Peppermint Kiss Cookies Recipe, a fun looking and delicious sugar cookies topped with a peppermint kiss chocolate also known as blossom cookies or candy cane cookies. This adorable looking cookies is chewy with a touch of peppermint flavour which makes it a perfect cookies for holidays. Learn how to make peppermint kisses cookies with stepwise pictures and video.
Peppermint Kiss Cookies Recipe
Whenever I see a packet of hersheys kisses, the first thing that comes to my mind is to bake blossom cookies. When my sister bought these limited edition kisses with peppermint swirl from USA, I immediately made blossom cookies. I have made couple of blossom cookies on the blog already, check my butter blossom cookies and secret kiss cookies.
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Kiss cookies or blossom cookies are all over the internet, you must have seen them many times too. This one is special because of the flavour combo. The peppermint white chocolate kisses goes perfect with the soft and chewy sugar cookies. These cookies makes great gift hampers for holiday season. The cookies are exceptional to look at because the colourful look. Sprinkle coated cookies topped with the white and red striped candy cane kisses is adorable.
About Peppermint Kiss Cookies
Kiss cookies also known as blossom cookies is one of the most popular cookie recipe. There are many versions of blossom cookies made, some of the most popular flavour combos are peanut butter, white chocolate, chocolate, turtle, marshmallow and many more. A simple cookie dough is baked into cookies and topped with kisses. Depending on your flavour preference you can make the cookies.
For this recipe I used a basic sugar cookie dough. For fun, I rolled them in sprinkles, you can roll them in coloured sugar as well. It is important to allow the cookie to cool for 2 minutes before placing kisses on top else the kisses may melt too much.
Placing kisses chocolate over slightly hot cookies will melt the base of the chocolate slightly and make them stick to the cookies better. Even though I am calling them peppermint kisses, they are known as candy cane kisses because of the pretty red stripes.
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Peppermint Kiss Cookies Ingredients
Plain flour – like all sugar cookie dough, this one uses plain flour. Wheat flour can be used for healthy alternative but the results may vary.
sugar – I used powdered granulated sugar. Take regular sugar in a blender and powder them. You can even use caster sugar.
Butter – soft unsalted butter is preferred for this recipe. Don’t allow the butter to melt, else the cookie dough may get too runny.
Baking powder – a small amount of baking powder will enhance the spread and provide the chewy texture.
Flavourings – I used pure vanilla extract and salt as flavouring in the cookie dough.
Egg – I haven’t made this cookies eggless, but you can check my eggless sugar cookies for egg free option.
Peppermint Kiss – I used peppermint swirled kiss for this cookies. You can simply leave out the kiss entirely or use any of your favorite variation.
Sprinkles – roll the cookie dough in sprinkle for colourful look. You can use coloured sugar for the coating.
What Makes this Cookies Special and Why you will Love them!
Easy and affordable – the cookie dough is basic sugar cookie dough and doesn’t use any fancy equipments. It is very budget friendly too. Moreover the simplicity of the cookies is what I love about it.
Fun to make – the kiss chocolate in the centre makes the cookies look so pretty and adorable. You can easily whip this up under 30 minutes from start to finish.
Perfect for holiday – the cookie looks so pretty and you can customise it to your needs. Perfect for parties or holidays.
How to Make Peppermint Kiss Cookies (Stepwise Pictures)
1)Preheat oven to 180 degree c. Line a baking tray with parchment paper and set aside. Take all your ingredients.
2)Take softened butter in a bowl.
3)Add in powdered sugar. You can use confectioners sugar or icing sugar. But I used regular sugar which I powdered.
4)Add in vanilla extract.
5)Mix this together until it is creamy.
6)Add in egg and mix well.
7)Add in salt and baking powder.
8)Mix till creamy.
9)Add in plain flour.
10)Mix until it forms into a dough.
11)Use an ice cream scoop to take the dough from bowl shape it into a ball.
12)Shape the cookie dough into a smooth ball.
13)Repeat this with the remaining cookie dough.
14)Now take each cookie ball and roll it in sprinkles and place it back into the tray.
15)Instead of using sprinkles, you can use coloured sugar or regular caster sugar.
16)Arrange the cookies in a baking tray.
17)Gently press over the cookie ball to flatten it slightly.
18)Place it into the oven and bake for 10 to 12 minutes. Remove the cookie tray from oven and allow them to cool slightly for 2 minutes.
19)Now place the kiss chocolate over the slightly hot cookies firmly so the base of the kisses will melt and stick to the cookie better.
20)Allow the cookies to rest so it cool completely. Serve with milk.
21)Enjoy.
Expert Tips
- Use soft unsalted butter for even mixing. Using salted butter may make the cookies too salty.
- You can use coloured sugar instead of sprinkles.
- Any variety of kisses chocolate can be used.
- Don’t let the cookies cool completely else the kisses will not stick to the cookies.
Serving and storage
You can enjoy this cookies on its own or with a glass of milk. Store the cookies in an air tight container at room temp. They will stay fresh for a week.
FAQ
Should I used unsalted butter?
Yes it is important to use soft unsalted butter for baking so you can control the salt level in the cookies. Using salted butter can make your baked goods too salty.
I can’t find peppermint kisses, can I use any other chocolate?
I used peppermint swirled kiss for this cookies. You can simply leave out the kiss entirely or use any of your favorite variation.
My cookie dough is too sticky to shape ball?
Sometimes cookie dough can get too sticky so you cannot shape ball. At that time, place your cookies dough in fridge for 30 minutes to firm up slightly.
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Peppermint Kiss Cookies Recipe
Peppermint Kiss Cookies Recipe, a fun looking and delicious sugar cookies topped with a peppermint kiss chocolate also known as blossom cookies or candy cane cookies. This adorable looking cookies is chewy with a touch of peppermint flavour which makes it a perfect cookies for holidays. Learn how to make peppermint kisses cookies with stepwise pictures and video.
Servings: 12 Cookies
Calories: 144kcal
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Notes
- Use soft unsalted butter for even mixing. Using salted butter may make the cookies too salty.
- You can use coloured sugar instead of sprinkles.
- Any variety of kisses chocolate can be used.
- Don’t let the cookies cool completely else the kisses will not stick to the cookies.
Serving and storage
You can enjoy this cookies on its own or with a glass of milk. Store the cookies in an air tight container at room temp. They will stay fresh for a week.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookies | Calories: 144kcal | Carbohydrates: 23g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 26mg | Sodium: 91mg | Potassium: 19mg | Fiber: 0.3g | Sugar: 15g | Vitamin A: 141IU | Calcium: 27mg | Iron: 1mg
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