Diet Recipes

Decadent Double Chocolate-Cherry Cookies (GF)

These Decadent Double Chocolate-Cherry Cookies will surprise you and your guests, and nobody will ever know they are gluten free!

Decadent Double Chocolate-Cherry Cookies

Prep: 1 hr 10 min | Total: 1 hr 30 min | Yield: 32 servings

Ingredients

  • 1 (19 ounce) box Betty Crocker® Gluten Free chocolate chip cookie mix
  • 1 (4 serving size) box chocolate instant pudding and pie filling mix
  • 1 cup dried cherries
  • 1/2 cup coarsely chopped pecans
  • 1/2 cup butter, melted
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 cup (6 ounces) semisweet chocolate chips
  • 1/4 cup whipping cream

Instructions

  1. Heat oven to 350 degrees F.
  2. In large bowl, mix dry cookie mix, dry pudding mix, cherries and pecans.
  3. Add melted butter, eggs and vanilla extract; stir until soft dough forms.
  4. Drop dough by rounded measuring tablespoonsful onto ungreased cookie sheets; flatten slightly.
  5. Bake for 9 to 11 minutes or until set.
  6. Cool for 2 minutes; remove from cookie sheet to cooling rack. Cool completely.
  7. Meanwhile, in small microwavable bowl, microwave chocolate chips and cream uncovered on HIGH for 30 to 45 seconds; stir until smooth.
  8. Spoon generous teaspoonful on each cookie; spread over cookies.
  9. Allow chocolate to set until firm, about 1 hour.

Notes

Always read labels to make sure each recipe ingredient is gluten free. Products and ingredient sources can change.

Cookies can be placed in a single layer in refrigerator to make chocolate frosting set up faster.

Nutrition

Per 1 cookie: Calories 190 (Calories from Fat 70), Total Fat 8g (Saturated Fat 4g, Trans Fat 0g), Cholesterol 25mg; Sodium 150mg; Total Carbohydrate 26g (Dietary Fiber 0g, Sugars 17g), Protein 2g

Percent Daily Value*: Vitamin A 4.00%; Vitamin C 0.00%; Calcium 4.00%; Iron 2.00%

Exchanges: 1 Starch; 1 Other Carbohydrate; 1 1/2 Fat

Carbohydrate Choices: 2

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

Attribution

Recipe and photo used with permission from: Betty Crocker



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