Chocolate Strawberry Cheesecake Cookies are a rich, fudge chocolate cookie with a cream cheese frosting topped with a fresh strawberry. These cookies are rich, fresh and heavenly. They are super easy to make (absolutely beginner friendly!) plus they look and taste like you spent hours on them! Perfect for Valentines Day or a birthday!
Chocolate Strawberry Cheesecake Cookies
I can not believe it, but here we are and I’m sharing the very last Valentines Day recipe for the year! Previously I’ve shared Caramel Brownies, Chocolate Covered Strawberries, Fondue and Meringue Cookies! I might be biased, but I think I saved the very best for last!
Not only are these cookies absolutely delicious (ahem, I’m looking at you rich, chocolatey, fudgey cookie!) they look super fancy and totally festive.
Spoiler alert: they are so dang easy.
Seriously! If you want to impress someone this year (or really, these can and should be made all year long!) this is the dessert to make! I don’t know about your kids, but mine always LOVE frosting their very own cookie. I’m a big believer in kids in the kitchen and this is one of my favorite ways to let them help. 😊
How to make Chocolate Strawberry Cheesecake Cookies
First, cream together butter, sugar and brown sugar. Make sure to pack the brown sugar! This helps the cookies be extra chewy and fudgey.
You can use a stand mixer or and electric hand mixer to do this.
Next, add in vanilla and an egg. Cream this together until the mixture becomes literally light and fluffy. Light as in the color, the mixture will lighten!
Then add in cocoa, flour, salt and baking soda. Mix this slowly. Once the flour starts to incorporate you’ll add a quick dash of milk. Then continue to mix until the cookie dough comes together.
It will be slightly sticky, that is a-okay!
Scoop the dough and arrange the cookies on an un-greased cookie sheet. I like to use a cookie scoop to scoop my cookies out, that way they are uniform in size. For the perfect looking cookie, make sure to roll the dough in the palms of your hands to smooth out the edges. This actually makes a big difference in the final look of the cookie.
Bake at 350° for 7-9 minutes, or until the cookies are puffy and no longer glossy. Pull out of the oven and allow to cool completely on the pan.
While the cookies are baking and cooling, let’s make ourselves the best cream cheese frosting you’ll ever eat!
The cream cheese frosting includes a little bit of butter, cream cheese, powdered sugar, vanilla and a pinch of salt. Use your hand mixer, cream all of the ingredients together until SMOOOOOTH.
Once the cookies have cooled, either spread or use a piping bag and tip to add the frosting to the tops of each cookie.
Once all of the cookies have frosting on them, slice fresh strawberries in half (through the green stem) and place each strawberry into the frosting.
Store the cookies in the fridge and serve those bad boys COLD. Trust me, its is delicious.
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Chocolate Strawberry Cheesecake Cookies
Ingredients
Chocolate Cookies
- 3/4 cups butter softened
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp vanilla
- 1 1/2 cup flour
- 1/2 cup cocoa
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp milk
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 2 tbsp butter softened
- 4 oz cream cheese room temperature
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 pinch salt
Other Ingredients
- 12 fresh strawberries cut in half
Instructions
Chocolate Cookies
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Cream together the butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar.
- Add the egg and vanilla. Mix until light in color and creamy.
- Add in the dry ingredients (flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt), mix into the dough. When the dry ingredients are about halfway mixed in, add the milk to the dough. Mix until completely combined. The dough will be very soft.
- Scoop or roll the cookie dough out into equal sized balls. Arrange on a cookie sheet.
- Bake at 350° for 7-9 minutes or until the cookies are puffy and no longer glossy on top.
- Allow the cookies to cool completely on the pan. While the cookies are cooling, make the cream cheese frosting.
Cream Cheese Frosting
- Cream the butter and cream cheese together until smooth.
- Add half of the powdered sugar and mix until smooth.
- Add the remaining powdered sugar, vanilla and salt. Mix thoroughly.
Assembling the Cookies
- Either spread or pipe the frosting onto the tops of each cookie.
- Top each frosting with a pre-cut strawberry.
- Store in the fridge and serve cold.
Chocolate Strawberry Cheesecake Cookies
Chocolate Strawberry Cheesecake Cookies are a rich, fudge chocolate cookie with a cream cheese frosting topped with a fresh strawberry. These cookies are rich, fresh and heavenly. They are super easy to make (absolutely beginner friendly!) plus they look and taste like you spent hours on them! Perfect for Valentines Day or a birthday!
Course Dessert
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 10 minutes
Total Time 26 minutes
Servings 2 dozen
Ingredients
Chocolate Cookies
- 3/4 cups butter softened
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tbsp vanilla
- 1 1/2 cup flour
- 1/2 cup cocoa
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp milk
Cream Cheese Frosting
- 2 tbsp butter softened
- 4 oz cream cheese room temperature
- 2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 pinch salt
Other Ingredients
- 12 fresh strawberries cut in half
Instructions
Chocolate Cookies
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Cream together the butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar.
- Add the egg and vanilla. Mix until light in color and creamy.
- Add in the dry ingredients (flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt), mix into the dough. When the dry ingredients are about halfway mixed in, add the milk to the dough. Mix until completely combined. The dough will be very soft.
- Scoop or roll the cookie dough out into equal sized balls. Arrange on a cookie sheet.
- Bake at 350° for 7-9 minutes or until the cookies are puffy and no longer glossy on top.
- Allow the cookies to cool completely on the pan. While the cookies are cooling, make the cream cheese frosting.
Cream Cheese Frosting
- Cream the butter and cream cheese together until smooth.
- Add half of the powdered sugar and mix until smooth.
- Add the remaining powdered sugar, vanilla and salt. Mix thoroughly.
Assembling the Cookies
- Either spread or pipe the frosting onto the tops of each cookie.
- Top each frosting with a pre-cut strawberry.
Store in the fridge and serve cold.
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