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peppermint kiss cookies
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Peppermint Brownie Cookies

These peppermint kiss cookies are fudgy, minty, and topped with crushed candy canes—perfect for holiday parties or cookie swaps!
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Christmas
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 7 minutes
Cooling Time 10 minutes
Total Time 32 minutes
Servings 44 people
Calories 119kcal

Equipment

Ingredients

  • 1 box dark chocolate brownie mix
  • 1/4 cup all purpose flour
  • 2 egg(s)
  • 1/4 cup unsalted butter melted
  • 1 tablespoon chocolate syrup
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1 cup mini chocolate chips
  • 1/2 cup granulated sugar
  • 1 cup candy canes or peppermints, crushed
  • 44 Hershey kisses

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and line two baking sheets with parchment paper.
    Brownie mix, sugar, milk chocolate chips, crushed candy canes, vanilla, butter, flour
  • In a mixing bowl, combine the brownie mix and flour together.
    Brownie mix and flour in a glass bowl
  • Once the flour is mixed, stir in the eggs, melted butter, chocolate syrup, and vanilla together until combined.
    Eggs, melted butter, chocolate syrup, and vanilla to the dry ingredients
  • Add the chocolate chips and gently mix them into the batter.
    Chocolate chips added to the batter
  • Use a one tablespoon cookie scoop to create cookie dough balls.
    Brownie cookie dough in a cookie scoop
  • Roll each cookie dough ball in the granulated sugar until fully coated on the outside.
    Cookie dough ball being rolled in sugar
  • Place the cookies on the prepared baking sheet (about 1 1/2” apart - they can be pretty close), and bake for 7 minutes.
    balls of dough placed on the baking sheet
  • Remove the cookies from the oven and garnish with crushed peppermint or crushed candy canes.
    baked cookies garnished with candy cane
  • Top with a peppermint Hershey Kiss.
    hershey's kisses pressed into the cookies
  • Let cool on the baking sheet for 8-9 minutes before transferring to a cooling rack.

Nutrition

Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 119kcal | Carbohydrates: 18g | Protein: 1g | Fat: 5g | Saturated Fat: 2g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 12mg | Sodium: 44mg | Potassium: 5mg | Fiber: 0.3g | Sugar: 13g | Vitamin A: 52IU | Vitamin C: 0.03mg | Calcium: 15mg | Iron: 0.5mg