Chocolate Fruitcake Cookies

Submitted by Thymestudio

"I made these to take to work and everyone raved about them. They were the first cookies to disappear so they were a big hit."

 

• Ready In: 35mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Yields: 20 cookies

ingredients

• 1⁄4 cup walnuts or 1/4 cup pecans
• 1⁄4 cup almonds
• 1 tablespoon raisins
• 1 tablespoon candied citrus peel (orange and lemon)
• 2 ounces butter
• 1⁄4 cup sugar
• 1 ounce candied cherry
• 1⁄2 ounce crystallized ginger
• 1 tablespoon cream
• 1 (18 ounce) box chocolate cake mix
• 2 large eggs
• 1⁄3 cup vegetable oil

directions

1. Finely chop walnuts, almonds, raisins, orange and lemon peel, cherries, and ginger.
2. Melt butter in a saucepan, then add sugar and stir over low heat until sugar is dissolved.
3. Bring to a boil and let it boil for 1 minute without stirring (until just turning light golden).
4. Remove from heat and mix well with cream and fruit-nut mixture.
5. Mix cake mix with two eggs and oil.
6. Combine all ingredients.
7. Scoop a heaping spoonful of dough onto cookies sheet lined with foil.
8. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 10 - 12 minutes.
9. Enjoy!

Reviews

[CakenGifts I.]

This cake is well decorated and looking very tasty, Its recipe is also very simple. Today I will make it. Last time i made such beautiful cakes from CakenGifts.in

 

[susie cooks]

Great cookie. I used dried cherries instead of candied cherries and I used walnuts. These will. E a great addition to my holiday cookie tray! Made for ZWT 6.

 

[breezermom]

Easy and very good. I left my nuts whole so a "picky" eater could "pick" them out. lol! I added some tiny chocolate chips to it because of my chocolate loving DS. We really enjoyed these. Thanks for sharing! Made for ZWT6 Zingo by an Unruly Under the Influence.

 

[Slatts]

These are a nice textured chocolate cookie. My butter/sugar mixture seized up when I added the fruits/nuts/cream. I heated it a little longer and added a little extra cream and it loosened up into a nice caramel. I love the amount of nuts and dried fruits and the ginger is a really nice touch.