Chocolate Mint Surprise Christmas Cookies

These look great for christmas treats for kids to leave for santa and they will have a blast making for him! I know that my kids don't care for the normal peppermint candy canes yet, so you can probably omit those and add more of the mini chocolate chips instead! i also found them to be egg free, which should be great for those allergic or don't care for them and they still worked out great! as for the amount of hershey kisses to use, i am not sure on the size of bags they come in, so i am guessing on the amount for the ingredients. You can probably add more or less to suit for the recipe. Enjoy!!

Steps

Using a medium sized ziploc bag , crush the candy canes in little pieces.

Cut the hershey kisses in half.

I found that a whole hershey kiss was too much for the cookies , but a half one is perfect !.

Heat your oven to 375.

Add the butter to a stand or hand-held mixer and mix well until smooth.

Add the sugars and mix well.

Add the almond and vanilla extract and mix well.

Add the flour and mix very well on low speed until well mixed.

With a wooden spoon mix in the crushed candy canes and the mini chocolate chips well.

Scoop out a teaspoon of dough and add one half of a hershey kiss.

Roll up the dough in a ball to keep the kiss inside ! place the dough balls on a parchment covered cookie pan and bake for 10-12 minutes and golden.

Allow them to cool for about 2 minutes before removing from the pan and allow to cool.

I have found having a sheet of tin foil on your table or counter works great in cooling cookies !.

In a medium sauce pan , add the white chocolate chips and the .

Ingredients

chocolate mint kisses, butter, granulated sugar, light brown sugar, almond extract, vanilla extract, flour, mini chocolate chip, candy canes, white chocolate chips, shortening, green food coloring, red food coloring