Chewy gingerbread blossom cookies rolled in sugar with chocolate Hershey kiss centers. A holiday favorite no cookie tray should be without!
The cookies are perfectly spiced with ginger, cinnamon, nutmeg and molasses. All the things that give them the unique snappy flavor we love gingerbread for.
They’re rolled in sugar to give them a crackly coating, a step you definitely don’t want to skip. Not only does it make them look pretty but adds yet another layer of texture that heightens their joy.
Every bite is interesting with a little crunch from the sugar, a lot of soft chewiness and the best part of all the sweet kiss in the middle.
The prize.
Hershey Kiss Gingerbread Cookies
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Chewy gingerbread blossom cookies rolled in sugar with chocolate Hershey kiss centers. A holiday favorite no cookie tray should be without!
Author: Reeni
Recipe type: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Serves: about 4 dozen
Ingredients
- 3 cups all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons ground ginger
- 1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup (1½ sticks) butter, softened
- ¾ cup firmly packed brown sugar
- ½ cup molasses
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- about 48 Hershey's kisses, unwrapped (milk or white chocolate)
Instructions
- In a large bowl whisk together flour, ginger, cinnamon, baking soda, nutmeg and salt. Set aside.
- In a separate large mixing bowl beat butter and brown sugar together with an electric mixer on medium speed until light and fluffy. Add molasses, egg and vanilla; mix well.
- On low speed gradually beat in the flour mixture until well mixed. Press dough into a flat disk, wrap in plastic and refrigerate 4 hours or overnight.
- Preheat oven to 350°F. Shape dough into 1-inch balls, roll in granulated or coarse sugar to coat and place 2 inches apart on ungreased baking sheets.
- Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges of cookies just begin to brown. Remove from oven and immediately press a Hershey kiss into the center of each cookie.
- Remove to wire racks and cool completely. Store in an airtight container up to 5 days.
Notes
Adapted from McCormick
©Copyright 2008 - 2017 Cinnamon Spice and Everything Nice by Reeni Pisano All Rights Reserved
©Copyright 2008 - 2017 Cinnamon Spice and Everything Nice by Reeni Pisano All Rights Reserved
Can I shorten the refrigeration time of the raw dough to 2 hpurs?
Yes! That would be OK Terry! Hope they turn out well!
Thank you! Will let you know!
I just made these cookies and it turned out great! Just have a question, is there a way to store it longer than 5 days?
Hi Idalina! You could try freezing them! I’m sure they would be fine. Here’s some tips.
Cookies look like blossoms with this kiss chocolates. Very adorable and inviting christmas cookies.
How pretty and delicious these cookies look! Absolutely a perfect holiday treat.
One of my favorite Christmas cookies is similar to these. They’re more like little balls with chocolate chips mixed in… but they have that wonderful gingerbread dough and sugar. I’ll have to try this version too.
Gingerbread thumbprint blossoms! How cute! I love all the spice of gingerbread on it’s own, but really…what isn’t made better when you top it with a kiss!
Yum, these look delicious. Perfect for the holiday season.
I love how these are spiced Reeni – such a fun way to do traditional cookies – with a little holiday twist!
Thanks Claudia! Merry Christmas! xoxo
They look so good and beautiful which is a great combination! Where’s your cookbook Reeni!
Moon, you’re so handsome and we hope we get to see your sweet face soon! Purrs, Angel & Isabella
The cookbook is a slow work in progress! Hoping for late spring/early summer. And pictures of Moon are coming for Christmas!
I’m going to make these with white chocolate and eat all of them. By myself.
If you use a coarse or sanding sugar it won’t melt!
Reeni,
These are delicious cookies, Hershey going to make you spokesperson. Love to try.
Those are just perfection
oh yum. Gingerbread cookies are the one thing I didn’t make this year. I thought I had molasses and I didn’t. These look really good
I love the combination of spices you used in the ingredients! The cookies look delicious!
Thanks Grace! I love those warm spices too!
Love everything about these!
They’re so pretty with a chocolate tuft of in the middle 🙂 I love gingerbread cookies and this version is absolutely irresistible. Bye, have a good day