Chocolate covered cherry cookies

Joe's Mom made these once and I tried one only to be nice, because I am not fond of cherries, but these cookies are amazing! They are probably my favorite cookie.

Ingredients:

1/2 cup butter
1 cup white sugar
1 egg
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
1 1/2 cups flour
1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 10. ounce jar of maraschino cherries
1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips

Directions:

1. Pre-heat oven to 350' degrees
2. Beat butter and sugar together. Add egg and vanilla and beat well. Add flour, cocoa power, salt, baking powder, baking soda, mix until its smooth.
3. Roll into 1 inch balls and place on ungreased cookie sheet. Press middle of cookies with thumb, creating a dip.
4. Drain cherries and save juice. Place a cherry inside each indention.
5. In a sauce pan, heat condensed milk and chocolate chips until the chocolate is melted. stir in 4 teaspoons of cherry juice.
6. Spoon mixture of each cookie covering the cherry.
7. Bake for about 10 minutes.