These easy Homemade Cherry Cordials are a sweet copycat of the store bought treats you find at Christmas and Valentine's.
Today is National Cookie Day, and I couldn't let a day like that pass me by, now could I?
Who comes up with these fun little "national" days? Not that I am complaining. Any day that celebrates more sugar is worthy of a national day by me!!!
Have you had a Little Debbie Cherry Cordial cookie? They are a seasonal item that only comes out at the holidays.
Homemade Little Debbie Cherry Cordials
Well, if you are a cherry and chocolate kind of person, I came up with a copycat cherry cordial just for you!!!
Two vanilla cookies, filled with a cherry marshmallow cream, AND drenched in chocolate!
What's not to like??? (well, unless you have a thing about fruit in your dessert:-)
I did make these for our church Life Group, but I am thinking about hiding them and just putting out the Oreos.
Then again with all the cookies and candies that come at this time of year, my jeans might protest at me eating that many!
Better go get them out of hiding!
Homemade Little Debbie Cherry Cordials recipe:
Recipe
Homemade Little Debbie Cherry Cordials
Homemade Little Debbie Cherry Cordials. These vanilla cookies are filled with a marshmallow cherry frosting and dipped in chocolate.
Ingredients
For the Cookies
- 1 cup unsalted butter, softened
- ½ cup packed brown sugar
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- pinch of salt
- 3 cups all purpose flour
For the Cherry Marshmallow Frosting
- ½ cup shortening
- ¼ cup unsalted butter
- ½ cup marshmallow cream
- 1 Tablespoon cherry juice
- ½ cup chopped cherries
- pinch salt
- 2 Tablespoons all purpose flour
- 2 â…“ cups powdered sugar
- 2 - 10 ounce packages chocolate melting wafers
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°.
- Cream the butter and sugars until fluffy. Beat in egg, vanilla, baking powder, and salt.
- Slowly add the flour. The dough will be very stiff, so you might need to stir in the last cup by hand. Divide the dough into 2 balls.
- On a floured surface roll each dough ball to about an â…›″ thick. Use a 2 ½ inch cookie cutter to cut out about 44 circles total.
- Bake on a cookie sheet for 5-6 minutes. Cool on a wire rack.
- Cream butter and shortening. Add marshmallow cream, cherry juice, cherries, flour and salt and cream again.
- Slowly add the sugar until well blended.
- Spoon frosting on half the cookies and top with another cookie.
- Melt chocolate according to package directions. Dip each cookie in the melted chocolate using a fork to hold it and a spoon to cover the top.
- Carefully tap it on the side of the bowl and then place it on wax paper to set up.
Nutrition Information:
Yield: 22 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 435Total Fat: 23gSaturated Fat: 13gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 9gCholesterol: 45mgSodium: 69mgCarbohydrates: 53gFiber: 1gSugar: 36gProtein: 4g
Nutrition facts are an estimate and are not guaranteed to be accurate. If you need special diet advice, please see a registered dietician.
sarah
Do we use maraschino cherrys or actual plain cherries for this recipe?
Jocelyn
This recipe uses the maraschino cherries!
Alan S
Every Christmas I buy as many boxes of Little Debbie's Cherry Cordials as I can fit in the freezer and eat them throughout the year as long as they last, so I was very excited to try this recipe! Unfortunately I was disappointed.
These are reminiscent of Little Debbie's Cherry Cordials, but that's all. Little Debbie's have a cherry flavored filling between two soft, almost cake like cookies dipped in chocolate. This recipe uses two crisp sugar cookies which are not even close to the same texture. Also, the filling is more like a cake frosting than what is in the Little Debbie's. I can't even imagine the calories in one of these with all that sugar, shortening and butter, but I guess that's not the point. Anyway, they are OK but they are not Cherry Cordials as I know and love them, even if they do look like them. Don't know if I will make them again or not.
Jocelyn
I'm so sorry these were not up to your Cherry Cordial standards. They are more of a look a like recipe, not an exact replica. The cookies should have been soft though. Mine were not crispy at all.
Penni
What kind of cherries(maraschino, bing) & cherry juice?
Jocelyn
I used maraschino cherries and the juice from the jar. I hope you enjoy them!
Winnie
I LOVE These cookies !!
These are really wonderful treats
Pinned
l.vanderkirk
Oh, my goodness! I followed the trail to your yummy cherry cordials! Thanks for sharing!
molly
What a cute treat! Thanks for the idea.
MissCandiquik
Wha - What!? Howcome I haven't made these yet? Glad I stumbled across these, definitely making in the near future!
Thanks for sharing!
Sarah @ Miss CandiQuik
Jenn "Rook No. 17"
Whoah Jocelyn, whoah! I've never had the Little Debbie variety, but I think I'll skip that version and go straight to yours. Can't wait to try them. I'm pinning and featuring your recipe on my Facebook page today. Yummmm....
Jenn
Loveforfood
yummy!
Sarah E.
My MIL loves cherry cordials and her birthday is right after Christmas - I'm so going to make her these!!
Olah Momma!
That looks super yum!Already your follower.
Mindy
how have i never heard of the little debbie original? i know i have eaten the weight of myself (plus a few other family members) in oatmeal creme pies and the fudge rounds.. must try these!!
you did have me at cherry marshmallow creme...
Mrs B
I love the combo of chocolate and cherry and this is the best of both! Definitely going in my recipe file.
Newly following from the Remodelaholic Link Party. Thanks for sharing this yummy confection!
~Mrs B
Jen
These cookies look so professionally done! I can't wait to taste the cherry marshmallow creme myself. Thanks for the recipe 🙂
Michael Ann
These look amazing! At first I thought they were made with store-bought cookies and filling and just dipped. Now I see everything is from scratch! WOW!
These truly made my mouth water.
So glad I clicked the photo on the TTT blog hop! 🙂