Chocolate Candy Cookies
- YIELDS
- 24
- CHILL TIME
- 15 Min
- COOK TIME
- 7 Min
Don't you just love candy cookie recipes? Use any combination of colors to make these Chocolate Candy Cookies festive for any occasion throughout the year.
What You'll Need
- 5 tablespoon (1/3 cup) butter, softened
- 2 ounce unsweetened baking chocolate, melted and cooled
- 1 1/2 cup confectioners' sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 1/4 cup all-purpose flour
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup semi-sweet holiday chocolate chips, with red and green colored chips (see Note)
What to Do
- In a large bowl, beat butter, chocolate, and confectioners' sugar until well blended. Beat in egg. Slowly add flour, baking soda, and salt until well mixed. Stir in chocolate chips.
- Cover and refrigerate dough 15 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Place about 1-inch apart on ungreased baking sheet.
- Bake 7 to 9 minutes. Cool 3 to 5 minutes, then remove to a wire rack to finish cooling.
Notes
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These semi-sweet colored chocolate chips can be found only at the holidays.
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