These Chocolate Heart Strawberry Cookies are the sweetest way of saying I love you to someone special. The perfect edible gift for Valentines Day or any day you want to show your love. Bake some up soon and enjoy the strawberry chocolate deliciousness with someone special.

 

I think making your own gifts for special occasions are the best gifts of all. It shows that you put your own time into creating and putting your personal touch for the gift you are giving. These adorable and beautiful cookies package well and it’s fun to put them in a pretty goody bag with ribbon or a clear mason jar. You can even give them the recipe attached so they can make these gems themselves. You don’t need a special occasion to enjoy these delicious tasting cookies. They’re so easy to make using a cake mix. When adding your own ingredients and decorating them, they are as homemade as any baked cookie. I’m planning on baking a big batch for my daughter and her roommates in law school. All that studying they do, I’m sure they would love to take a cookie break and enjoy the love. Bake some soon and see the smiles when you give  these to them. You enjoy them too!

Chocolate Heart Strawberry Cookies

Yields: about 18 to 20 cookies

Ingredients:

For the cookies:

• 1 box strawberry cake mix
• 1/3 cup vegetable oil, like canola
• 1/2 tsp vanilla extract, I used clear I found in a craft store
• 2 tbsp all purpose flour
• 2 large eggs
• 1/3 assorted sprinkles

For the chocolate hearts:

• 10 ounces milk or dark chocolate melts such as Wilton

 

Supplies needed:

• large heart silicone mold
• small heart silicone mold
• small Ziploc bag
• 1 small cookie sheet
• 1 large cookies sheet
• parchment paper

 

 

 

 

 

 

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a microwave safe bowl, heat chocolate on 20 second increments. After each heating, stir. Chocolate should be shiny and smooth when melted. Try not to over heat.
3. Pour chocolate into ziploc bag and press all the way into one corner. Snip off the end. Fill small heart molds. Place mold onto small lined cookie sheet. Place in fridge for about 25 minutes. If needed place in freezer for 10 minutes to completely harden.
4. While the chocolate is setting in fridge. Mix cookie ingredients except sprinkles in a large mixing bowl. Make sure you dig deep to incorporate all the dry into the wet. After mixed, fold in sprinkles until combined.
5. Scoop out 2 tablespoons of batter into each large heart mold that’s sitting on a large lined cookie sheet. With clean fingers smoosh down to for the heart. Bake for about 7 to 10 minutes. Check after 7 minutes. Take out and let cool for just a few minutes. Press one chocolate heart into each center of cookie. Let set up and cool then pop the cookies out.