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.