Chocolate Dipped Heart Cookies
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Chocolate Dipped Heart Cookies are made with a simple cut out sugar cookies, dipped in chocolate and sprinkled with Valentine’s mix sprinkles. These heart shaped shortbread cookies are the perfect Valentine’s Day dessert and a fun snack that is great for classroom parties or for packaging up and giving as gifts!
Chocolate Dipped Heart Cookies
Tis’ the season for love! These beautiful heart cookies are the perfect treat for Valentine’s Day, date night, anniversary dessert, mother’s day or any holiday!
These heart shaped cookies are made with buttery cookie dough, cut out into heart, baked to perfection then dipped in chocolate! Yum!
What you Need to Make these heart cookies:
(Full ingredients with quantities in recipe card below)
- Eggs
- Lemon zest
- Vanilla extract
- All purpose flour
- Sugar
- Baking powder
- Butter: unsalted at room temperature
- Valentines sprinkle mix
- Chocolate chips
- Heart shape cookie cutter
The Cookie Base in these Chocolate Dipped Heart Cookies
The sugar cookie dough for this recipe is one I’ve used a couple times on the blog, and is one of my favorites. I’ve adapted it to a couple of recipes; Jam-Filled Cookies and Apricot Jam Tart.
It’s easy to make, rolls out smoothly, holds its shape perfectly and does not spread while baking. It is delicious plain, but dipping in chocolate makes them irresistible.
How to Make Chocolate Dipped shortbread Cookies:
( Full recipe with quantities in recipe card below)
- In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, lemon zest and vanilla very well.
- Add sugar and whisk some more.
- Add softened butter, flour and baking powder and fold until the dough comes together.
- Knead the dough with your hands. I mix just until dough feels smooth and no longer sticks to my hands (if after mixing, the dough is still too sticky for you, sprinkle a tiny bit of flour and mix some more).
- Shape the the dough into a ball, cover with plastic wrap and place in the fridge for 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 375°F and generously grease a baking sheet with baking spray and set aside.
- Remove dough from fridge, roll on a lightly floured flat surface to desired thickness (mine were about 1/4 inch thick), cut out cookies using a heart shaped cookie cutter.
- Place cookies on prepared greased baking tray.
- Bake for 6 to 8 minutes, depending on the size and thickness of your cookies. Remove from oven when slightly brown on the edges. These cookies are pale in color.
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Allow the cookies to cool completely before dipping in chocolate.
- Melt chocolate chips (or chocolate of your choice) in a microwave safe bowl at 15 second increments, stirring in between, until smooth (mine took 1.5 minutes to melt in the microwave).
- Once chocolate is melted, line a cookie sheet with wax paper and, firmly holding onto one side of each cookie, dip the other half side into the chocolate.
- Immediately after dipping, place on wax paper lined cookie sheet (chocolate side up) and immediately sprinkle with sprinkles. Repeat, until all cookies are dipped with chocolate.
- Allow chocolate to harden before serving.
- Enjoy!
More Valentine’s Dat Recipes?
Strawberry Chocolate Brownies
Almond Chocolate Covered Dates
Hidden Heart Valentine’s Cake
Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chocolate Cake
No-Bake Chocolate Biscuit Cak
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Chocolate Dipped Heart Cookies
Are you looking for the best Valentine's day cookies to give to your loved ones? If so, you will love these chocolate dipped heart cookies idea!
Ingredients
- 2 eggs
- 1 whole lemon zest
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2.5 cups flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1/2 cup softened butter(1 stick)- at room temperature
- 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 teaspoon vegetable or canola oil
- Heart shape cookie cutter
- Valentines sprinkle mix
Instructions
- In a small bowl mix flour and baking powder well and set aside.
- In a large bowl, whisk the eggs, lemon zest and vanilla very well.
- Add sugar and whisk some more.
- Add softened butter, flour and baking powder mixture and fold until the dough comes together.
- Knead the dough with your hands. I mix just until dough feels smooth and no longer sticks to my hands (if after mixing, the dough is still too sticky for you, sprinkle a tiny bit of flour and mix some more).
- Shape the the dough into a ball, cover with plastic wrap and place in the fridge for 30 minutes.
- Preheat oven to 375°F and generously grease a baking sheet with baking spray and set aside.
- Remove dough from fridge, roll on a lightly floured flat surface to desired thickness (mine were about 1/4 inch thick), cut out cookies using a heart shaped cookie cutter.
- Place cookies on prepared greased baking tray.
- Bake for 6 to 8 minutes, depending on the size and thickness of your cookies. Remove from oven when slightly brown on the edges. These cookies are pale in color.
- Allow the cookies to cool completely before dipping in chocolate.
- Add chocolate chips (or chocolate of your choice) and vegetable oil in a microwave safe bowl and melt at 15 second increments, stirring in between, until smooth (mine took 1.5 minutes to melt in the microwave).
- Once chocolate is melted, line a cookie sheet with wax paper and, firmly holding onto one side of each cookie, dip the other half side into the chocolate.
- Immediately after dipping, place on wax paper lined cookie sheet (chocolate side up) and immediately sprinkle with sprinkles. Repeat, until all cookies are dipped with chocolate.
- Allow chocolate to harden before serving.
- Enjoy!
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Nutrition Information:
Yield: 30 Serving Size: 1Amount Per Serving: Calories: 110Total Fat: 6gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 21mgSodium: 66mgCarbohydrates: 19gFiber: 1gSugar: 10gProtein: 2g
Please note that the nutrition label provided is an estimate based on an online nutrition calculator. It will vary based on the specific ingredients you use.