These Cookies With Hershey Kisses are soft, chewy, and bursting with sweet strawberry flavor in every bite. Each cookie is topped with a rich chocolate kiss that melts slightly into the center for the perfect finish. They're fun, colorful, and incredibly easy to make. Whether for holidays or everyday treats, these cookies are guaranteed to stand out.
Recipe Essentials
- 🍽️ Course: Dessert
- ⏱️ Cooking Time: 11 minutes
- 🍴 Servings: 12 cookies
- 🧄 Flavor Profile: Sweet, buttery, fruity, chocolatey
- 🍚 Best Served With: Milk, coffee, tea
- 🧊 Make Ahead?: Yes
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These chocolate blossom cookies are a playful twist on classic hershey kisses cookies with a bright fruity flavor that makes them unique. The soft cookie base pairs beautifully with the chocolate center for a balanced bite. They're simple enough for beginner bakers but impressive enough for special occasions. Once you make them, they'll quickly become a favorite.
This was inspired by my sugar cookie blossoms and witch hat cookies on this site, and pairs well with this amazing sidedish recipe.
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- Recipe Essentials
- Why You Will Love This Recipe
- Ingredients
- Variations
- How to Make Cookies With Hershey Kisses
- Expert Tips for the Best Hershey Kiss Cookies
- Why Did My Cookies Crack?
- Can I Use Different Flavors?
- Storage Directions
- Serving Suggestions
- Recipe FAQs
- More Cookie Recipes
- Cookie With Hershey Kiss (Strawberry Flavor)
Why You Will Love This Recipe
- Easy to make: Requires common ingredients and cookies are ready in minutes
- Perfect flavor combo: Strawberry and chocolate complement each other beautifully
- Great for holidays: Bright cookies with chocolate center that are kid-friendly and always a hit with guests
- Customizable: Easy to switch flavors of these chewy and tender cookies
Ingredients
These kiss cookies use simple pantry staples, making it easy to whip up without a special grocery trip.
- Salted butter: Adds richness and flavor to the cookies
- White sugar: Provides sweetness and structure
- Brown sugar: Adds moisture and chewiness
- Egg: Binds ingredients together
- All-purpose flour: Gives the cookies structure
- Strawberry jello powder: Adds color and fruity flavor
- Baking powder: Helps cookies rise slightly
- Baking soda: Creates soft texture
- Hershey kisses: Adds signature chocolate topping
See the recipe card below for the exact quantities of each ingredient.
Variations
- Chocolate cookies: Add cocoa powder for chocolate base
- Swap Jello flavor: Choose your favorite jello flavor or use finely crushed freeze dried strawberries. Your cookies will not be as vibrant in color, but the flavor will still be amazing.
- Vanilla cookies: Skip jello for classic flavor
- Peanut butter blossoms: Add peanut butter to dough
- Swap Kisses: Use your favorite kisses
- Nutty cookies: Add chopped pecans or walnuts
- Double chocolate: Add chocolate chips
How to Make Cookies With Hershey Kisses
This cookies with Hershey Kisses recipe is easy to follow and perfect for any skill level. Preheat your oven to 350°F and get ready to bake delicious cookies.
Step 1: Blend Wet Ingredients. Combine the butter and sugars in a large mixing bowl. Use an electric hand mixer to beat the butter and sugars together until smooth and creamy.
Whisk in the egg until it is thoroughly incorporated with the creamed sugar.
Step 2: Add dry Ingredients. Reduce the speed of your hand mixer and gently whisk in the flour, jello powder, baking powder, and baking soda.
Step 3: Scoop Cookies. Use a standard size cookie scoop to drop balls of cookie dough onto a baking sheet. Bake your cookies for 11 minutes.
Step 4: Bake and Press. Remove your cookies from the oven and press a Hershey kiss into the center of each cookie. Let the cookies cool for a few minutes and then transfer them to a wire cooling rack.
Expert Tips for the Best Hershey Kiss Cookies
- Use room temperature butter: Ensures smooth creaming and better texture
- Don't overmix dough: Prevents dense cookies
- Chill dough if sticky: Makes shaping easier
- Use cookie scoop: Keeps cookies the same size We used a #40 cookie scoop. As long as your cookie dough balls are about 1 ½ tablespoons big you are good to go.
- Add kisses immediately after baking: Helps them stick properly
- Avoid overbaking: Keeps cookies soft and chewy
- Press kiss gently: Prevents cracking cookies
- Space cookies evenly: Allows proper spreading
- Storage: Store in an airtight container for up to 5 days on the counter.
- Allow cookies to cool: Let your cookies cool completely before storing them so the hershey kisses don't melt in the container.
If you love recipes like these cookies with hershey kisses, you may also enjoy Hershey Kiss pretzels and cherry chocolate blossom cookies.
Why Did My Cookies Crack?
Cookies with Hershey Kisses can crack for a few common reasons, but they're easy to fix. Cracks often happen when the dough is too dry, the oven temperature is too high, or the cookies are overbaked. Using too much flour or not enough fat can also lead to a crumbly texture.
To prevent cracking, make sure you measure your ingredients accurately, use room temperature butter, and avoid overmixing the dough. Baking at the correct temperature and removing the cookies while they are still slightly soft will help keep them tender and smooth unless you're making our cracked chocolate cookies.
Can I Use Different Flavors?
Yes, you can easily customize these cookies with different flavors to suit your taste or the occasion. Instead of strawberry, try using other Jello flavors like raspberry, cherry, or orange for a fun twist. You can also skip the flavored powder entirely and make a classic vanilla version.
For even more variety, switch up the Hershey Kisses by using dark chocolate, caramel-filled, or seasonal flavors like our Rolo bites. This makes the recipe perfect for holidays, parties, or whenever you want a new flavor combination.
Storage Directions
Room Temperature: Store in airtight container for up to 5 days
Refrigerator: Store up to 7 days
Freezer: Freeze up to 2 months
Reheat: Microwave for 10-15 seconds
Make Ahead: Dough can be refrigerated for 24 hours
Serving Suggestions
- Holiday cookie platters with pretzel Christmas crack
- Dessert trays or party platters with cookie dough cheesecake
- Sweet snack anytime
- Gift in cookie boxes with hot chocolate gift jar
- Lunchbox treat or after-school snack with pretzel turtles
Recipe FAQs
To make cookies with Hershey Kisses, prepare your cookie dough, bake until lightly golden, then press a chocolate kiss into the center of each warm cookie before cooling.
Hershey Kisses are added after baking so they hold their shape and don't melt completely in the oven.
Yes, you can use milk chocolate, dark chocolate, caramel-filled, or seasonal flavored Kisses to customize your cookies.
Cookies can crack if the dough is too dry or if the oven temperature is too high. Measuring ingredients carefully helps prevent cracking.
Yes, you can swap the strawberry flavor for other Jello flavors or use vanilla dough for a classic version.
To keep cookies soft, avoid overbaking and store them in an airtight container at room temperature.
Yes, you can prepare the dough ahead and refrigerate it for up to 24 hours before baking.
Yes, baked cookies can be frozen for up to 2 months in an airtight container.
A soft sugar cookie or butter-based dough works best because it holds the chocolate center well.
Cookies can become hard if they are overbaked or if too much flour is added to the dough.
Yes, this recipe already skips peanut butter and uses a soft sugar-style dough instead.
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Cookie With Hershey Kiss (Strawberry Flavor)
Equipment
- 2 tablespoon cookie dough scoop or #40 Cookie Dough Scoop
Ingredients
- ½ cup salted butter
- ½ cup white granulated sugar
- ½ cup light brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 ½ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup strawberry jello powder
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- 12 Hershey kisses
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F.
- Combine the butter and sugars in a large mixing bowl. Use an electric hand mixer to beat the butter and sugars together until smooth and creamy.
- Whisk in the egg until it is thoroughly incorporated with the creamed sugar. Reduce the speed of your hand mixer and gently whisk in the flour, jello powder, baking powder, and baking soda.
- Use a standard size cookie scoop to drop balls of cookie dough onto a baking sheet. Bake your cookies for 11 minutes.
- Remove your cookies from the oven and press a Hershey kiss into the center of each cookie. Let the cookies cool for a few minutes and then transfer them to a wire cooling rack. Enjoy!
Notes
- Use room temperature butter: Ensures smooth creaming and better texture
- Don't overmix dough: Prevents dense cookies
- Chill dough if sticky: Makes shaping easier
- Use cookie scoop: Keeps cookies the same size We used a #40 cookie scoop. As long as your cookie dough balls are about 1 ½ tablespoons big you are good to go.
- Add kisses immediately after baking: Helps them stick properly
- Avoid overbaking: Keeps cookies soft and chewy
- Press kiss gently: Prevents cracking cookies
- Space cookies evenly: Allows proper spreading
- Storage: Store in an airtight container for up to 5 days on the counter.
- Allow cookies to cool: Let your cookies cool completely before storing them so the hershey kisses don't melt in the container.
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