Chocolate Peppermint Kiss Cookies – These soft, chewy, chocolatey, and heavenly delicious no-chill festive cookies are perfect for the holiday season!
What are chocolate peppermint kiss cookies?
These are also known as Chocolate Candy Cane Blossoms. These cookies are soft, chewy and festive treats made with a chocolatey cookie dough that is rolled in sugar before baking. Once baked, they are topped with a peppermint kiss candy. As the cookie cools, the Kiss softens slightly, creating a deliciously sweet and minty center. These are popular during the holiday season and are often enjoyed as a sweet treat or given as homemade gifts.
They’re often enjoyed as a festive addition to cookie exchanges or as a treat for holiday gatherings.
Why you’ll love this recipe:
Perfect for the holiday season with their refreshing peppermint flavor.
It’s a no-chill cookie recipe and can be made under 30 minutes.
Wonderful as homemade gifts.
Perfect addition to cookie exchanges.
Very easy and quick to prepare!
Ingredients & Substitutions:
All Purpose Flour – Also known as plain flour. I haven’t tried them with any gluten-free flours yet.
Cocoa Powder – Use a good quality unsweetened cocoa powder or Cacao powder for the best results.
Candy Cane Kisses – Hershey’s peppermint flavored kisses are the key ingredient. You could also use any type of hershey’s kisses.
Butter – I have used unsalted butter. Skip salt if you are going to use salted butter. Make sure the butter is softened at room temperature.
Sugar – I have used fine white sugar for the dough and rolling. You could also substitute half of the white sugar with brown sugar for chewier cookies.
Vanilla – Enhances the flavor. You could use peppermint extract as well for stronger mint flavor.
Baking Soda – Do not skip adding baking soda, it will help cookies rise and gives them a slightly lighter texture.
Milk – You can use any kind of milk here.
Salt – Skip it if you are using salted butter.
Serving suggestions:
Storage suggestions:
These can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to a week.
Can I freeze the dough?
Absolutely, you can freeze the dough easily. Wrap the dough in plastic wrap, then place it in a freezer bag or airtight container. Thaw in the refrigerator before using. You can also freeze the individual rolled dough balls.
Can the baked cookies be frozen?
Yes, once the cookies are baked and topped with peppermint kisses, arrange the cooled cookies in an airtight container and separate the layers with parchment papers. They can be frozen for up to 2 months. Thaw the cookies at room temperature whenever you want to have a cookie.
Tips & Notes:
Make sure your butter is softened. Room temperature butter blends better with the sugar.
Swap half of the sugar with light brown sugar for chewier cookies.
Make sure you are using high quality ingredients for the best taste and flavor.
Add a little bit of peppermint extract to the dough along with vanilla if you want a stronger mint flavor.
Try to roll the cookie dough into even size balls. This ensures even baking.
Roll the shaped dough balls in colorful sprinkles instead of regular sugar to add a festive touch.
Do not overbake cookies. They should be just set and slightly golden around the edges.
DO NOT let the baked cookies cool completely. Allow them to cool for 2-3 minutes and while they are still warm, decorate them with candy cane kisses.
DO NOT move the cookies immediately after placing the kisses on the top. Otherwise, they will collapse.
Step by step instructions:
Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Line a baking tray with parchment paper and set aside.
Take flour, cocoa powder, salt and baking powder in a small mixing bowl.
Mix everything together and keep it aside until use.
Combine softened butter and sugar in a mixing bowl. Mix well using a spatula or hand mixer.
Add vanilla and milk to the creamed butter.
Give it a good mix until well combined.
Add the flour-cocoa mixture to the butter mixture and gently fold everything.
Mix everything to make a dough.
Take a tablespoon of dough and roll into a ball.
Roll the dough ball in sugar.
Arrange them on a lined baking tray spacing 2 inches apart. Bake them in the preheated oven for 10 minutes at 180 degrees C.
Once the cookies are baked, remove them from the oven and let them cool down for 2-3 minutes.
While cookies are still warm, press a unwrapped Hershey’s Kiss into the center of each cookie.
Let them cool completely and serve.
You might love Holiday recipes:
- Lemon Snowball Cookies
- Greek Easter Cookies
- Chocolate Cream Cheese Easter Braid
- Easter Popcorn
- Coconut Ice
- Avalanche Cookies
- Old Fashioned Cherry Winks
- Peppermint Fudge
- Peppermint Meltaways
How to make chocolate peppermint blossoms recipe video below:
Chocolate Peppermint Kiss Cookies
Ingredients
- ¾ Cup All Purpose Flour / Plain Flour
- ¼ Cup Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
- ¼ Teaspoon Baking Soda
- ⅛ Teaspoon Salt
- ¼ Cup Unsalted Butter, Softened
- ½ Cup Sugar
- 3 Tablespoons Milk
- ½ Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 15 Candy Cane Kisses
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Line a baking tray with parchment paper and set aside.
- Take flour, cocoa powder, salt and baking powder in a small mixing bowl.
- Mix everything together and keep it aside until use.
- Combine softened butter and sugar in a mixing bowl. Mix well using a spatula or hand mixer.
- Add vanilla and milk to the creamed butter.
- Give it a good mix until well combined.
- Add the flour-cocoa mixture to the butter mixture and gently fold everything.
- Mix everything to make a dough.
- Take a tablespoon of dough and roll into a ball.
- Roll the dough ball in sugar.
- Arrange them on a lined baking tray spacing 2 inches apart. Bake them in the preheated oven for 10 minutes at 180 degrees C.
- Once the cookies are baked, remove them from the oven and let them cool down for 2-3 minutes.
- While cookies are still warm, press a unwrapped Hershey’s Kiss into the center of each cookie.
- Let them cool completely and serve.
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Nutrition
Nutrition values are estimates only.
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