Chocolate Cherry Cooler Food

CHERRY COOLER

Steps:

• Place frozen cherries, lime juice and simple syrup in a high powered blender or food processor.
• Blend on high until completely blended and well mixed.
• Pour into glasses and garnish with additional frozen cherries, fresh cherries and a lime slice if desired.

CHERRY-CHOCOLATE COBBLER

Steps:

• Make the filling: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Butter a 9-by-13-inch baking dish. Combine the cherries, granulated sugar, cornstarch, lemon juice and vanilla and almond extracts in a large bowl; toss until combined with no clumps. Spread in the prepared dish.
• Make the topping: Pulse the flour, granulated sugar, baking powder and salt in a food processor until combined. Add the butter and pulse until pea-size pieces form. Pulse in the chopped chocolate. Whisk the egg with the buttermilk in a medium bowl; add to the flour mixture and pulse a few times until the dough just comes together.
• Turn out the dough onto a lightly floured surface and pat into a 4-by-12-inch rectangle (about 1/2 inch thick). Cut into twelve 2-inch squares; arrange in 3 rows over the filling. Brush the tops with buttermilk and sprinkle with turbinado sugar. Bake until the topping is browned and the filling is bubbling around the edges, 45 to 55 minutes. (To check for doneness, look under a biscuit to make sure it?s not raw; continue baking if necessary.) Let cool at least 30 minutes. Serve with ice cream.

CHERRY COOLER

Steps:

• Puree 1/2 pound pitted cherries, 1/2 cup sugar and 1 cup strong hibiscus tea. Serve over ice and garnish with cherries.
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CHERRY CHOCOLATE COBBLER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F In large bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking.
• powder, salt and butter; cut with pastry blender until crumbs are.
• size of large peas. Melt over hot not boiling water,
• semi sweet chocolate chips. Remove from heat and cool slightly.
• at room temperature (about 5 minutes). Add milk and egg to melted.
• chocolate and mix well. Blend chocolate into flour mixture. Spread.
• cherry pie filling in bottom of 2 quart casserole. Drop chocolate.
• batter randomly over cherries. Sprinkle with chopped nuts.
• Bake at 350 F for 40 45 minutes. Serve warm with heavy cream.

CHOCOLATE CHERRY BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°.
• Grease and flour 13x9-inch pan.
• In large bowl, combine cake mix, pie filling almond extract and eggs; stir until blended.
• Spread in greased and floured pan.
• Bake at 350° for 25 to 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean.
• In small saucepan, combine sugar, milk and margarine.
• Bring to a boil; boil 1 minute, stirring constantly.
• Remove from heat; stir in chocolate chips until smooth.
• Pour and spread over warm bars.
• Cool completely and cut into bars.

CHOCOLATE CHERRY COOKIES

Steps:

• Combine flour and cocoa; set aside.
• Beat butter in a med bowl on med speed until softened.
• Add sugar, baking soda, baking powder and salt.
• Beat until well mixed.
• Beat in egg and vanilla, scraping the side of the bowl.
• Gradually beat in flour mixture.
• Shape dough into 1-inch balls.
• Place 2-inches apart on an ungreased cooking sheet.
• Press down the centers with your thumb.
• Drain cherries, reserving juice.
• Place a cherry in the center of each cookie in the depression you made with your thumb.
• Combine chocolate pieces and condensed milk in a small saucepan.
• Cook and stir over low heat until the chocolate is melted.
• Stir in 4 teaspoons of the reserved cherry juice.
• Spoon about 1 teaspoon of the chocolate and milk mixture over each cherry, spreading to cover cherry.
• If the frosting is too thick, thin with additional cherry juice.
• Bake in a 350°F oven for about 10 minutes or until edges of cookie is firm.
• Cool on cookie sheet for 1 minute.
• Transfer to a wire rack to finish cooling.

CHOCOLATE CHERRY COBBLER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degree oven.
• Lightly grease a 13 x 9 pan, I use cooking spray.
• Place cherries in pan.
• In a large bowl combine brownie mix, water, egg and oil.
• Mix until well combined.
• Spread over the cherries.
• Bake for 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted near the middle comes out with moist crumbs.
• Serve warm with vanilla ice cream or whipped cream or cool whip.