Chocolate Crinkle Kisses
My friend Anna made these cookies one year as a hostess gift when she and her hubby André came for dinner. Barb of Profiteroles and Ponytails introduced us to André about 20 years ago (André is a commercial photographer whom I employed a lot in my corporate days). I LOVED the candy cane flavour with the chocolate and I begged her for the recipe; she was happy to oblige and it’s been on my Christmas cookie list ever since. Hope you love it too! Check out Jessica’s blog kitchenbelleicious, she has a great candy cookie recipe with white chocolate and actual candy canes!
SEE UPDATE: Makes about 3 dozen or more cookies- depending on the size you like. My cookies start out about the size of a walnut.
Chocolate Krinkle Kisses
Update December 2015:
Make each ball 20 g and you will yield 44 cookies. The new bags of Hershey’s Candy Cane Kisses (88 g) contain 20 pieces so instead of buying 3 bags and having a bunch left over, I simple cut 4 in half top to bottom and lay them into the cookie.
Ingredients:
- ½ cup icing sugar
- 3/4 cup melted butter
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 2 tsps vanilla extract
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 large eggs
- 6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 bag of Hershey candy cane kisses
Directions:
- Sift icing sugar into a small bowl, set aside.
- In a large bowl, mix the melted butter with the cocoa powder and granulated sugar.
- Using an electric mixer, beat the eggs and vanilla Into the chocolate mixture.
- Slowly mix in all the Dry ingredients until combined. Stir in the chocolate Chips.
- Cover and refrigerate about 2 hours.
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Roll dough into a small ball about the size of a walnut; roll balls in the icing sugar.
- Place on parchment covered baking sheet, leaving about 2 inches between the cookies. Bake 6-7 minutes. Remove from oven and insert 1 unwrapped Kiss on each cookie in the centre, pressing down firmly without the kiss touching the cookie sheet on the underside.
- Return to oven for 2 minutes more of baking.
- Let the cookies cool on the sheet; transfer to racks to cool completely before storing (the kisses take a few hours to reset, you don’t want to store them before they reset, otherwise they will not maintain their cute little shape.
[…] cranberries to the batch to make them a little more festive. And last but not least, the delightful Chocolate Crinkle Kisses that really embrace the festive season with the lovely candy cane kiss! I even snuck in some […]
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G’day! Your cookies look delish Evam true!
Wish I could come through the screen and try one and loved your photo too!
Cheers! Joanne
Viewed as part of Helene’s Christmas Cookie Collection 2013
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Thanks so much Joanne, I’ve got a couple of new things that I’ve added this year but I just don’t have time to post them!
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[…] Chocolate Crinkle Kisses […]
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Yum!!
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Thanks so much for dropping by Judy. Your blog is beautiful, I can’t believe all the lovely sweets you have on it.
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[…] been wanting to make Chocolate Crinkle Kisses (the adorable crinkle cookies with the Candy Cane Kiss in the middle) for ages now. These cookies […]
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I love all the cookie recipes ..these look so elegant and I am sure they taste even better
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Thank you for your kind words Sawsan, they do look rather festive, but the real surprise comes when you discover how yummy chocolate and peppermint really is!
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I love these ones best of all Eva. Every year I plan to ask you where you get those kisses, as I’ve never seen them in the stores. Now, I know your secret! YUM! Happy baking!
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Anna told me, Barb! Now I ask JT to get them when the season arrives!
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I’ve added this recipe to my holiday baking list. Wonderful!
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Thanks for dropping by Kristi and welcome. I’ll pop over and check out your blog.
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How cute and festive are those cookies! Just gorgeous.
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Thanks Charlie Louie, they are definitely one of my more festive cookies.
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Crinkle kisses – love it! – even the name has got me all excited. I like that you described the starting size of the cookie – and the splash of red from the kiss amidst the darkness is beautiful!
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Thanks Kelly, they totally taste like Christmas!
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Beautiful crinkles, esp. with the kiss..just so lovely and festive.
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Thanks Angie, they are a family fabourite!
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I visited the Belleicious web site but found the formatting on her blog just didn’t make for very comfortable viewing on my monitor (it seemed very claustraphobic) so I won’t be returning. A shame, because the recipes I did look at seemed interesting.
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Hi Maria, I wonder if you just chose a different browser if that makes a difference. I use Firefox most of the time, and when that fails I have safari too.
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I have Firefox and really didn’t enjoy seeing the recipe squished on the left 1/3 of the screen while all the other stuff took up the other 2/3 on the right.
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Too bad, Maria. Jessica has some lovely recipes.
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How delicious are these? So adorable, too! Thank you for the introduction to your friend – I’m enjoying her blog very much!
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Thank you so much for visiting her, Ann. It really does mean so much to me (particularly since you were so instrumental in my commenting successes!). Thank you!
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These are just adorable! My kids would love them – so would my mom! 😉
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They are totally festive, thanks Kristy!
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These would have such a lovely crunch to them in the centre! Yum! My cup of tea is now looking very lonely 😛
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Thanks Lorraine, they would go amazing with tea or coffee!
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Beautiful looking and lovely sounding cookies. I’ve never seen the peppermint kisses but they are adorable! Those cookies just say Merry Christmas all over!
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They sure do Betsey. But best of all, they are super chocolatey and the candy cane kisses are perfect with the chocolate!
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Oh you are so sweet! Thanks for the shout out- however I am thinking those cookies of yours look even better than mine! I love crinkles especially with chocolate in the center.
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Thanks Jessica. They are easy too, other than having to peel the packing off the kisses! Happy Holidays!
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I’m loving this since it’s easy to make and so festive! I think it’s about time I have a cookie recipe on my blog too – you’ve inspired me :).
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Thanks Divya, I’ll be sure to check out your cookie recipe (I’m sure it will be healthier than mine!)
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They are very festive little cookies and would be a lovely treat on a holiday cookie platter.
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These are great and I’d love to serve them on the same platter as the PB cookies with Hershey’s kisses.
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Quick question – what is ‘icing sugar’ – is that the same as confectioner’s or powdered sugar?
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Hi Bill, sorry but I just spotted this question; icing sugar is the same as powdered sugar and confectioners sugar.
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Those look so awesome!
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Awesome…just like peanut butter cookies with Hershey chocolate kisses, expect with a good old fashion holiday flavor.
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Beautiful, festive and easy — you’ve won the Trifecta. I might have to search out some of those Hershey candies because these would look so good on a cookie plate. I’ve been looking for a peppermint cookie for awhile.
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They sure do look lovely on a cookie plate, I would definitely choose crystal or just plain white. Thanks for the compliment, I had to look up trifecta :-)!
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I’ll take the cookies, though I’d give the Hershey kisses a miss (Can’t even get them here anyway) – I love the look of them though… so adorable, with a little pointy candy cane kiss in the middle 😀
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I understand about the candy cane flavour, the cookies are seriously chocolatey. If you are not putting the candy cane kiss in the centre, I would press down each ball with the palm of your hand and bake the extra 2 minutes.
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