Candy Cane Blossoms Cookies
Candy Cane Blossoms are a tasty, festive holiday thumbprint cookie! Sugar cookie dough is enhanced with colored sugars and minty candy cane Kisses.
Add these Candy Cane Cookies to your holiday baking list!!
Why You Must Make
- This recipe is a festive twist on the popular Peanut Blossom that’s a peanut butter cookie topped with a chocolate kiss.
- Treats with a mint flavor profile are perfect for Christmas, especially when they’re cookies covered with red and green sugar!
- These make an impressive presentation when piled on a cookie tray! They’re great for cookie exchanges and holiday hostess gifts.
Katie has been hinting around about these Candy Cane blossoms for weeks. She saw these on Pinterest and made sure I pinned them, too. I’m not sure what her ulterior motive was, for me to buy a bag of Hershey’s Candy Cane Kisses or for me to make these cookies. Don’t these candy cane blossoms just shout Christmas?!!!
How to Make
If you’ve ever made Peanut Blossoms, you know the drill! But if you’re new to this kind of cookie, here are the basics.
- Preheat the oven and line your baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Unwrap the Kisses so they’re ready to go.
- Make the cookie dough. Chill for about 30 minutes if it’s too sticky to roll.
- Shape into 1-inch balls.
- Roll the dough balls in colored sugar and place on a cookie sheet (lined with parchment paper for easy cleanup if desired).
- Bake as directed.
- Allow the cookies to cool for about 2-3 minutes, then press a Kiss into the middle of each cookie.
- Remove the cookies to a wire rack to finish cooling.
Recipe Tips
- There is no mint flavoring in the cookie dough, so you can top these cookies with any variety of Hershey’s Kisses you’d like.
- Roll in different colored sugars for various occasions.
- I like using a medium Cookie Disher (affiliate links in blue) to scoop out evenly sized dough balls. Having the same-sized cookies gives a more professional-looking result. But they’re delicious even if the sizes vary a bit.
- Roll the dough between your palms to help make nice, round balls. Then roll in colored sugar, which can be red, green, or a combination!
- Use a parchment-lined Baking Sheet (a half sheet pan) for two reasons. First, the Parchment prevents the cookies from sticking to the pan. Plus, it makes for easy cleanup!
- Pro-Tip: Waiting 3 minutes before adding the Kisses to the baked cookies worked perfectly. I tried a few after one minute, and the Kiss melted due to the heat of the cookie, and lost its iconic shape.
- Pro-Tip: You can also chill your Kisses (put them in the refrigerator the day before you plan to make the cookie dough) so they don’t melt as quickly after inserting them into the cookies.
Frequently Asked Questions
Typically, blossoms are sugar cookie or peanut butter cookie dough rolled in sugar, baked, and then topped with a chocolate candy Kiss. Peanut blossoms are the iconic blossom cookie, but I’ve also made Rolo blossoms using a chocolate caramel candy instead of a Kiss.
These cookies should stay fresh for 3-4 days if kept in an airtight container at room temperature. They’ll also freeze well for up to 2 months. To freeze, separate layers of your cookies with either parchment or waxed paper.
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Here are a couple of my Best Christmas Cookies on a holiday tray for our annual neighborhood cookie exchange. The festive Pinwheel Cookies were also a hit….and elicited a lot of questions from my friends about how I made them!
This post was first shared in December 2012. Photos and text were updated in 2019.
Candy Cane Blossoms Recipe
A holiday twist on thumbprint cookies! Recipe adapted from Hershey's
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter, at room temperature
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 ½ teaspoons vanilla
- 2 cups flour
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 2 tablespoons milk
- Red and Green decorative sugar
- 48 Hershey's Kisses, Candy Cane flavor
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350º. Line cookie sheets with parchment paper. Set aside.
- Unwrap the Kisses and set aside.
- Cream butter and sugar, then add egg and vanilla and mix till well blended. Mix in milk, then add dry ingredients and mix till combined.
- Chill, covered with plastic, for 30-60 minutes if too sticky to roll.
- Shape into 1-inch balls. Roll in colored sugar and place on cookie sheet.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes or till cookies are set and very lightly browned. Allow to cool for about 2-3 minutes, then press a Kiss into the middle of each cookie. Remove cookies to a wire rack to finish cooling.
Notes
If you can't find candy cane kisses, white chocolate kisses would be another tasty option.
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Nutrition Information:
Yield:
24Serving Size:
2 cookiesAmount Per Serving: Calories: 156Total Fat: 7gSaturated Fat: 4gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 20mgSodium: 77mgCarbohydrates: 23gFiber: 1gSugar: 14gProtein: 2g
9 Comments on “Candy Cane Blossoms Cookies”
That is such a beautiful platter of cookies, Liz! I need more cookie recipes for Christmas and these little blossoms sound really yummy! Hope your Christmas season is beautiful. Stay warm!
xo
Roz
The dough comes out sticky initially. I would recommend putting the dough in the refrigerator for at least 30 minutes to make it easier to work with. I used dark chocolate mint kisses on the green cookies. Great recipe!
Thanks for your tip, Jessica! I’ll make a note of it in the recipe. Merry Christmas!!!
It would be nice if I.could print the recipe without your privacy message blocking the printing.
I’ll see if I can fix that, Diana. Thanks for alerting me as I haven’t had that problem when I print my recipes.
I didn’t realize that these striped kisses exist! They’re certainly Chistmassy. And Merry Christmas to you and your family, by the way!
I was just reading the history of the peanut butter blossom on another site. Liz, these are so beautiful and a great holiday idea. Genius. I want to go stock up on the holiday kisses now. Happy Holidays!
They are so adorable and festive… Have a wonderful holiday season, Liz!
The colors make me happy and these looked beautiful on my holiday cookie trays!