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Candy Cane Peppermint Kiss Cookies

December 9, 2014 by Kara Cook 33 Comments

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Candy Cane Peppermint Kiss Cookies– with crushed peppermint candies in the dough and a peppermint kiss on top, these yummy cookies are perfect for Christmas!

Candy Cane Peppermint Kiss Cookies will just melt in your mouth

PEPPERMINT BUTTER CHRISTMAS COOKIES

If you love butter or shortbread cookies and also happen to love mint, this recipe is perfect for you! These little cookies just melt in your mouth. If you are looking for a more traditional soft and chewy peppermint cookie, give my Chocolate Chip Peppermint Kiss Cookies a try.

 My mom and I experimented and came up with these Peppermint Kiss Cookies a few years ago. They have crushed peppermint candies in the dough, and a Hershey Candy Cane Kiss on the top. If you are a fan of peppermint, you will love these cookies!

They are rolled in sugar, so they have a sparkle to them that is so pretty. They are perfect for Christmas cookie trays, or for gift giving. Just make sure that you let them sit for a couple hours before stacking them, or the kisses will melt into pools. Still yummy, but not quite as pretty!

 

Candy Cane Peppermint Kiss Cookies ~ a perfect Christmas cookie!

I shared this cookie recipe at Tatertots and Jello a few weeks ago, but wanted to make sure you didn’t miss it! I am a major fan of anything chocolate and mint, so I love coming up with new recipes that use both flavors.

Christmas naturally screams peppermint to me, so I always stock up on the mint kisses that are only available during the holidays. Of course, I don’t save them only for Christmas-  I can eat and bake with them all year long!

Peppermint Kiss Christmas Cookies

Why are there no eggs in the cookie dough?

It is not a typo, there are no eggs in these cookies. They are similar to shortbread, so they are light and tender and just melt in your mouth. If you have trouble getting the dough to stick together, just mix it with your hands till it comes together.

Update 12/2020: A few people have had trouble making these cookies, so here are a few tips to help you troubleshoot.

PRO TIPS FOR MAKING PEPPERMINT KISS COOKIES:

  • You want your butter to be barely soft. It is best to let it come to room temperature on the counter. If it is too soft or has melted spots, your dough will be too soft.
  • Make sure you chill your dough or your cookies will spread too much when they bake.
  • Line your pans with parchment or use ungreased cookie sheets. Greasing the baking sheets causes the dough to spread.
  • After placing your kisses on the hot cookies, let them sit on the pan till set, or very carefully move them to cooling racks. If you jostle the cookies before the kisses are set, the kisses will collapse into pools.

MORE HERSHEY KISS COOKIES:

  • Peanut Butter Blossoms
  • Double Chocolate Kiss Cookies
  • Macaroon Kiss Cookies
  • Pistachio Cookies
  • Cookies and Cream Blossom Cookies
  • Mint Truffle Kiss Cookies
  • Hershey Kiss Cookie Cups

Here are a few more chocolate mint recipes to try:

  • Mint Cookie Crunch
  • Andes Mint Chocolate Chip Cookies
  • Mint Brownies
  • Andes Mint Cookies
  • Mint Chocolate Candy

PEPPERMINT KISS COOKIES

Yield: 3 dozen

Candy Cane Peppermint Kiss Cookies

Candy Cane Peppermint Kiss Cookies ~ a perfect Christmas cookie!

Peppermint butter cookies rolled in sugar and topped with a peppermint kiss.

Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Additional Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 22 minutes

Ingredients

  • 1 cup butter, barely softened
  • 1 tsp peppermint extract
  • 10 peppermint candies (starlight mints)
  • 2 cups flour
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1/4 tsp salt
  • 1/2 cup sugar for rolling
  • 1 pkg. Candy Cane Hershey kisses

Instructions

  1. Place the peppermint candies in a ziplock bag and pound them with a mallet or rolling pin till they are finely crushed, set aside.
  2. Cream together the butter and peppermint extract. Beat in the crushed peppermint candies.
  3. Whisk together the flour, sugar, and salt, then stir into the butter mixture. Dough will be very stiff, you may need to work it with your hands.
  4. Cover and chill the dough for 30-60 minutes. Roll in 1” balls, then roll in sugar. Place on parchment lined or ungreased baking sheets.
  5. Bake at 350° for about 10-12 minutes. Immediately press a kiss in the middle of each cookie.
  6. Cool for several minutes on the pan before carefully removing to cooling racks, or let cool completely on the cookie sheet.

Notes

-You should end up with about 5 tablespoons of crushed peppermint candy crumbs. You can substitute crushed peppermint candy canes.

Recommended Products

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  • Kirkland Signature Non Stick Parchment
    Kirkland Signature Non Stick Parchment
  • Brach's Peppermint Starlight Mints Hard Candy, 
    Brach's Peppermint Starlight Mints Hard Candy, 
  • Candy Cane HERSHEY'S KISSES  33 oz. Bag
    Candy Cane HERSHEY'S KISSES  33 oz. Bag

Nutrition Information:

Yield:

36

Serving Size:

1

Amount Per Serving: Calories: 101Total Fat: 6gSaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 14mgSodium: 58mgCarbohydrates: 12gFiber: 0gSugar: 7gProtein: 1g
© Kara
Cuisine: American / Category: Dessert: Cookies

If you need a cookie that keeps well, looks beautiful, and melts in your mouth, give these buttery peppermint kiss cookies a try!

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Comments

  1. Kelly

    December 13, 2020 at 5:47 pm

    Ours were perfect and highly addictive. Gone in a day.

    Reply
    • Kara Cook

      December 29, 2020 at 5:21 pm

      That’s about how long they last at my house. Haha. So glad they were a hit!

      Reply
  2. Rhonda

    January 2, 2020 at 9:30 pm

    Is it possible not to use extract and peppermint candy? I’m only wanting a mild mint flavor?

    Reply
    • Kara Cook

      November 21, 2020 at 9:28 am

      You can definitely use less peppermint extract or omit it altogether.

      Reply
  3. Lane

    December 21, 2019 at 1:45 pm

    Mine fell flat too. What a bummer!!

    Reply
  4. Dan S

    December 20, 2019 at 7:32 pm

    I placed kisses on top immediately after baking and each one melted into a puddle. I should have given it 5-10 minutes before that step.

    Reply
  5. Irene Jones

    December 15, 2019 at 4:26 pm

    I have made the cherry and pistachio kiss cookies by Kara, I even added baking Soda and powder since the others had it in them, but these were pretty much flatter although I did manage to put the kisses in. I always had to put all of the different cookies in the fridge because the kisses were melting too fast after I put them on the cookie. I was not impressed with this one, sorry.

    Reply
  6. Rachel

    November 30, 2018 at 7:33 pm

    #recipefail What a waste of time! I should have read the comments before I made these for my daughter’s team Christmas party. Now I am stuck with having to run out to buy store bought cookies.

    Reply
  7. Carole Wear

    December 26, 2017 at 11:37 am

    Our family made two recipies of peppermint cookies and they were so good.Did not fall,we ate them up before Christmas so we had to make them for Santa on Christmas Eve.He left a note asking for our recipie.!Guess we will send it to the North Pole,so he can make and share with his Elf’s.

    Reply
  8. Connie

    December 24, 2017 at 11:16 am

    There is no baking soda or powder in these cookies?

    Reply
  9. jen

    December 24, 2017 at 8:16 am

    fell flat. disappointed in this recipe.

    Reply
  10. Christy

    December 23, 2017 at 6:50 pm

    Mine fell flat too.

    Reply
  11. Danielle

    December 16, 2017 at 8:00 pm

    These take great and SOOO happy to find an egg free recipe because of allergies, but mine fell super flat and spread. 🙁 Definitely triple checked all ingredients also.

    Reply
    • Danielle

      December 16, 2017 at 8:01 pm

      I chilled for 60 minutes too.

      Reply
    • Kelly

      December 23, 2017 at 8:36 am

      Made them last night and I had the same thing happen…its almost like there is an ingredient missing 🙁

      Reply
  12. Shellie

    December 16, 2017 at 12:06 pm

    My advice is to use the real Hershey’s candy cane kisses cookie recipe on their website! It’s foolproof!

    Reply
  13. Andrea

    December 6, 2017 at 12:54 pm

    Is the dough supposed to be crumbly? Before u bake?

    Reply
    • Kara Cook

      December 11, 2017 at 11:50 am

      The dough should be stiff, but not crumbly. You can let it sit at room temperature for a few minutes, or work it with your hands to soften it up a bit if you need to.

      Reply
      • Dee

        December 17, 2017 at 3:48 pm

        Can you keep dough in fridge for a few days?

        Reply
  14. Lin

    November 13, 2017 at 8:07 am

    I know this is an older post, but I have to tell you these cookies are AMAZING! I’ll be making 16 dozen for my church next month. I will say, I tried one when still very warm and it wasn’t as good as once they cooled completely. Tasted of raw flour when warm, but once you let them cool they melt in your mouth and are delicious! I cannot stop eating them.

    Reply
    • Kara Cook

      November 16, 2017 at 7:41 am

      So glad you enjoyed them Lin! I agree about letting them cool. I like most cookies warm, but shortbread cookies are better served cooled, at least in my experience. I also have a hard time resisting them, they are so good!

      Reply
  15. Jacqueline

    December 5, 2016 at 1:39 pm

    After reading the recipe and the comments I was quite surprised there were no eggs or baking powder. When I made my cookies they were very dry, so I added a couple of eggs as well as baking powder to help with the flatness.

    Reply
    • Kara

      December 6, 2016 at 2:24 pm

      They are actually a shortbread recipe, so they don’t call for eggs. The dough should be stiff, that’s what makes them the perfect texture to melt in your mouth after they are baked.

      Reply
  16. Jane

    December 2, 2016 at 3:53 pm

    Do these cookies really have no eggs in the recipe?

    Reply
    • Kara

      December 4, 2016 at 8:37 pm

      Nope, no eggs. They are a shortbread type cookie.

      Reply
  17. Melissa

    December 17, 2015 at 7:54 pm

    I really struggled with this recipe. Could you help me figure out what went wrong? The first batch I forgot to chill and they went flat. I chilled the next batch and they still went flat. I don’t know what was wrong. Do they need to be really cold when I put them in the oven? Thanks for your help!

    Reply
    • Kara

      December 18, 2015 at 8:58 am

      Darn, I’m sorry you’re having trouble. I’ve never had them go flat, but I know that’s a bummer! If you chilled them for 60 minutes, they should have been cold enough. Another thing you could try is adding a little more flour. I’d start with 2 tablespoons. Then bake just one test cookie to see how it turns out. Differences in elevation and humidity can alter the way baked goods turn out, so sometimes it’s just a matter of trial and error. But if you do test cookies, at least the whole batch won’t be ruined. Hope that helps, and good luck!

      Reply
    • Hope

      December 30, 2016 at 8:18 pm

      I know why they turned out flat!!! Too much butter! When I was making a double batch, I only had 3 sticks of butter instead of 4 but I used what I had & they weren’t flat anymore!

      Also, thank you for this recipe!! I used the cookies to raise money for this organization that fights against human trafficking & sold them $5 for a packs of 3. So far I’ve raised more than $300!!

      Reply
      • Jennifer Jacobsen-Wood

        December 15, 2017 at 10:10 pm

        The recipe calls for a cup of butter, which is two sticks. If you used three or four, I could see why they didn’t turn out.

        Reply
        • Jennifer Jacobsen-Wood

          December 15, 2017 at 10:11 pm

          Oops, my bad. I see now that you doubled the recipe. 🙂
          Maybe that was the issue? Not all recipes double well.

  18. Liz

    December 18, 2014 at 6:47 pm

    Do you know about what measurement the crushed peppermint comes out to? I just bought a bag of already crushed candy. Thanks.

    Reply
    • Kara

      December 18, 2014 at 10:10 pm

      It’s hard for me to remember back that far. (I can barely remember last week sometimes.) But I’m guessing it’s about 1/4 cup. 🙂

      Reply
  19. Laura

    December 15, 2014 at 9:25 am

    These look so yummy! I love peppermint. Thanks for linking up to The Creative Exchange. We will be featuring your project this week!

    Reply

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