Cherry Kisses Cookie Recipe

Pretty & Pink Cookies with a Hershey's Chocolate Kiss on Top!

Jan 31, 2008 Donna Diegel

Cherries & Chocolate ~ a Match Made in Heaven! Buttery cookies, pretty and pink with maraschino cherries and Hershey's Chocolate Hugs and Kisses. Give someone a kiss!

Christmas Cookie Exchanges

Cookie Exchanges have been around for many, many years. Everyone assumes that the only time to have an exchange is at Christmas time. Any holiday is a good excuse for a cookie exchange!

Valentine's Day is a perfect holiday for an adult party at the office. Tell your co-workers a few weeks in advance and make the theme Hugs & Kisses. The boss will love you forever and may even get you a big fat raise!

Teachers are always looking for unique ways to keep the kids occupied at school. The kids are going to have a Valentine's party anyway, they may as well exchange cookies than gobs of candy. The teacher can send a notice home with the kids and have them bring in 2 dozen cookies with their Valentine's cards. A real creative parent could stamp Chinese take-out containers in reds and pinks with Valentine hearts.

A Mother's Day Tea party would be a fun holiday to exchange cookies. Tea parties are a natural for dainty cookies and pastries. Kids could be included, or not. Leave them home and give Mom the day off!

Cherries and chocolate are a match made in heaven. Cherry Kisses are a great choice for Christmas and Valentine's Day. You can make them with the favorite Hershey's Chocolate Kisses everyone loved as kids. Or better yet, try all the Hershey Kisses, like Hugs & Kisses, the Hershey Truffle Kiss or the Special Dark Kiss. Any way you make them will likely land you with tons of compliments ~ and hugs and kisses of your own! Give someone you love a Cherry Kiss for Valentine's Day! And while you're at it, try Chocolate French Silk Pie, the New York Style Strawberry Cheesecake recipe, White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake and the Chocolate Zebra Cheesecake recipes. They're all good choices for the holidays!

Cherry Kisses Cookie Recipe

2 cups butter (1 pound)
2 cups powdered sugar
2 Tbsp maraschino cherry juice
1 tsp almond extract
2-3 drops red food coloring
1/2 tsp salt
5 cups unbleached white flour
1 cup maraschino cherries, drained and chopped
50-60 Hershey's chocolate kisses

Directions:

Cream butter and powdered sugar together, add cherry juice, almond extract, red food coloring and salt and beat well.
Add flour 1 cup at a time. Scrape bowl.
Add cherries and mix only enough to blend. Dough should be stiff.
Using a small cookie scoop, place dough on greased cookie sheets leaving a little room between them to spread.
Bake at 350F degrees for 10-12 minutes.
Remove from oven and immediately place an unwrapped Hershey's chocolate kiss on the top of each cookie, pressing down slightly, not too much.
Let cool completely before storing in an airtight container.
Makes 25-30 cookies.

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