Chocolate Cherry Brownie Cookies

After two consecutive days of dazzling productivity, I deserve a treat.  So I decided that Monsters Inc. and some cookie baking was in order.  The cookies are an adaptation, which I was inspired to create by the new holiday M&M flavor, Cherry Cordial.

3 oz. unsweetened chocolate
1 1/2 cups bittersweet chocolate chips (apparently this has to be chips, not bar-- I just took the guy's  
       word for it)
7 Tbsp. butter, cut into pieces
2 tsp. vanilla extract
3 large eggs, room temperature
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup white chocolate chips
1 cup Cherry Cordial M&Ms

1. Melt unsweetened chocolate, bittersweet chocolate, and butter in a double boiler, or in a heatproof bowl set over a pot of simmering water (bowl should be larger than the pot so that it is suspended,  not touching the water).  Stir frequently until chocolate is melted and glossy.  Remove bowl from pot, allow to cool slightly.
2. Beat eggs and sugar with an electric mixer on medium high until light and quite thick, about 4 minutes.  Add vanilla and mix.  Add chocolate and mix on low until fully blended.
3. In another bowl, whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt.  Fold dry ingredients into wet.
4. Fold white chocolate chips and M&Ms into batter.  Let stand at room temperature 20-30 minutes to thicken-- it will still look more like thick batter than cookie dough.
5. Preheat oven to 325 F.
6. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.  Spoon 1 generous tablespoon of batter per cookie about 2 inches apart (1 dozen per baking sheet).
7. Bake cookies 11-14 minutes, or until shiny and cracked on top, rotating baking sheets halfway through.
8. Cool cookies on trays.  Serve with milk.

In honor of Monsters Inc., here's a doodle I made in the margins of Griswold v. Connecticut.  The circled words, if you can't read them say "I think this is an uncommonly silly law."  Naturally, this made me think of monsters with crazy-eyes.

Close up.