These Hershey kiss sugar cookies are thick, soft and chewy. If you are looking for an easy to make, no chill required cookie that can be easily customized, look no further.
These thick, round sugar cookies are topped with a Hersheys kiss making them an easy, yet festive and delicious treat. Hershey's kiss sugar cookies are perfect for everyday snacking, Christmas, Valentine's and more.
Similar in process to these chocolate chip sugar cookies or these Jam Filled heart thumbprint cookies, this recipe uses a delicious and chewy sugar cookie base.
🧁Why To Try This Recipe
Easy to customize - make these for any occasion by swapping out the type of Hershey's kiss that you top them off with.
Perfect texture - these cookies are thick, soft and chewy.
Quick & easy - with only a few ingredients, no fancy techniques and no chill time required they are easy to make.
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🥄Equipment
- Hand or Stand Mixer
- Spatula or Wooden Spoon
- Measuring Spoons
- Measuring Cups
- Cookie Sheet
- Mixing Bowl
📋Ingredients
- Hershey's Kisses
- Flour
- White Sugar
- Butter - softened
- Eggs
- Vanilla Extract
- Salt
- Baking Soda
See recipe card for quantities.
📖Substitutions & Variations
Here are a few ways you can customize the flavor of these cookies to suit your preferences.
- Use different Hershey's Kisses - Hershey's kisses come in all kinds of different variations. Switch out the type you use to vary the flavor and change them up for different occasions.
- Give the cookie base additional flavor: you can add 1 teaspoon of flavored extract like peppermint or almond into the cookie dough if you want a little flavor to your cookies.
- Use food coloring - looking to serve these up at themed occasions? Add a dollop of food coloring to the cookie dough to make them any color you desire.
Want to make a similar cookie, but with a peanut butter flavor? Use these peanut butter cookies without brown sugar as the base.
⏲️Instructions
Follow along with these simple step-by-step instructions and process photos as you bake up a batch of these cookies for yourself.
Step one: if your cookie sheet is not non-stick make sure to grease it. Then, preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
Step two: Add sugar and softened butter to the mixing bowl.
Step three: With the mixer on medium to high speed, cream the butter and sugar together. This usually takes around 2 - 3 minutes.
Step four: Add eggs and vanilla extract to the bowl and mix on medium for a few minutes until completely combined.
Step five: On low speed, mix in flour and baking soda. Continue mixing until just combined.
Step six: Scoop 1 tablespoon sized balls of dough and place them a few inches apart on the baking sheet. Bake at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for around 10 - 12 minutes.
Step seven: Once cookies are almost completely cooled, place one Hershey's kiss in the center of each cookie.
Hint: to help them stay thick and round, roll the balls of dough tightly in your hands before placing them onto the baking sheet.
⭐Recipe Tips for Success
- Don't overdo the dough - to keep these soft and chewy, make sure not to overmix or overbake the dough. You should mix it just well enough so ingredients are combined. Cookies should be baked until edges are firm, but centers are still slightly soft.
- Don't melt the kisses - if you pop the kisses on immediately after baking they will melt. You can freeze them to help them from melting, but also if you just add them when the cookies are almost completely cool that works also.
- Soften the butter - make sure the butter is properly softened (this helps to avoid overmixing). It can be softened by sitting a whole stick at room temperature for an hour; or cut into pieces for about 30 minutes.
Storage
Baked cookies: can be kept in an airtight container at room temperature for up to a week. Or packaged the same way and frozen for up to a year.
Uncooked dough: can be wrapped in cling wrap and put in an airtight container and refrigerated for 2 -3 days. Or, packaged the same way and frozen for up to three months.
Hershey Kiss Sugar Cookies
Equipment
- Stand or Hand Mixer
- Mixing bowl
- Spatula or Large Spoon
- Measuring Spoons
- measuring cups
- cookie sheet
Ingredients
- 1 bag Hershey's Kisses
- 3 Cups Flour
- 2 Cups White Sugar
- .25 teaspoons Salt
- 2 Eggs
- 1.25 teaspoons Baking Soda
- 1 teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- 1 Cup Butter softened
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit.
- Add 1 cup of softened butter and 2 cups of white sugar to the mixing bowl.
- Cream butter and sugar together on medium high speed for about 2 - 3 minutes. When done they should be light, fluffy and well combined.
- Add 2 eggs and 1 teaspoon of vanilla extract to the bowl. Combine well on medium speed for a minute or two.
- Add 3 cups of flour, .25 teaspoons of salt and 1.25 teaspoons of baking soda to the bowl. On low speed, mix for a few minutes until well combined.
- Use a tablespoon or cookie scoop to measure out 1 tablespoon balls of dough.
- Place the balls of dough a few inches apart on the cookie sheet.
- Bake for 10 - 12 minutes at 350 degrees or until edges are firm.
- Allow cookies to almost completely cool before adding one Hershey's kiss to the center of each cookie.
Notes
- Don't overdo the dough - to keep these soft and chewy, make sure not to overmix or overbake the dough. You should mix it just well enough so ingredients are combined. Cookies should be baked until edges are firm, but centers are still slightly soft.
- Don't melt the kisses - if you pop the kisses on immediately after baking they will melt. You can freeze them to help them from melting, but also if you just add them when the cookies are almost completely cool that works also.
- Soften the butter - make sure the butter is properly softened (this helps to avoid overmixing). It can be softened by sitting a whole stick at room temperature for an hour; or cut into pieces for about 30 minutes.
- Keep them thick - to help them stay thick and round, roll the balls of dough tightly in your hands before placing them onto the baking sheet.
Nutrition information provided is just an estimate and may vary based on specific ingredients used.
