Description
These Peppermint Bark Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies offer a festive twist on a classic favorite. Featuring a rich chocolatey peanut butter cookie base, rolled in white sprinkles and topped with a peppermint bark Hershey’s Kiss, they’re perfect for the holidays.
Ingredients
- 1 bag Hershey’s Peppermint Bark Kisses
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour
- 3 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 tsp red gel food coloring (optional)
- 2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 2 tbsp whole milk
- 1 large egg
- 1 ⅓ cups sugar
- ¾ cup creamy peanut butter
- ½ cup unsalted butter, softened
- ½ cup white sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C) and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
- Beat together the butter, peanut butter, and sugar until smooth and fluffy.
- On low speed, add the egg, milk, vanilla extract, and red gel food coloring. Mix until fully incorporated.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Gradually add the dry ingredients to the wet mixture and mix until a dough forms.
- Roll the dough into balls using your hands.
- Pour white sprinkles into a small bowl and roll each dough ball in the sprinkles until fully coated.
- Place the dough balls on the baking sheet about 2 inches apart.
- Bake the cookies for 8 to 10 minutes.
- While the cookies bake, unwrap the Peppermint Bark Kisses.
- Remove cookies from the oven and let them cool for 2–3 minutes, then press a Kiss into the center of each one.
- Allow the cookies to cool completely before serving or storing.
Notes
- Red food coloring adds festive color but is optional.
- If Kisses melt too much, chill cookies briefly to help set.
- Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days.
- Dough can be made ahead and stored in the fridge for up to 2 days.
- Cookies freeze well for up to 2 months.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 172
- Sugar: 15 g
- Sodium: 117 mg
- Fat: 8 g
- Saturated Fat: 3 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 22 g
- Fiber: 1 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 17 mg
