This week, the pick for Sweet Melissa Sundays was cookies. More specifically, Double Dark Chocolate Cherry Cookies and because the chocolate is doubled the taste is quadrupled. That’s how food math works, right? And then when you add in the dried sour cherries the flavor inches closer to bliss like a mathematical curve heading towards infinity.
I served the cookies with David Lebovitz’s Milk Chocolate Ice Cream from The Perfect Scoop. David suggests adding cacao nibs or chocolate chips to the ice cream. I took it one-step further and added Scharffen Berger Chocolate-Covered Cacao Nibs.
The food math is now beyond what my brain and tastebuds can handle. By itself, the ice cream is wonderfully creamy. The cacao nibs add a crunchy texture and a bittersweet counterpoint to the sweetness of the milk chocolate. Perfect.
Thank you to Megan of My Baking Adventures, who is probably roasting in Las Vegas today. Hopefully she served the cookies with ice cream too. If you would like the recipe, please visit Megan’s blog or buy the book: The Sweet Melissa Baking Book.
42 Comments
June 28, 2009 at 12:35 am
The ice cream seems like a perfect addition to the cookies!
Now that you mentioned Scharffen Berger; it made me so sad that they left their Berkeley factory. I went on the tour once, and it was amazing getting to learn about chocolate and the free samples, of course =].
June 28, 2009 at 4:42 am
I love how crackly your cookies turned out, beautiful!
Katie xox
June 28, 2009 at 5:19 am
Wow!! The cookies and the ice cream sound and look really delicious…. you’ve convinced me to make those cookies, and I’m leaning towards getting an ice cream maker and starting that, too!!
Peace, Stephanie
June 28, 2009 at 5:41 am
Those look like the extra super perfect chunkiest cherry chocolate cookies I’ve ever seen! mmmm…
Diiiiiiing! Doooooong!
June 28, 2009 at 5:48 am
Hmm – milk chocolate ice cream, perfect with the chocolate cookies – why didn’t I think of that??
June 28, 2009 at 6:07 am
Lecker! Mjamm!
June 28, 2009 at 6:10 am
I love the contrast of the light chocolate of the ice cream with the dark chocolate of the cookies – wish I could taste and confirm the perfection, but I’ll take your word for it! Will be on the lookout for the choc-covered nibs…
June 28, 2009 at 6:11 am
Oh, wow. That all looks so good. I’m going to have to look for the chocolate covered nibs. I have the plain ones, but haven’t seen those. Looking at your pictures reminds me that I don’t have anything chocolate to snack on at the moment. Good thing I’m planning to make chocolate ice cream today. =)
June 28, 2009 at 7:03 am
The ice cream looks divine. I really want to try it. The cookies look great too. Definitely chocolate, tastebud overload, which is a good thing!
June 28, 2009 at 7:25 am
chocolate cookies and chocolate ice cream! beautiful. Your ice cream making is inspiring!
June 28, 2009 at 7:49 am
Wow, wow, wow. My inner chocoholic going crazy right now.
June 28, 2009 at 7:52 am
That’s a chocolate explosion beyond any mathematical formula!
June 28, 2009 at 9:56 am
Wow, your dessert looks beyond perfect! I was drooling at the pictures of the cookies alone, and then you added the ice cream – it looks SO good!
June 28, 2009 at 9:58 am
Your blog should be off limits for those of us who are trying to blast off a few ponds! AGH!
June 28, 2009 at 10:12 am
Oh my gosh… I’m in love. The cookies are gorgeous and the ice cream looks delicious!!
June 28, 2009 at 10:20 am
Yum! These cookies are dark your chocolate ice cream almost looks white next to it!!! I wish I had paired mine with ice cream, too! Of course there are a few left, so it’s not too late!
June 28, 2009 at 11:15 am
Ooh, your cookies are so crinkly, I love it! And to be honest, I’m not a big fan of chocolate ice cream, but I might be able to cope if you sent some of that chocolate-covered cocoa nibs ice cream! Fantastic!
June 28, 2009 at 11:28 am
That combination looks heavenly. I loved these cookies so much, looking at your pictures is making me ponder a trip to the freezer to get some more out.
June 28, 2009 at 11:32 am
Your cookies look amazing Wendy, especially when combined with that gorgeous ice cream! I need to try DL’s milk chocolate ice cream. I made the traditional chocolate this weekend but it was a bit too rich for me. Great job!
June 28, 2009 at 11:33 am
Great idea to serve them up with yummy ice cream. Your cookies look so good and moist!
June 28, 2009 at 12:40 pm
mmmmm, ice cream and cookies!
June 28, 2009 at 1:49 pm
Ohmygoodness! So over the top decadent! Please.. send some north.
June 28, 2009 at 1:56 pm
You can’t go wrong with Scharffen Berger.
June 28, 2009 at 4:13 pm
Your cookies look delicious, but it’s that ice cream that is really calling to me!!! I can’t believe I don’t have The Perfect Scoop yet, I don’t know why I keep procrastinating about buying it, but no more! This ice cream just convinced me to order it immediately.
June 28, 2009 at 4:30 pm
Oh my gosh, those cookies look amazing.
June 28, 2009 at 4:49 pm
Doing some calculus… these cookie’s limit tends toward infinite perfection! Oh gosh, this is geeky!
Great job, I love dark chocolate and sour cherries, they bring the best out of each other.
June 28, 2009 at 5:57 pm
Wow your cookies look great, I hope mine turn out like that – the dough is chillin. Sorry I have been MIA, I have been so busy, but it has made me feel so bad not to have time to comment. Hope all is well (better) with you. Cheers.
June 28, 2009 at 7:38 pm
Wow, those cookies look so incredible! I love the texture. Great choice to serve them with chocolate ice cream. What a perfect dessert!
June 28, 2009 at 9:22 pm
These were great cookies and yours look fantastic! I don’t really like milk chocolate, but that ice cream looks amazing.
June 29, 2009 at 12:38 am
chocolate cookies with cherries and choco ice cream?! you must be in heaven.
June 29, 2009 at 6:38 am
CHOCOLATE HEAVEN! Yours looks super.
June 29, 2009 at 7:43 am
You always go above and beyond. Awesome job!
June 29, 2009 at 8:07 am
Oh my goodness I thought I was in paradise viewing these scummy cookies and ice cream
June 29, 2009 at 8:09 am
You had me at cherry chocolate! Amazing cookies AND the ice cream looks phenomenal!
June 29, 2009 at 9:38 am
Hi Wendy!
Holy cannoli, what a combination- a chocoholic’s dream! Your tower of cookies looks beautiful. I love the crackled texture they have. I’m so glad you enjoyed them- my tasters (I mean family!) did too.
I’d love for you to drop by my site if you have a chance, to check out my cookies as well! Hope to talk to you again after the next SMS postings. Have a wonderful week!
-Joy
June 29, 2009 at 11:23 am
I am on chocolate overload – and that is a good thing! I would LOVE some of those cookies with the milk chocolate ice cream!
June 29, 2009 at 3:00 pm
You can’t do this to me at breakfast! I want one (or two or three …) – now!
June 29, 2009 at 6:02 pm
Wow, there are no words. Gorgeous and yum.
June 29, 2009 at 6:53 pm
Oh, God! How I wish I had some of both of those right now!! Fan-freaking-tastic!
June 29, 2009 at 8:13 pm
Bring on the chocolate!
June 30, 2009 at 1:31 am
Both cookies and ice cream look so delicious!
July 31, 2009 at 2:07 am
The cookies look AMAZING!!!! Where do I get the recipe??? Please tell me someone