These double chocolate cherry cookies are incredibly dark and soft, with bursts of tartness thanks to dried tart cherries!
I was asked to participate in the National Cherry Month #GoTart Campaign as a member of the Healthy Aperture Blogger Network. I was compensated for my time but the opinions expressed are, as always, my own!
As someone who doesn’t like vegetables, I try to eat a ton of fruit and at this point of the year, I’m ridiculously tired of apples, oranges and bananas. Enter dried tart cherries! I’ve been snacking on them for the past few weeks and thought I’d throw them into some cookies to see how they did. And, well… look. I think it worked out. ;)
The dried tart cherries add the nicest little bursts of tartness! And as a bonus, they make these 100% whole wheat (and dairy-free!) double chocolate cookies rich in Vitamin A. I used semi-sweet chocolate but you can use dark chocolate if you like.
By the way, if you love tart cherries, try this great Moon Milk!
I prefer eating these straight from the oven when they’re warm and gooey but if you have any leftovers the day after baking, I really recommend popping them in the microwave for 10 seconds. Weirdly enough, my husband prefers them at room temperature and liked how they hardened up a little on the second and third days.
These cookies have a lot more sugar than I usually use but after trial after trial of not-so-nicely-texture double chocolate cookies, I just went with the sugar. If you want non-cakey cookies, you just have to go with it!
I think these are perfect year-round cookies. Wishing for the summer in the winter? Tart cherry cookies. Like the red theme for Valentine’s Day but don’t want to use food coloring? Make these! Have fresh tart cherries in the summer? I haven’t actually tried it but it at least sounds interesting!
Double Chocolate Cherry Cookies (100% whole grain, dairy-free)
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- Yield: 24 cookies
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups (187 grams) whole wheat flour, whole spelt flour or white whole wheat flour
- 1 cup (124 grams) Dutch-process cocoa powder
- 1 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
- 3/4 cup (168 grams) refined coconut oil1
- 1 1/4 cups (250 grams) unrefined sugar
- 1/4 cup (80 grams) honey
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 2 eggs
- 2/3 cup (120 grams) chocolate chips (use Enjoy Life chocolate chips for a dairy-free version)
- 1 cup (120 grams) dried tart cherries
Directions
- Preheat the oven 350°F (176°C) and line a baking sheet with a piece of parchment paper.
- In a medium bowl, mix together the flour, cocoa powder and baking powder.
- In a large microwave safe bowl, melt the coconut oil.
- To the melted coconut oil, add the sugar, honey, vanilla and eggs and stir until well combined. Let it sit for 5 minutes to let the sugar dissolve.
- Add the dry mix to the wet and stir until well combined.
- Stir in the chocolate chips and dried tart cherries.
- Roll into 24 1-1/4" balls and place them 2" apart on the prepared baking sheet.
- Press the balls down with the palm of your hand.
- Bake for 6-8 minutes or until the cookies appear set in the middle. Do not over bake!
- Let the cookies cool for two minutes on the baking sheet and then remove to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Store in an airtight container for up to 1 week.
Notes
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Hey there do you think I could replace the coconut oil with almond butter? I don’t care for the taste of coconut oil. Thanx!
Hello! You can’t use those two interchangeably but you can use butter instead of coconut butter. Or you can use refined coconut oil, which has absolutely no coconut flavor/smell. :)
Hi Erin, would I be able to make this recipe with butter instead of coconut oil? It sounds so yummy!
I’m so sorry for just now seeing your comment! It landed in spam for some weird reason. Yes, that would work fine! Sorry again.
Has anyone tried these with gluten free flour? They sound just too delicious to ignore.
These are terrific. I made them this afternoon for my son and husband, and BOY are they a hit! The dough is yummuy too… :)
I’m so happy that you enjoyed them, Jaime! And awesome that your son and husband liked them, too! Thanks so much for the feedback. :)
I made them a second time and chopped up the cherries to make sure that they were more evenly distributed in the cookies. That was my husband’s only complaint the first time around – even better!
Great idea! So happy that that worked better for you. I’ll try to remember that for next time! :)
Jaime if you got the answer to if they can be gluten free, can you share with me I want to know the same thing, Thanks!
Mmm! I love them in curry! I make a pumpkin curry with dried tart cherries in it and it is PHENOMENAL!
That’s such an interesting combination!
These cookies are really making me wish I wasn’t paleo right now!!!
Sorry about that! ;)
Muffins – great with my coffee in the mornings
Or lunch or dinner or whenever. ;) Love muffins!