Chocolate Kiss Cookies

 
for keeping our spirits merry and bright with holiday baking and cooking. 

with Chocolate Kiss Cookies made with a dark chocolate batter, rolled in colorful sprinkles and topped with a dark chocolate Hershey Kiss. A fun holiday cookie kid friendly and perfect for celebrating a purple Sunday win for the Vikings!

But note these cookies aren't just for Christmas as you can change up the color sprinkles to match the holiday e.g. Valentine's Day, 4th of July and there's plenty of Hershey Kisses flavors to choose from. 

Recipe adapted from sallysbakingaddiction.com and makes 24 cookies.

Ingredients: 

• 1 cup all-purpose flour
• ½ cup Dutch process or unsweetened cocoa powder (I used Dark Hersheys Unsweetened Cocoa) 
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• ½ cup butter softened
• 2/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1 large egg yolk at room temperature
• 2 tablespoons milk
• 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
• ¾ cup nonpareil sprinkles
• 24 Hershey’s Kisses unwrapped (I used special dark flavor) 
  

Directions:

• In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
• In a bowl beat the butter on medium-high speed until smooth, about 1 minute. Add the sugar and beat on medium-high speed until creamed, about 2 minutes. Add the egg yolk, milk, and vanilla extract, and beat on high speed until combined, about 1 minute. Scrape down the sides and up the bottom of the bowl and beat again as needed to combine.
• Add the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients and mix on low speed until combined.
• Place dough in freezer for 20 minutes. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line baking sheets with parchment paper or Silpat baking mats, set aside.
• Pour the sprinkles into a small bowl. Roll dough into balls about 3 teaspoons of dough per cookie, then roll each ball into the sprinkles to coat. Place the dough balls on the prepared baking sheet, 2 inches apart.
• Bake the cookies for 11-12 minutes.
• Remove the cookies from the oven and allow them to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes. Press the chocolate kisses into the center of each cookie. Transfer the cookies to a wire rack to cool completely.
  
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