You will adore these Sugar Cookie Blossoms they are quick and easy and feature a basic sugar cookie base, coated in colorful sugar, and finished with a Hershey's Kiss and delightful spring-themed sprinkles!
Chewy, buttery and so pretty, and filled with a delicious chocolaty kiss they are perfect for your Spring celebrations and a fun twist on the classic blossom cookie!
I love making cute desserts like these Sugar Cookie Blossoms and my Mini Donuts for Spring entertaining! They are also a great addition to your Easter Cookie recipes collection! These easy recipes are fun, festive, colorful, and delicious and they make everyone smile!
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Why You'll Love These Sugar Cookie Blossoms!
This Hershey Kiss Sugar Cookie recipe is:
- Homemade but so easy to make with simple ingredients! In a pinch, you could use a sugar cookie mix to save time but homemade is always so much better!
- Makes a delicious buttery and soft sugar cookie with a decadent bite of chocolate in the middle from the Hershey's Kiss!
- So much fun to make with kids they will love rolling them in colored sugar and adding the chocolate kiss to the center!
- Customizable in any colors that match your event or theme and sprinkles of your choice to really make them extra special! Use red and green colored sugar and sprinkles and Sugar Cookie Kisses for the Christmas holiday season!
Ingredient Notes
These Hershey Kiss Sugar Cookies are so easy to make with just a few simple ingredients:
- All-purpose flour - regular all-purpose flour is all you need for these pantry staple cookies! Also if you find your cookie dough a little on the wet side you can use a little more flour to get it to the right consistency.
- Baking Soda
- Salt - balances the sweetness of the sugar cookies. I always prefer adding salt to taste to my baking vs. using salted butter.
- Granulated sugar
- Unsalted butter - if you only have salted butter just omit the salt in the recipe.
- Egg
- Pure vanilla extract - you can also try almond extract for a fun change or half vanilla and half almond which is my personal favorite combination for sugar cookies!
- Milk (optional) - the milk will help to thin out your dough if you find it too stiff when mixing.
- Colored Sugar/Sprinkles for rolling - here's where you can let your creativity run wild! Choose any sanding sugars and sprinkles to your heart's content!
- 24 Hershey Kisses - I prefer the classic Hershey's kisses but feel free to try any of their yummy varieties!
How to Make Sugar Cookie Blossoms
- 1. Heat oven then cream butter and sugar.
- 2. Mix in egg and vanilla.
- 3. Whisk together dry ingredients.
- 4. Gradually mix into wet ingredients.
- 5. Scoop and shape dough, roll balls and dip into colored sugar.
- 6. Arrange dough balls on a prepared ungreased cookie sheet.
- 7. After baking remove from the oven and press a Hershey's Kiss to the center of each cookie. *see the recipe card below for the full tutorial.
Frequently Asked Questions
These sugar cookies with kisses can stay fresh for 4-5 days at room temperature in an airtight container.
Yes! Traditional blossom cookies usually contain peanut butter but you can use a shortbread, sugar cookie or even a chocolate cookie base for these cookies! All of the varieties are just as delicious as peanut butter blossoms but it's great to have options for allergies!
There are a couple of reasons why your Hershey Kiss cookies could turn out flat. One could be that your cookies are spreading if your kitchen is very warm or you are handling your dough for too long. To remedy this pop them in the fridge for 20-30 minutes to chill and then bake them. Also if your oven is too hot it could lead to flat cookies because your butter is melting too fast. You can either bake at a lower temperature or use convection.
Expert Tips
- This recipe doesn't require chilling but you absolutely can if you would like to.
- A helpful tip is to unwrap the Hershey Kisses beforehand so that you can easily press them into the cookies once they are out of the oven.
- If you would like to keep the Hershey Kisses soft on the cookies, you can add the cookies back into the oven for 30 seconds after placing the Hershey kisses on the cookies.
- The cookies will be soft when they come out of the oven and will firm up as they cool, so it's recommended to work on parchment paper.
- The yield will depend on the size of cookie scoop you use but you should get about 24 cookies.
- If the dough spreads too thin, it may be because it's too wet, which can be corrected by adding more flour before rolling or by chilling the dough.
- Make the dough ahead of time and store it in the fridge or freezer for up to 5 days and 3 months, respectively if desired.
- When baking, the edges of the cookies should turn golden brown, and the shine on the cookies should be gone to indicate that they are done.
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Recipe
Sugar Cookie Blossoms
Ingredients
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup white granulated sugar
- ½ cup unsalted butter room temperature
- 1 egg
- 2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
- 1 Tablespoon milk optional for thinning cookie dough
- Colored Sugar/Sprinkles for rolling
- 24 Hershey Kisses
Instructions
- To begin, preheat the oven to 350 degrees and get a baking sheet ready by covering it with parchment paper.
- Next, mix together the flour, baking soda, and salt in a medium-sized bowl and set it aside.
- In a separate large mixing bowl, use an electric mixer on medium-low speed (or a stand mixer with the paddle attachment) to combine the granulated sugar and butter until the mixture becomes light and fluffy. Then, add in the egg and vanilla extract and continue mixing until everything is fully combined.
- Gradually add the flour mixture, ½ cup at a time, until all the ingredients are well incorporated and the dough reaches a playdough-like consistency. If necessary, adjust the consistency with additional milk or flour.
- Scoop small 1-inch balls of cookie dough using a small cookie scoop cookie dough using a cookie scoop and roll them in colored sugar and/or sprinkles before placing them on the prepared baking sheet.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes or until the edges start to turn light brown.
- Once done, take them out of the oven and put a Hershey Kiss in the center of each cookie. Let them cool completely before serving.
Notes
expert tips
- This recipe doesn't require chilling but you absolutely can if you would like to.
- A helpful tip is to unwrap the Hershey Kisses beforehand so that you can easily press them into the cookies once they are out of the oven.
- If you would like to keep the Hershey Kisses soft on the cookies, you can add the cookies back into the oven for 30 seconds after placing the Hershey kisses on the cookies.
- The cookies will be soft when they come out of the oven and will firm up as they cool, so it's recommended to work on parchment paper.
- The yield will depend on the size of cookie scoop you use but you should get about 24 cookies.
- If the dough spreads too thin, it may be because it's too wet, which can be corrected by adding more flour before rolling or by chilling the dough.
- The dough can be made ahead of time and stored in the fridge or freezer for up to 5 days and 3 months, respectively.
- When baking, the edges of the cookies should turn golden brown, and the shine on the cookies should be gone to indicate that they are done.
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