  • 1 tbsp heavy cream

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  Use parchment paper or a silpat mat to line a baking sheet. 
  • Cream the butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar in a stand mixer until light and fluffy (about 2-3 minutes). Scrape the sides of the bowl to make sure all ingredients are blended.
  • Add in the egg and vanilla and beat until combined.
  • Add in flour, cocoa, salt and baking soda. Mix until all combined.
  • Scoop out 24 equal cookie dough balls (they should be 1 TBSP of dough – I recommend a 1 TBSP cookie scoop). Slightly flatten each dough ball with your hand.
  • Place on prepared baking sheet – 12 cookies to a sheet. Bake the cookies at 350 degrees for 8 minutes and then let cool on the baking sheet for an additional 10 minutes. Remove cookies to cooling rack. NOTE: If you decide to make the bigger cookies, you’ll need to bake them for 12 minutes.
  • While cookies are cooling, make the frosting.

STRAWBERRY FROSTING

  • Blend 0.5 oz of freeze-dried strawberries in a blender or food processor completely until you get a strawberry powder. Set aside.
  • Beat butter in a stand mixer (or with a handheld mixer) for 30 seconds until smooth.
  • Add in strawberry powder, vanilla extract and salt. Blend on low until combined.
  • Slowly add in one cup of powdered sugar at a time and alternate with small amounts of cream until you have used all powdered sugar and cream.
  • Add in lemon (or lime) juice.Beat on low until everything is combined and you get the consistency you are looking for. NOTE: To thicken up the frosting, add more sugar. To thin it out, add more cream.

COOKIE ASSEMBLY

  • Put the frosting in a piping bag with a large circle tip OR you can put the frosting in a gallon size Ziploc bag and cut off one corner of the bag. Use the frosting bag to pipe frosting in a spiral on top of the cooled cookies.
  • Heat 1 tbsp of heavy cream in the microwave for 30 seconds or until hot. Pour over the 1/2 cup of dark chocolate chips. Let the mixture set for 3 minutes to melt the chocolate. Stir until you get the consistency of chocolate ganache you are looking for. 
    Using a spoon, drizzle the chocolate ganache over the frosted cookies. 
  • You can top with leftover pieces of freeze-dried strawberries or not.

Notes

These cookies can be enjoyed warm or cold. I prefer them right out of the refrigerator but you eat them the way you like.
I have also found that all the Crumbl recipes stay fresh longer if you keep them in the refrigerator. No matter what air-tight container you keep the cookies in, they don’t stay fresh as long out on the counter as they do if you put them in the fridge. So, the moral of the story is STORE THESE COOKIES IN THE FRIDGE. Sure, you can eat them cold or pop them in the microwave right before you eat them but you’ll thank me when you still have fresh cookies 3-4 days later.

Nutrition

Calories: 268kcalCarbohydrates: 34gProtein: 2gFat: 15gSaturated Fat: 9gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1gMonounsaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 43mgSodium: 108mgPotassium: 85mgFiber: 1gSugar: 27gVitamin A: 423IUVitamin C: 7mgCalcium: 28mgIron: 1mg
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