Best Chocolate Cherry Nuggets Recipes

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Provided by mary Armstrong

Categories Cookies

Time 35m

Number Of Ingredients 9

2 c butter or margarine, softened
2 c powdered sugar
2 tsp vanilla
1/2 tsp salt
4 1/2 c all purpose flour
1 pkg 12 ounce- mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
1/2 c chopped pecans
1 c maraschino cherries-drained and cut in fourths
1 pkg Hershey kisses, your choice of flavor

Steps:

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In large bowl, cream butter well. Add sugar, vanilla and salt.
3. Gradually add flour, mixing until well blended-batter gets stiff.
4. Mix in chocolate chips, nuts and cherries.
5. Drop by teaspoonful or grab chunks and roll into balls. Place onto ungreased cookie sheets. Slightly flatten with fingertip. Bake about 15 minutes at 350 degrees.
6. After removing from oven, while still warm top with Hershey Kiss or the new cherry filled Hershey Kisses work well with this recipe. Bake another minute.

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Yield 2-3 dozen

Number Of Ingredients 9

1 cup (2 sticks)butter,room temperature
1 cup powdered sugar
1/2 tsp. vanilla extract
1/4 tsp salt
2 1/4 cups flour
1/4 cup chopped pecans
1 cup mini semisweet choc. chips
1/2 of a 10oz jar maraschino cherries, drained, each cherry cut into 4 pieces. (scis
sors works best)

Steps:

Preheat oven to 350. In large bowl, cream butter. beat for 3 min. Mix in powdered sugar, vanilla and salt. GRADUALLY add flour, mixing until well blended. Using clean hands, mix in the pecans, chocolate chips and cherries or just put mixer on low and add them. Dough will be stiff. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto ungreased cookie sheets. Slightly flatten with fingertips. Bake in preheated oven, about 15 min. Start checking at 12 min. When done, transfer to cooling rack Use a clean scissors or kitchen shears to cut cherries . Its easier and faster than chopping.