Chocolate Covered Strawberry Cookies - Confessions of a Cookbook Queen

By srumbel

Ingredients

• Frosting:
• 1 box chocolate cake mix (I like Dark Chocolate Fudge)
• 1/3 cup water
• 1/2 cup vegetable oil
• 3 large eggs
• 12 tablespoons salted butter, softened
• 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
• 1/3 cup sliced frozen strawberries in sugar, thawed and pureed
• 4 cups powdered sugar
• Ganache:
• 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• 1/3 cup heavy cream

Details

Servings 15
Preparation time 45mins
Cooking time 52mins
Adapted from confessionsofacookbookqueen.com

Preparation

Step 1

Chocolate Covered Strawberry cookies are soft and cakey with rich, creamy frosting! Even better – they’re incredibly easy to whip up.

What I am saying is, the man is a saint. And I have to make a lot of desserts to make up for it.

The cake part is make with cake mix. I know that some of you think that cake mix is the handiwork of Satan, but I am just not buying it. Sometimes, cake mix is the answer to all of the world’s problems and this is one of those times.


Yield: 15-20 servings


Preheat oven to 400. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Mix cake mix, eggs, water and oil in a large mixing bowl on medium speed until fully combined. Drop batter using a small cookie scoop on prepared baking sheet and bake for about 6-8 minutes or until tops spring back when lightly touched. Remove to a wire baking sheet to cool. Meanwhile, prepare the frosting.

In the bowl of your mixer, beat butter and cream cheese on medium speed until smooth. Add the strawberry puree and beat on medium low until mixed. Add powdered sugar and beat on low until just barely mixed in. Increase mixer speed to high and beat for one minute. If frosting is too thin, add another 1/2 cup of powdered sugar to get desired consistency.

Frost half of the cookies, flat side up. Prepare ganache.

In a small microwave-safe bowl, heat chocolate chips and heavy cream, stopping ever 20 seconds to stir until smooth. Let cool, then spoon over frosting. Top each frosted cookie with another cookie.

Prep Time: 45 minutes

Cook Time: 7 minutes

Total Time: 52 minutes