GW2: Glazed Chocolate Raspberry Cookies

2/2 on the list of Halloween goodies is GW2′s Glazed Chocolate Raspberry Cookies!~ @tejkou had asked that GW2 be included for Halloween this year, and honestly at that point in time it was simply a matter of which recipe I was going to make.

These are what I like to call “brownie” cookies. Incredibly soft and decadent, they are made with both cocoa and raspberry filling and they are SO GOOD. The topping for the cookies is a glaze made with melted candy corn, which is super delicious but also super sticky when cooled, so people with braces beware!

~Ingredients~

Cookies

1 cup Flour



1/3 cup Cocoa Powder



½ tsp. Baking Soda



¼ tsp. Salt



¾ cup Sugar



½ cup (1 stick) Butter, softened



1 Egg



2/3 Raspberry Filling



Candy Corn Glaze

1 ½ cup Candy Corn



2 - 4 tbsp. Water



Prep Time: 15 - 20 min. | Total Cook Time: 1 - 1 ½ hrs.

Serves: ~30 Cookies

~Instructions~

The Cookies

Step 1.) Preheat the oven to 350°F. In a mixing bowl, combine your flour, baking soda, salt, and cocoa powder. Set aside.

Step 2.) In a separate bowl, cream your butter and sugar until the butter is pale and fluffy.

Step 3.) Fold in the egg, then the raspberry filling. Slowly add your dry ingredients until everything is fully incorporated.

Step 4.) Place your cookie dough in heaping tablespoons on a lined cookie sheet. Bake each batch for 8 min. and allow to cool for at least 5 min. before transferring them to a cooling rack (having multiple baking sheets really helps in this endeavor.)

The Glaze

Step 1.) Combine your water and candy corn in a saucepan. Heat on low and allow all of the candy corn to slowly melt (you may have some pieces that just refuse to melt, scoop them out whenever possible.)

Step 2.) Adjust amount of water/candy corn in the mixture to achieve the thickness you want (it will harden as it cools regardless, the melted texture is more for ease of decoration.)

Step 3.) By now your cookies are likely cooled enough to decorate. You can add the candy corn glaze with a spoon, knife, icing bag, whatever you wish (I did half spoon, half icing bag).

Enjoy your treat!~~

~Results~

Of course I gave in and tried the cookies by themselves and HELL YES ARE THEY GOOD! The cookie dough itself is good, of course, and I may have…uh…had about 5 cookies’ worth of dough….don’t judge. Also, I do believe this counts as having made BOTH the Glazed Chocolate Raspberry Cookie AND the normal Chocolate Raspberry Cookie so booyah! (heh- get it? ok..)

The candy corn glaze adds a really fun twist for Halloween (though there were some complaints about how sticky it was. It’s sugar, what do you want guys?) and I really want to try it on other things. I just had the thought that for those who may not want the sticky glaze, the candy corn could be made into icing? I’ll have to give that a try at some point. If/when I do, I’ll let you guys know!

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