Too darn cute.
I am the first to admit that I am a sucker for cute packaging and anything "Holiday themed" as evidenced in earlier posts. I saw these candy can kisses hit my local CVS right after Halloween. Normally I would have made some gripe about it being too early to put out Christmas Candy, but since they were so cute, I bought a bag and put it in my pantry to be saved until today. How cute are these cookies? Could they be more festive? I just love them. They are really easy to make and would be perfect to leave out for Santa with a glass of milk. I followed the recipe exactly and it said it should make 48. I got 28. I could have made them a little smaller, but I really don't see how you could get 48 cookies from the dough. Otherwise no complaints.
I made my own colored sugar which is much more affordable than buying it. All you have to do is put white sugar in a sandwich bag with some food coloring. Then shake it around until it is blended. Add more color to reach your desired shade. If you do decide to make your own sugar, I suggest you make it the night before you make these cookies (so go make it tonight), because the sugar will need time to dry. To speed up the drying I spread the sugar on a plate and then stir it every so often (when I am in the kitchen).
UPDATE: I posted this recipe again with a few additional tips and sprinkle ideas. Click here: Candy Cane Blossoms II
UPDATE: I posted this recipe again with a few additional tips and sprinkle ideas. Click here: Candy Cane Blossoms II
Candy Cane Blossoms
recipe from Hershey's
1 bag Hershey;s Kisses brand Candy Cane Kisses
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 cup granulated sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 egg
2 cups all purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon baking soda
2 tablespoons milk
Red and Green colored sugar
Preheat over to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. Remove wrappers from candies (approx. 35)
Beat butter, sugar, vanilla, and egg in large bowl until well blended. Stir together flour, baking soda and salt; add alternatively with milk to butter mixture, beating until well blended.
Shape dough into 1 inch balls. Roll in red and/or green colored sugar. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake 8 - 1o minutes or until edges are lightly browned and cookies is set. Remove from oven; cool 2 to 3 minutes. Press candy piece into center of each cookie. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely. Yields approximately 35 cookies.
39 comments:
What a festive looking cookie! I bet they taste just as good as they look. Now I wish I had some of those candy cane blossoms to make these cookies. Risa, thnx for sharing the recipe!
These cookies look so simple and perfect for the holidays!
These are darling RIsa! They just about pop off the page!
I just made cookies like these, except they weren't peppermint. They look amazing! I love the color, really creative too(:
Great idea...these will have to wait until next year though - I'm bookmarking it :)
These are truly adorable!! WOW! I wish I had some :(
These cookies look adorable! I can't wait for next xmas holiday to make them. Thanks for the recipe!
I cant wait to make these. thanks!
These are so cute.. such a simple cookie and the addition of the sprinkles and striped kiss make a world of difference that I would have never thought of lol.. thanks for sharing :)
Oh these are holiday perfection! I've never had the candy cane kisses before; are they peppermint flavored or white chocolate? I'm thinking perhaps a few drops of peppermint flavoring in the dough would put these cookies over the top! Thanks for sharing!
These look so festive and delicious. Will definitely be making these for Christmas!!
I love these! I'm definitely bookmarking this for my cookie exchange next month!
I will be making this for our cookie exchange at work, now to find the candy cane kisses...hmmmm hope I find them:-))) Thanks for sharing this recipe;-))
got here through pinterest - these look great. I can't wait to make them!
Adorable cookies. Too cute. I will have to give it a try. I am a new follower. I would love for you to visit me too @http://www.mommiesandbeyond.com I discovered your blog via Stumble Upon!
SO CUTE! Thanks for the idea about coloring your own sugar. We have been buying colored sugar forever. Never thought about making my own!!!
I also got this recipe from Pinterest. I made them this afternoon and they turned out great. So cute and tasty, too! I added 1/2 tsp of peppermint extract, since I'm a minty-type person. I only got about 30 cookies, but they were good ones!
Help! Mine came out really flat! What did I do wrong?
Mine turned out awful. I don't know what I did wrong.
I made these today and they came out great! For those of you whose cookies turned out flat, maybe the balls were too big. The balls I made seemed small, but they came out a perfect size.
Thanks for the recipe!
This is exactly the kind of cookie I was looking for to make this year, thank you! I wanted something red and green and Christmasy. Thanks!
Michael Ann
The Big Green Bowl
These look amazing! I found this on pinterest and HAD to put them on my Friday Five Foodie Finds for this week!!
http://semihealthnut.blogspot.com/2011/12/friday-five-foodie-finds-10.html#more
Thanks for sharing!! :-)
Yes, mine also came out flat but still very tasty! Any tips on how to make them more "puffy"?
I made these today, YUM! Mine came out pretty flat too (@kmarsh) so next time I will add less milk. I also didn't wait long enough for them to cool before adding the kiss, so my kisses melted too much. Next time they will be perfect :-) Definitely a new addition to our regular cookie line-up!
For those whose cookies came out flat, was your butter too soft or possibly melted rather than softened? That's how you usually get too-flat cookies. I plan on trying these for a work party. They are cute, easy and look tasty!
You can also get flat cookies with a higher altitude. We are at 5200 ft and I have to add more flour or my cookies go flat.
Found you on Pinterest! Great recipe! I definitely recommend keeping them small, like the recipe states. Any larger and the cookies fall flat. A little more flour based on altitude might help too. My first batch came out flat (but still delicious) and my second (smaller balls) batch came out perfect! I rolled them all in green sugar, drizzled with red chocolate and topped with a rolo. That's what I had on hand!
I found some peppermint sugar at the store, so I'm going to use that instead. :)
I love these cookies. I'm going to try them with my son this weekend. For those of you who are experiencing flat cookies, try using half butter and half butter flavored shortening. It works great and tastes just as great. Thanks for sharing
So adorable! I've made similar cookies with plain Hersey's kisses but the candy cane ones just look so festive!
I would love to feature these in my latest blog post on Simple Holiday Cookies.
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i made these & they were horrible. looked pretty but tasted like flour. i followed the directions to the T. dunno what went wrong.
If your cookies are coming out flat, I substitute butter for butter flavored Crisco, it helps a ton! Or to do half butter/half butter flavored Crisco.
LUV THESE THANK YOU ;~}
We were worried at first about how soft the dough was. We used a 1 1/2 inch ice cream scoop with a spring handle to scoop the balls evenly. They were a little sticky to release, so the spring-type scoop was very helpful. We dropped each one directly into the sugar bowl, then sprinkled more over the top to make it easier to handle. We baked ours on a metal cookie sheet for 8 minutes, let them rest 1 minute on the pan after removing from the oven, then removed them to a cooling rack. You may want to wait about 30 seconds before adding the kiss do it doesn't melt too fast. They are so tasty!!!!
I made thes with re sugar only. They were very good and tasty.
making these tomorrow !they are so festive.Thank you for the recipe
I made these twice and followed the recipe exactly and they came out completely flat. I was determined to get it right so I did 1/4 cup butter 1/4 cup margarine and added 2 1/2 cups flour instead of 2 cups. I also refridgerated the dough for a couple of hours before forming into balls and cooking. I also put the kisses in the freezer. After doing all this, I got perfect cookies just like the picture :-)
I made these cookies and they were delectable. It turned out perfect. Thank u for the recipe. I will probably make it nxt year
I made these yesterday and they didn't turn out! :( I triple checked the recipe. The dough was very, very sticky. I couldn't even roll it into balls. I had to put it in the fridge for an hour or so just to roll them. Then, they came out flat as a pancake. They still tasted good but definitely not presentable. Don't know what I did wrong.
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