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Double Chocolate Spritz Heart Cookies: #CreativeCookieExchange
January 19, 2016 by Laura 18 Comments
Double Chocolate Spritz Heart Cookies are the perfect treat for Valentine’s Day or just for the fun of it. Tender cookies, they are quite chocolatey but not at all too sweet. Keep reading for more great cookies for Valentine’s Day from Creative Cookie Exchange. Affiliate links have been used to link to items I am discussing in this post.
Well, I did not get to my cookie press in time for Christmas or New Year’s, alas, but I did get it out in time for this month’s Creative Cookie Exchange! When I sat down to contemplate our theme, hearts and love for the upcoming Valentine’s Day of course, I immediately thought of spritz…
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