Reviewed: Jul. 21, 2008

Great recipe! I used fresh-picked pitted sweet cherries which lent a "Black Forest Cake" flavor to the cookies. Other changes I made to the recipe were: 1)used 1/2 cup white sugar and 1/2 cup brown sugar (instead of 1 cup white), 2) added 2 tbsps of sweetened condensed milk to cookie recipe 3)used milk chocolate chips for the glaze, 3)I placed a couple of chocolate chips on the top of the cookie before baking, 4)pressed the cherries into the cookies (and glazed them) AFTER baking, 5)cooled the cookies completely before glazing, 6)added 1/2 tsp almond flavoring and 2 tbsp fresh-squeezed cherry juice to the glaze. I doubled the cookie recipe but kept the glaze recipe single, which was the perfect amount of glaze. Double cookie recipe yielded 54 incredibly delicious brownie-like cookies. The family loved 'em!

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Wildflower86

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Vernon, British Columbia, Canada

Living In: Spokane, Washington, USA

Reviewed: Jul. 16, 2008

Try pouring cherry juice over unbaked cookies and the chocolate after they have been cooked.

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Katy S

Reviewed: Mar. 31, 2008

These were great. I will add them to my christmas cookie tray next year as well.

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anf1336

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Rochester, New York, USA

Living In: Webster, New York, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 26, 2008

Very good! I added extra cherry juice to the chocolate mixture and made the hole bigger than suggested. I added the chocolate to the hole before putting the cherry to add more flavor. The dough was a little bland by itself, but it wasn't bad and drizzling more frosting on top fixed it easily.

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Paige

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Wayland, Michigan, USA

Living In: Wyoming, Michigan, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 9, 2008

Yum! My husband called me a genius after making these, and they were so easy!

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ACAMRON

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Living In: New York, New York, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 3, 2008

Yummy! These were even better than I anticipated. Thank you.

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stephandsophia

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Mar. 2, 2008

I too did the drizzle after the cookies cooled, not before baking them. These are very good! I doubled the recipe as well.

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HOOPSIELV

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Reviewed: Mar. 1, 2008

Perfect for chocolate and cherry lovers. Extremely rich. My advice, make a double-batch and give some away, the recipients will love you for it.

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SHELLEYO1

Reviewed: Feb. 28, 2008

These are absolutely delicious and incredibly rich. Mine didn't look as pretty as the picture, but who cares when they taste so good!

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sarah

Cooking Level: Expert

Reviewed: Feb. 20, 2008

I made these cookies for my boyfriend and I for Valentine's Day last week & we both really enjoyed them. These cookies resemeble brownies and are so tasty and fun to make. : )

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