Hidden Kisses: Chocolate Chip Cookie Delight

Hidden Kisses | Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

With Valentine’s Day approaching, I decided to look through my recipe box and came across a delightful recipe I had saved from a magazine over 20 years ago, but had never attempted.

I finally decided to give it a try—combining chocolate chip cookies with Hershey’s Kisses sounded like an unbeatable idea!

The ingredients are incredibly simple:

• 1 bag (9 oz) Hershey’s Kisses
• 1 cup softened butter
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1/3 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla extract
• 2 cups all-purpose flour
• 1 cup chocolate chips (mini recommended, but regular works too!)

While the oven preheats to 375 degrees, have a helper unwrap the Kisses. My son Ethan loved this part, eating the unwrapped ones as he went along!

In a large bowl, beat together the butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla until well mixed. Gradually add in the flour until smooth, then stir in the chocolate chips.

Scoop out a tablespoon of dough, place a Hershey’s Kiss in the center, and wrap the dough around the Kiss to form a ball.

Bake for 10 to 12 minutes or until set. Ethan insisted that 10 minutes was too long!

Allow them to cool slightly before transferring them onto a wire rack. You can serve them as is, or enhance them with a chocolate drizzle as described below.

Chocolate Drizzle:

• Combine 1/4 cup of chocolate chips with 1 tsp of shortening in a bowl and microwave on high for 30 seconds. Stir, and if needed, microwave for an additional 20 seconds or until the mixture is smooth.

These cookies were a hit with the family, and they immediately requested more. I can only imagine how delicious they would be with dark chocolate or almond Kisses as variations!

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Hidden Kisses | Chocolate Chip Cookies Recipe

Chocolate Chip Cookies with a Surprise Hershey’s Kiss Inside

Author: Heather

Serves: 24

Ingredients

• 1 bag (9 oz) Hershey’s Kisses
• 1 cup butter softened
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1/3 cup packed brown sugar
• 1 tsp vanilla
• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Preheat your oven to 375 degrees.
2. Unwrap the Kisses.
3. In a large bowl, beat together the butter, granulated sugar, brown sugar, and vanilla until well blended.
4. Gradually add in flour until the mixture is smooth.
5. Stir in the chocolate chips.
6. Mix until the dry ingredients are fully incorporated into a dough.
7. Form tablespoon-sized portions of dough around each Hershey’s Kiss.
8. Bake for 10-12 minutes until set.
9. Let the cookies cool slightly, then transfer them to a wire rack.
10. Make the optional chocolate drizzle, if desired.
11. Chocolate Drizzle: Melt 1/4 cup chocolate chips and 1 tsp shortening in the microwave (30 seconds, stir, then 20 more seconds if needed) until smooth.

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