Description
Delight in these festive Red Velvet Blossom Cookies featuring tender, cocoa-infused red velvet dough rolled in sparkling red sugar and crowned with a luscious Dove Chocolate Heart. Perfect for holidays or special occasions, these cookies combine classic red velvet flavors with a rich, melty chocolate center for an irresistible treat.
Ingredients
Scale
Chocolate
- 36 Dove Chocolate Hearts (1 package, 8.87 ounces)
Cookie Dough
- ½ cup butter, room temperature
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tablespoon milk
- 1 tablespoon red food coloring
- 1 ½ teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon kosher salt
- Red sprinkling sugar and/or sprinkles, for rolling
Instructions
- Freeze chocolate hearts: Place the Dove Chocolate Hearts in the freezer for at least one hour; this prevents them from melting too quickly once pressed onto the warm cookies.
- Preheat oven and prepare sheet: Preheat your oven to 350°F (175°C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper to ensure cookies bake evenly and release easily.
- Cream butter and sugar: In a large mixing bowl, beat the room temperature butter and granulated sugar together until the mixture is light, fluffy, and well combined, approximately 2 to 3 minutes.
- Add wet ingredients: Incorporate the egg, milk, red food coloring, and pure vanilla extract into the butter and sugar mixture. Mix thoroughly until fully blended and uniform in color.
- Combine dry ingredients: In a separate medium bowl, whisk together the all-purpose flour, unsweetened cocoa powder, baking soda, and kosher salt to ensure even distribution of leavening and flavor.
- Mix dry into wet: Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture, beating just until combined. Avoid over-mixing to keep the cookies tender.
- Shape and roll dough balls: Using a tablespoon, scoop the dough and roll it into 1-inch balls. Roll each ball in red sprinkling sugar and/or sprinkles to coat evenly, then place spaced apart on the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake cookies: Bake the cookies in the preheated oven for 8 to 10 minutes until edges are set but centers remain soft.
- Press chocolate hearts: Immediately after removing from the oven, gently press a frozen Dove Chocolate Heart into the center of each cookie. This allows the chocolate to soften slightly without melting completely.
- Cool completely: Transfer the cookies to a wire rack and allow them to cool fully, letting the chocolate set and the cookies firm up before serving.
Notes
- Dove Chocolate Hearts are preferred for their perfect size and chocolate-to-cookie ratio, but Hershey’s Chocolate Hearts can be used if desired.
- For best results, do not refrigerate the dough before rolling if you plan to coat with sprinkles, as cold dough causes sprinkles to stick poorly. Roll at room temperature instead.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 14g
- Sodium: 90mg
- Fat: 8g
- Saturated Fat: 4.5g
- Unsaturated Fat: 3g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 19g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 2g
- Cholesterol: 25mg
