These Strawberry Kiss Cookies are pretty in pink! A strawberry cake mix cookie is rolled in sugar and topped with a chocolate Hershey Kiss. Give these strawberry cookies a try for an easy and delicious dessert.
These strawberry kiss cookies are:
- Easy cake mix cookies.
- Strawberry flavored!
- Easy to prep.
- Made with simple ingredients.
- Great for Easter or Spring treats.
Try out these shortbread thumbprint cookies for another tasty and easy cookie recipe. Or for another delicious cookie try these melt in your mouth almond crescent cookies. Yum!
How to Make Strawberry Kiss Cookies
- Begin by combining the dry strawberry cake mix, butter, and egg in a large bowl.
- Next, add in the cream cheese and mix until well incorporated.
- Cover the bowl and chill the cookie dough.
- Take the wrappers off of the chocolate kisses and place the sanding sugar in a small bowl.
- Once the dough is chilled, roll it into balls and then roll each ball in the sanding sugar.
- Bake as directed.
- When the cookies are done, let them cool for about 2 minutes before pressing a chocolate kiss into the center of each one.
Tips For for Making Cookies
Whisk or electric mixer
You will need a whisk or an electric mixer to combine the ingredients for your cookie dough. You will find that a stand mixer will work the dough quicker.
Baking sheets
You will need baking sheets to place the cookies on for baking. I like to use parchment paper or a silicone baking mat to prevent the cookies from sticking to the pan.
Softened Cream Cheese
You need to make sure your cream cheese is softened before adding it to the dough. Otherwise, it will be difficult to mix and the cookies will not combine properly.
Placing the Hershey Kiss on Cookies!
Make sure to allow the cookies to cool a bit before you place the Hershey's Kiss on top. Otherwise, it will melt the Kiss on top of the cookies. And that will not look nearly as pretty. Two to four minutes is all you need to wait.
Variations to this Cookie Recipe
Try a Different Cake Mix
Use any flavor of cake mix you would like in place of the strawberry. Chocolate or vanilla cake mix would work just fine as well.
Skip the Extra Sugar
If this is too much sugar for you, you can skip rolling the cake mix cookies in extra sugar. You can place the cookies on the baking sheet and bake the same without the added sugar.
Hershey Kiss Topping
Use any flavor of Hershey Kiss flavored chocolates that you prefer. You can use a holiday flavored Kiss with red velvet cake mix for a holiday spin, or get a pretty colorful twist of white and milk chocolate from a Hugs Hershey Kiss.
Strawberry Kiss Cookies FAQs
Do the Hershey kisses go on the cookies before or after baking?
The Hershey kisses are placed in the center of the cookies after baking and cooling for a few minutes. If you placed them on before cooking they would melt.
Can I use a different type of chocolate instead of Hershey kisses?
Yes, you can use a different type of chocolate in place of Hershey kisses. Really anything that fits on top of your cookies will work just fine. Dove chocolates would be a great option as well.
Can I freeze the cookies?
Yes, you can freeze the cookies in an air-tight container for up to 3 months. Then when you are ready to eat simply thaw on the counter at room temperature.
More Tasty Recipes
If you love these Strawberry Kiss cookies, be sure to check out these other delicious ideas:
- Strawberry Shaped Sugar Cookies
- Peanut Butter and Jelly Cookies
- Vegan Strawberry Cake
- Strawberry Mojito Popsicles
📖 Recipe
Equipment
- Large bowl
- Small bowl
- Rubber spatula
- Spatula
- Cooling rack
Ingredients
- 1 Strawberry Cake Mix, boxed
- 8 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted
- 1 large egg
- 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
- Pink sanding sugar
- 48 Hershey's Kisses, or similar candies
Instructions
- In a large bowl, mix together the dry strawberry cake mix, butter and egg.
- Then, combine in the cream cheese until well incorporated.
- Chill the cookie dough for at least one hour. Preheat the oven to 350°F, and line 2 cookie sheets with parchment paper, remove the wrappers off of the kisses, and place the sanding sugar in a small bowl.
- Once the dough is chilled, roll the cookies into tablespoon balls, and roll the balls in the sanding sugar.
- Line each cookie ball in the baking tray.
- Bake cookies for 8-10 minutes. Let the cookies sit for about 2 minutes
- Place a chocolate kiss into the center of the cookie, and transferring the cookies to a cooling rack.
- Once the cookies are cooled, store the cookies in an air-tight container and store at room temperature.
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