Valentines Chocolate Hearts Cookies

We think chocolate candies, like our Valentines Chocolate Hearts, are even more delicious when part of a sweet recipe treat. Sure, diamonds and homemade dinners are quite welcome on Valentine’s Day, but oh, a handmade Valentines chocolate hearts cookie recipe is even more impressive – it shows how thoughtful and caring you are. We promise this recipe is heavy on the love and light on the prep time, and all delicious on the tongue!

Valentines Chocolate Hearts Cookies

Makes 24 cookies

Ingredients:

· 24 Valentines Chocolate Hearts – choose whichever style seems most delicious to you and yours!

· Heart-shaped cookie cutter, large enough to fit a Valentines chocolate heart inside it

· 1 cup softened butter

· 1 tsp vanilla extract

· 2 cups all-purpose flour

· ¼ cup baking cocoa

Directions:

1. Visit the love-filled shelves at Blair Candy for affordable and so-sweet Valentines Chocolate Hearts!

2. Preheat your oven to 375 degrees F.

3. Combine butter and sugar in a small mixing bowl until it’s a cream-like texture, and add in the vanilla extract.

4. Combine the flour and cocoa in a separate bowl, and then add to the cream mixture. This will be your dough mixture.

5. Lightly flour a surface, and roll out the dough mixture so that it’s about a ¼ inch thick.

6. Use the heart shaped cookie cutter to cut out dough hearts.

7. Place them on a baking sheet, and bake for about 8-10 minutes, or until firm.

8. Once cooked, immediately place a Valentines chocolate heart in the center of each dough heart.

9. Allow to cool, and enjoy to your heart’s content!