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Chocolate-Cherry Hand Pies

Chocolate-Cherry Hand Pies with a sugar crust, hand pies are just that, no fork required! Make these fun treats for your sweetheart.
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time20 minutes
Total Time35 minutes
Course: Desserts & Sweets
Cuisine: American
Keyword: cherry hand pies, chocolate hand pies, Valentine's Day pie
Servings: 6
Calories: 562kcal

Ingredients

Hand Pie Crust

  • 2 pie crusts homemade or store bought

Cherry Pie Filling

  • 16 ounce bag frozen dark pitted sweet cherries
  • 1 cup semi sweet chocolate chunks or semi sweet chocolate chips
  • 3 tablespoons corn starch
  • ½ cup sugar
  • 1 teaspoon fresh lemon juice
  • ¼ teaspoon kosher sea salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

Cut Hand Pie Crusts

  • Cut the pie crusts into heart shapes using a large cookie cutter, paring knife, or heart hand pie press

Make Cherry Hand Pie Filling

  • In a small bowl, mix the cherries, chocolate, corn starch, sugar, lemon juice sea salt and vanilla extract.

Assemble and Bake Cherry Hand Pies

  • Fill each hand pie with a small amount of filling about 5-6 cherries per pie, try to not overfill. Place your filling on the bottom crust, place top crust, and press in hand pie press or crimp the edges closed with a fork. Be careful to not overfill the press or pie hearts so they seal well.
  • Sprinkle each pie with sugar.
  • Bake 400 degrees for 20 minutes, on a parchment lined baking sheet until edges are golden brown.

Nutrition

Calories: 562kcal | Carbohydrates: 75g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 26g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 332mg | Potassium: 392mg | Fiber: 5g | Sugar: 37g | Vitamin A: 65IU | Vitamin C: 5.6mg | Calcium: 39mg | Iron: 3.6mg