Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Chocolate Mint Truffle Kiss Cookies

Christmas cookies!! Last year, I made sun butter kiss cookies and they were a big hit. This year, I decided to use Hershey’s Mint Truffle Kisses and place them on a chocolate base:

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Ingredients:

  • 1 stick unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 1 3/4 cups all purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • Hershey’s Mint Truffle Kisses

Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F

In a stand mixer (or using a hand mixer), cream the butter and sugars. Add in egg and vanilla and mix until well combined.

In a mixing bowl, stir together flour, cocoa powder, baking powder and salt.

Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients until combined.

Use a cookie scoop (or rounded tablespoon) to scoop dough onto a cookie sheet. Press an unwrapped (duh) kiss into each dough ball. Bake for ~12 minutes. Let cookies cool completely before packing.

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The results:

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Yayyy for chocolate and mint:

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Did you come up with a new cookie recipe this year or try out a new recipe? Links welcome!!

24 comments:

Christina said...

don't ask me how, but i have yet to try those kisses. crazy right?!

Katie said...

Those look delicious!! I like the twist with mint!

Renee@Mykitchenadventures said...

chocolate and mint = LOVE! I made some salted caramel shortbread cookies (posted recipe) and some red velvet crinkles (will post recipe) new this year. Loved them both.

vanillasugarblog said...

Good job E!
I have yet to make holiday thumbprint cookies--it's been on the list like forever this holiday season.

Heather said...

I love when people bake the kiss cookies with the kiss already on the cookie (I don't like when the kiss is put on after the cookies come out of the over). They're so delicious!

itzyskitchen said...

omgosh amazing...must try!!

itzyskitchen said...

Will be checking BOTH recipes out!!

janetha said...

oooooh! those look so yummy! i love mint anything.

Shannon G said...

chocolate and mint is a fabulous combination!!

CouchPotatoLiz said...

These sound delicious! I love chocolate and mint together!

Aggie said...

Oh, chocolate and mint are just perfect together. I love all the fun Hershey's that come out around this time of year.

Brittany Dahn said...

Just restocked my supply of those mint kisses this weekend. To die for. They are my new favorite. Yummmm. In fact, I think I'm going to go eat one or five now ;) The cookies look great. If I have enough kisses left, I'll need to bake some cookies with them too!

Kerr said...

I was going to make something similar but I accidentally ate all the kisses first. Oops.

purelytwins said...

you had us at chocolate and mint!!! you know that is our all time favorite flavor combo :)
truffle cookies look fantastic!!!!

julie said...

yayyyy coookieeeees!!!! i'm not baking ANYTHING this year hahaha - seriously i'm just leaving it up to the italian pros to handle the cookie department - it's my one christmas wish hahaha. but i do HEART anything with mint in it!

Jenn (eating bender) said...

Yum! These look amazing! I owe my mom a batch of crinkle cookies ASAP but I can't go a year without some form of these cookies - whether peanut butter blossoms or chocolate mint truffle kiss, I love Hershey's. :)

Anna @ On Anna's Plate said...

Mmmm...these look so good! I haven't done ANY holiday baking yet-- I need to get on it!

Blond Duck said...

Yum!


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Anne Marie@New Weigh of Life said...

They look amazing!

itzyskitchen said...

Hey! Yes- I have considered teaching both actually (and flow). IMO it is only possible to handle three programs at a time (if you have a regular job too). It is just TOO much choreography! If I were to get certified in another program, it would probably be combat or flow

Faith said...

Oooh, those look so good! I'm a big fan of the chocolate/mint combo too...I need to pick up a bag of those kisses...and then make these beauties!

Candice said...

yum!!! I love kisses!

MizFit said...

these KISS COOKIES so remind me of my childhood....

Steph said...

Seriously just adore all the delicious baked goodies that come out of your kitchen!! I have never even seen these Hershey kisses either - want! Hope you are having the best time preparing for Christmas w that cute Lil baby girl if yours :)