Candy Cane Kiss Surprise Cookies Recipes

PEPPERMINT CANDY CANE KISS COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Combine butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, and peppermint extract in a large bowl; beat with an electric mixer until smooth. Mix in flour, baking soda, and salt. Shape dough into 1-inch balls and place on ungreased baking sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges are golden, 9 to 10 minutes. Remove from the oven and press a white chocolate kiss in the center of each cookie. Immediately place the baking sheets in the freezer so the candy does not melt. Remove after 15 minutes. Repeat with remaining dough.

CANDY CANE KISS COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F (177°C). Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats. Set aside. Using a hand-held or stand mixer with a paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugar together on medium speed for 5 full minutes, scraping down the sides and the bottom as necessary. Add the egg yolks and vanilla, beating on medium-high until fully combined. Scrape down the sides and bottom of the bowl as necessary. In a medium bowl, toss the flour, baking powder, and salt together. Add the flour mixture to the wet ingredients on low speed until fully combined. The dough will be very thick. If the dough is extremely sticky, chill for at least 45 minutes.
• Roll dough into balls, a little less than 1 Tablespoon of dough each. The dough may seem dry*, but the warmth of your hands will allow it to come together in a ball. Roll into assorted sprinkles and bake for 8-10 minutes. The cookies will look very, very under baked. That's what you need. Do not over bake. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for about 5 minutes. Press a Hershey Kiss into the center and immediately put the cookie sheet into the freezer for 5 minutes. Doing this will prevent the kiss from melting. Cookies remain fresh tightly covered at room temperature for 1 week.
• Using a handheld or stand mixer with a paddle attachment, cream the butter on medium speed for about 20 seconds. Add the sugars with the mixer running on medium speed. Cream it all together until light and fluffy. Beat in the egg and vanilla. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed. Sift the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt together in a medium bowl. Slowly add to the wet ingredients on low speed. Beat in the milk on medium speed until combined. The dough will be thick and very sticky. Chill for at least 2 hours.
• Preheat oven to 350°F (177°C). Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats. Set aside. Roll dough into balls, a little more than 1 Tablespoon of dough each. Roll each ball into confectioners' sugar to coat heavily. Bake for 10-11 minutes. Cookies will appear undone and very soft. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for about 5 minutes. Press a Hershey Kiss into the center and immediately put the cookie sheet into the freezer for 5 minutes. Doing this will prevent the kiss from melting. Cookies remain fresh tightly covered at room temperature for 1 week.

CANDY CANE KISS SURPRISE COOKIES

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats. In the bowl of a stand mixer, cream together butter and sugars. Add in the egg,water, and extracts. Mix well. Add flour, baking soda, and cocoa. Taking a small teaspoon of dough at a time flatten into a disc. Place an unwrapped kiss in the center then wrap and mold the dough around the kiss so it is completely covered and sealed in the dough. Repeat with rest of dough and kisses, placing them 2 inches apart on the prepared cookie sheets. Bake for 8-10 minutes until they just barely begin to crack.

CANDY CANE COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• In a mixer bowl or by hand, cream butter and confectioners' sugar until light and fluffy, about 2 to 3 minutes. Beat in egg, almond extract, vanilla, and salt. Blend flour into mixture in several additions, beat until just combined.
• Remove half the dough from the bowl. Blend red food coloring into the half remaining in the bowl until the coloring is even. Cover dough a kitchen towel to keep it from drying out as you work. Use a floured teaspoon to measure 1 teaspoon each of white and red dough for each cookie. Roll into 4-inch ropes on a lightly floured surface. Place a red and white rope side-by-side, press together lightly and twist to form a spiral. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Curve top down to form handle of a candy cane. Bake until set, about 9 minutes. While the cookies are baking, put peppermint candies in a resealable plastic bag and crush into small pieces with a rolling pin. Mix the candy with the sugar. Place cooling rack over shallow pan. Immediately remove cookies from cookie sheet and gently place onto cooling rack. Sprinkle with candy/sugar mixture.
• Optional: Cool cookies, drizzle with melted chocolate, and add more candy mixture on top of chocolate.

CANDY CANE KISS COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
• Combine cookie mix, flour, butter, and egg in a mixing bowl. Mix until well blended.
• Pour sugar into a shallow dish. Roll dough into 1-inch balls; roll each in sugar. Place on ungreased cookie sheets.
• Bake in the preheated oven until edges are set and golden, 10 to 12 minutes.
• Remove cookies from the oven. Press a candy cane kiss in the center of each warm cookie. Let cool completely, 20 to 30 minutes.

CANDY CANE KISS MERINGUES

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 175...yes 175, not a typo! :o) Line 1 large cookie sheet or 2 smaller ones with parchment paper. Place unwrapped kisses onto the cookie sheets. I got 7 rows of 5 on one cookie sheet.
• 2. Combine your room temperature eggs whites with the sugar and allow to stand 15 minutes. This will help dissolve the sugar. Add cream of tartar to the sugar mixture and beat on high until stiff peaks form. Then mix in peppermint extract.
• 3. Take a large pastry bag/icing bag and snip the tip off to leave a 1/2" opening. Take your red food color and carefully squirt a stripe down the inside of bag, (less is more) press sides together so you have 2 stripes. Fill your bag with meringue and swirl around each kiss. Starting on the bottom and swirling around to the top finishing at the top, gently pull up on pastry bag to create a nice tip.
• 4. Bake at 175 for 1 hour and 40 minutes. Then turn oven off, open oven door, leave meringues in the oven, allowing them to cool slowly. When cool, immediately remove from cookies sheets and put into an air tight container to keep them crispy.
• 5. Gel color works best for this. You can also use a small paint brush to paint a stripe on the inside of the bag.

SURPRISE KISSES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375 degrees.
• Cream together butter, sugar and vanilla in a large bowl until fluffy.
• Gradually add in the flour and chopped pecans.
• Take about 1 Tbs.
• of the dough and roll into a ball.
• Press the dough down in the palm of your hand.
• Take a Hershey's Kiss and place it in the middle of your dough.
• Bring the sides of the dough up and around the Hershey's Kiss.
• Once the candy is completely surrounded by the dough, roll it again in the palm of your hands until a ball forms.
• Repeat this step until you use all of your candy or until all of your dough is gone.
• Place cookies on an un-greased cookie sheet and bake for only 10-11 minutes.
• Once cookies are completely cooled, roll them in the powdered sugar and ENJOY!

CANDY CANE KISS COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°F.
• In a mixing bowl, cream butter, shortening, and sugars together with a mixer for 1-2 minutes on medium-high or until light, fluffy, and well-blended.
• Beat in eggs and vanilla.
• In a small bowl, combine baking powder, baking soda, salt, flour, and cocoa. Add to egg mixture and mix until well combined.
• Stir in chocolate chips.
• Drop cookie dough by tablespoonfuls on an ungreased baking sheet.
• Bake at 350° F for 8-10 minutes or until centers are set but still soft. Remove from oven and cool on baking sheet 1-2 minutes.
• Press an unwrapped candy cane kiss gently onto the center of each cookie. Allow cookies to cool completely on a wire rack until kisses have hardened. If kisses do not harden enough, cookies may be placed briefly in the fridge or freezer to harden the kisses.