Chocolate peppermint kiss cookies . . .
This cake box recipe is as simple as they come. It’s 100% kid-friendly, family taste-tested and busy mom approved. My girls LOVED every step of the baking process, and cleanup is a cinch. Did I mention they taste pretty dang good, too? Needless to say, these chocolate peppermint kiss cookies have quickly become a seasonal favorite. Go ahead and PIN the recipe now (and check out these easy entertaining + holiday eats). Once the first batch of cookies comes out of the oven, your kitchen will smell like a sugary-sweet Christmas dream.
Chocolate Peppermint Kiss Cookies
- Prep Time: 10 Minutes
- Cook Time: 8 Minutes
- Total Time: 18 minutes
- Yield: 20-24 Cookies 1x
- Category: Cookies
Description
This festive spin on classic blossom cookies is kid-friendly and mom-approved. We make them every year.
Ingredients
chocolate cake mix
2 eggs
1/3 c. canola oil
1 tsp. peppermint extract
a bag of peppermint flavored Hershey’s Kisses
1/4 c. of sugar
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 350, and line a baking sheet with parchment paper (makes removing hot cookies much easier!).
In a large bowl, combine the cake mix, eggs, oil and peppermint extract. Do not over mix–you’ll want the wet ingredients to completely incorporate the dry ingredients without the dough becoming too stiff.
Cover the bowl with cling wrap, and let it chill in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. Also, remove the wrappers from the candy Kisses, and let those chill in the freezer until the cookies are ready.
Pour the sugar in a shallow bowl, and remove the chilled cookie dough from the fridge. Form the dough into 2″ balls. Then, roll the balls in the sugar.
Spread out the formed dough balls on the baking sheet, and bake at 350 for 7 minutes.
Quickly remove the cookies from the baking sheet (to halt the cooking process). I like to carefully slide the entire piece of parchment paper off the baking sheet onto the countertop, cookies and all. Be sure to put the hot baking sheet somewhere where little hands can’t touch it!
Now, take the Kisses out of the refrigerator–it’s finally their time to shine.
While the cookies are still warm, press the frozen peppermint Kisses into the center of each cookie. Let the cookies cool completely before serving.
Notes
Baker’s tip: I always unwrap + freeze the Kisses because it keeps them from melting once they top the warm cookies. The Kisses will naturally unthaw as the cookies cool.
Keywords: Cake Mix Cookies, Holiday Cookies
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