Chocolate Peppermint Blossoms

4.84 from 12 votes

Chocolate Peppermint Blossoms have a soft, rich chocolate cookie with a sugar exterior and a red and white striped Hershey's peppermint kiss pressed on top. They are the white chocolate candy cane cousins of Peanut Butter Blossoms and are perfect for cookie exchanges and cookie plates.

Prep Time15

Cook Time8

Total Time23

Course: Cookies

Cuisine: American

Servings: cookies

Calories: 140kcal

Author: Amy Nash

Ingredients

¾ cup salted butter, softened
½ cup granulated sugar + 3 tablespoons for rolling
½ cup brown sugar
1 large egg
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
1 ⅓ cups all-purpose flour (188g)
½ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
24 unwrapped Hershey's Candy Cane Kisses

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
In a large bowl, beat the butter, granulated sugar, and brown sugar until creamy and light, about 2-3 minutes.
Add the egg and vanilla and beat again, scraping the sides of the bowl.
Add the flour, cocoa powder, baking soda, and salt, mixing until combined. It's a very soft dough, but I have found that it doesn't require chilling.
Use a small cookie scoop to scoop the dough into 24 balls. Roll them between the palms of your hands to make nice, round spheres, then roll them in the remaining sugar in a shallow dish to coat the outside of each cookie.
Place the balls of dough a couple inches apart on the prepared baking sheets and bake for 7-9 minutes, just until puffy and barely set, but very, very soft. Slightly underbaking is key to maintaining the soft texture of these cookies.
Wait 4-5 minutes before pressing a peppermint kiss into the center of each cookie, then wait another 2-3 minutes before using a spatula to transfer them to a wire cooling rack. Placing the peppermint kisses earlier will result in them melting into a puddle in the center of the cookies.

Notes

Store the chocolate peppermint blossoms in an airtight container on the counter for up to 5 days.
If you want to up the mint factor of these cookies, try adding ¼ to ½ teaspoon peppermint extract to the cookie dough at the same time that you add the vanilla extract.

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