Adorably festive candy cane kiss cookies come together with a handful of basic baking ingredients. These are drop-style cookies (no rolling pin needed!) with plenty of colorful Christmas sprinkles and candy cane-flavored Hershey’s Kisses pressed in the center. They’re the nut-free, peppermint version of classic peanut butter blossoms!
Let’s keep those kisses from melting when you add them to the warm cookies… Here’s how to prevent candy cane kiss puddles: While the cookies are baking, clear a space in your freezer, get out a small baking sheet (or plate), and unwrap the candy cane kisses. After the cookies bake, let them cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes.
Remove cookies from the oven and allow to cool on the baking sheets for 5 minutes. Set the Hershey’s Kisses: Press a kiss candy into the center of each, then, using a thin spatula, immediately transfer the cookies to a large plate or a few smaller plates (gently—they’re soft).