Chocolate Buttercream Cookies for Valentine’s Day

This recipe for heart shaped sandwich chocolate buttercream cookies is easy to make. Filled with pink buttercream icing makes about 2 dozen cookies. 

I’ve been thinking about making homemade Oreo-like cookies, so when I came across a heart-shaped cookie cutter in one of our drawers, I thought; why not make chocolate buttercream cookies for Valentine’s Day? My idea was to make a thin chocolate cookie that was somewhat crispy, like an Oreo. I used a basic sugar cookie recipe, and substituted half of the flour with a good cocoa powder. 

The filling is the same recipe I used in my thumbprint cookie icing recipe. I was pretty frugal with the icing here, however, you could easily double the recipe and make the filling nice and thick.

The cut out cocoa hearts were pretty tasty by themselves, but not super sweet.

On their own, they would be more suited for dunking in coffee or milk. 

Chocolate Buttercream Cookies

The buttery rich icing with thin chocolate hearts, in my opinion, has just the right balance of sweetness.

It’s not too sweet, but hey, it is a cookie. 

Here’s the recipe:

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Chocolate Buttercream Cookies for Valentine's Day

Prep Time 1 hour 30 minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes

Total Time 2 hours

Servings 2 dozen sandwiches

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter softened
• 1 1/2 cups sugar
• 1 1/4 cups flour
• 1 1/4 cups cocoa powder
• 2 eggs
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 1/2 teaspoon baking powder

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees
2. In a large bowl sift together flour, cocoa and baking powder.
3. In a separate bowl combine butter and sugar.
4. Mix together on medium speed until well combined
5. Add eggs one at a time and mix well.
6. Then add the vanilla and mix well.
7. Add 1/3 of the flour mixture to the sugar mixture and mix well.
8. Continue with another 1/3 and then the final portion until the dough is well mixed.
9. Split the dough into 2 pieces.
10. Wrap each piece in plastic wrap and refrigerate for 1 hour.
11. Remove one of the sections of dough and roll out on a well floured surface.
12. Dip the cookie cutter into flour to prevent sticking and cut out shapes.
13. Fill two baking sheets and bake for 5 minutes.
14. Then switch the pans, moving the one on the top rack to the bottom, and the one on the bottom to the top.
15. Bake for an additional 5 minutes.
16. Remove from oven and let cool for a few minutes.
17. Transfer warm cookies to a cooling rack or tea towel.
18. Once cool, fill with buttercream icing and serve or place in a covered container.