Hershey Kiss cookies and all of their wonderful variations have come to be a holiday tradition. I've tweaked my recipe to make these family favorites even more festive with a beautiful red velvet color and flavor. Peppermint kisses make these cookies beautiful as well as delicious.
Ingredients
A few basic ingredients that you probably have in your pantry are all you need to make these pretty cookies.
- Hershey's Peppermint Kisses or whatever kind you prefer. Hershey Hugs work well, too.
- All purpose flour, either bleached or unbleached.
- Unsweetened cocoa powder - my preference is Hershey's Special Dark.
- Baking soda is the leavener of choice.
- Kosher salt is what I use but if you use regular table salt you'll need less.
- Butter
- Granulated sugar - I prefer pure cane sugar.
- Large egg
- Buttermilk
- Vanilla for flavoring
- Red food coloring
- Red sugar crystals for rolling the dough in. White sugar crystals look pretty, too.
Hershey Kiss Cookies Tips
These are a super simple cookies.
- Shape the dough into rounds, roll in the sugar, and then freeze for later. When ready to bake just put the frozen balls on a cookie sheet and bake as directed.
- The baked cookies freeze well, too.
- The cookies will likely leave red food color stains on your hands when you are shaping them.
- Melted white chocolate drizzle
Christmas Magic
When I was a kid magic happened all around me all the time but I've found as I've grown older I've had to be a participant in the magic rather than just an observer of it. The wide eyed wonder of the child is replaced with the deep satisfaction of the adult as we create that magic for our kids and grandkids. Most of the time for me going through the motions turns into the real thing. Usually I find that spark of elusive magic, that joy of Christmas, when and where I least expect it.
Give yourself the gift of joy this year. Do one thing a day that brings you happiness. If it's making red velvet cookies then make red velvet cookies! I guarantee these will brighten up any cookie tray!
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Red Velvet Hershey Peppermint Kiss Cookies
Here's the easy red velvet, Hershey Kiss cookies recipe! It's so pretty on holiday cookie trays -- you're sure to love it.
Hershey Kiss Cookies: Holiday Red Velvet Peppermint
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Ingredients
- 36 Hersheys Peppermint Kisses
- 1 ½ cups flour
- 2 tablespoons flour
- 2 tablespoons dark cocoa powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- ½ cup softened butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tablespoon red food coloring
- 1 teaspoon buttermilk, may substitute vinegar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- Red Sugar Crystals
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375F.
- Whisk together flour, cocoa powder, baking soda and salt in a bowl.
- Set aside.
- In the bowl of an electric stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment, blend together butter and sugar until mixture is well blended -- about 3 minutes.
- Mix in egg.
- Add in food coloring, buttermilk, and vanilla extract.
- Mix on low until well blended.
- Leave mixer on low speed and slowly add in the flour mixture.
- Mix until combined.
- Chill for 30 minutes or more.
- While the dough is chilling unwrap the kisses and set them nearby.
- Roll 1 rounded tablespoon of the dough into a ball.
- Roll the ball in the red sugar crystals and place on a baking sheet lined with Silpat.
- Bake in about 8 to 10 minutes.
- Remove from the oven.
- Allow the cookies to firm up for a few seconds.
- Lightly press 1 peppermint kiss into the center of each cookie.
- Allow Kisses to set or put in the fridge for the chocolate to firm up before storing or serving.
- Store in an airtight container.
Notes
- Shape the dough into rounds, roll in the sugar, and then freeze for later. When ready to bake just put the frozen balls on a cookie sheet and bake as directed.
- The baked cookies freeze well, too.
- The cookies will likely leave red food color stains on your hands when you are shaping them.
- Use any flavor Kisses you like!
- Melted white chocolate drizzled over the top is a nice finish to these cookies.
- A sprinkle of powdered sugar over the top is nice, too.
- Be careful not to crowd the cookies on the baking sheet.
- Line your cookie sheet with parchment paper or silpat to help keep the cookies from sticking.
Shawn
These look perfect for Christmas!
Marye Audet
Thank you! 🙂
Nicole Taggart
i;m not in the mood for Christmas, but I am in the mood for theses cookies
Marye Audet
LOL!