Fudgey, crackled, powdered sugar coated chocolate cookies are topped off with milk chocolate kisses. These Chocolate Kiss Cookies are chocolate overload in the best possible way!
Chocolate kiss cookies bring together two absolutely delicious cookies: chocolate crinkle cookies and kiss cookies. Traditionally, we use a peanut butter cookie for our kiss cookies. That combination of peanut butter and chocolate is divine, but for those of you with peanut allergies, or just looking for a change like us, chocolate kiss cookies are the best twist on a classic kiss cookie. Chocolate crinkle cookies were already one of our top ten favorite holiday cookies, and topping it with a chocolate (and especially a peppermint!) kiss puts it solidly in our top five. We know you’ll agree!
Coating Options:
The base for these chocolate kiss cookies were inspired by classic chocolate crinkle cookies. We definitely recommend rolling them in powdered sugar, but you can also play with other options — granulated sugar, or even colored nonpareils (gives them a great texture)!
Do I have to chill Chocolate Kiss Cookie dough?
This recipe does require some chilling, as the chocolate cookie dough will be too sticky to roll in your hands right away. Please make sure to not skip this step!
Baking Tip:
We recommend baking these cookies so that they’re still just slightly under-done when you pull them out of the oven. One of the worst things you can do with these chocolate kiss cookies is over-bake them, as the centers will come out extremely dry. If the centers are still a bit under-done, though, they can finish baking on the cookie sheet while they cool, and the cookies will stay nice and soft and fudgey.
Kiss Options:
We used classic milk chocolate kisses to top off these chocolate kiss cookies, but you can definitely play with different flavors as well. Dark chocolate, peppermint, and white chocolate would all be great options!
Storage Instructions:
Store cookies in an airtight container on the countertop for up to 5 days.
This recipe was originally published on The Stay At Home Chef by Sam from Sugar Spun Run. Be sure to check out some of her other delicious dessert creations like peanut butter blossoms, chocolate chip shortbread cookies and oatmeal cookies.
If you like this recipe, be sure to check out these other delicious cookie recipes:
- Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies
- Nutella Stuffed Churro Cookies
- Cowboy Cookies
- Chocolate Turtle Cookies
- Spiral Christmas Sugar Cookies
- Old Fashioned Gingerbread Cookies
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Hey Rachel I love this recipe. Would love to try it. Your video says use salted butter while the recipe says unsalted butter. What should I use?
Either will work in this recipe.
I made them according to the printed recipe which called for unsalted butter. They were tasteless except for the Hershey kiss on top. Video however called for salted butter and they are delicious.
So I put the kisses on and they melted. Which is to be expected, I know. But mine melted so much you couldn’t even tell they were kisses. What did I do wrong?
Did you return them to the oven by chance? I place my kisses on the cookies directly after removing from the oven and I’ve never had them melt all the way. The cookie tray should be placed on a cooling rack and then just add your kisses on top.
I didn’t put them back in the oven. I am not sure what happened. But my husband said they tasted good. So I guess that’s all that matters
Try puttingthe unwrapped candies in the fridge. I did that and had no problem with them melting, they melted just enough to add to the gooey center.
I had this problem with the white chocolate kisses so I freeze them and then put them on the cookies.
I can hardly wait to bake these beauties!! They will look so nice with the other cookies that I will be using for my holiday cookie trays. I just love your recipes!!!
Does this really use a “cup” of cocoa? Seems like a lot of cocoa.
Yes.
Do they freeze well?
Yes, they should freeze nicely.
Has anyone tried making these with almond or coconut flour?
Probably my new favorite cookie!!!!!!
I made these for a Kid’s Hope party and everyone loved them! I used cherry cordial Hershey Kisses instead of solid milk chocolate Kisses and they worked great!
I made them with candy cane kisses for Christmas. Yummy