Want an easy way to impress your guests? With just 5 ingredients, these sweet Hershey Kiss Cookies deliver the wow-factor that will keep your guests grabbing for more! Plus, thanks to a cake mix shortcut, they’re also one of the easiest cookies you’ll ever make!
Hershey Kiss Cookies
It’s a well proven fact that the definition of a truly great cookie… is your inability to have just one!
I think a truly great cookie should also look pretty fabulous. Oh, and of course chocolate. That’s a must-have, too!
Lisa writes: "Amazing, wonderful recipe"
Then there’s the EASY factor. For a cookie to truly be great, it needs to be as simple and uncomplicated as possible!
That’s where these adorable little Hershey’s Kiss cookies come in, because they encompass all these attributes. They’re crazy easy to make, gorgeous to behold… and beyond irresistible!
Seriously, I bet you can’t have just one! They’re one of those cookies that just keeps drawing you back for a second… and then a third!
I blame it all on the sweet milk chocolatey Hershey Kisses and heavenly coconut. These are literally jammed into every nook and cranny of these perfectly soft and chewy vanilla cookies!
Trust me… your friends and family will go coconuts for these cute little Hershey Kiss cookies at Christmas!
Everyone loves a perfectly soft and chewy vanilla cake mix cookie. These festive Confetti Cookies, easy Winter Wonderland Cookies, and adorable Snowman Decorated Cookies all prove that point deliciously!
Plus, I love the versatility of these Hershey’s Kiss Cookies!
Easy Cake Mix Cookies Recipes like this make the perfect easy Christmas cookies, but thanks to the coconut, they also make the cutest little Easter Cookies!
Oh come on, who are we kidding… when you’ve got Hershey Kisses on cookies you’ve got a cookie that is perfect all year long! Yep, they’re that good!
So what are you waiting for?
Grab your apron on and let’s get baking!
Ingredients
It takes just a few simple ingredients to make the BEST Hershey Kiss cookies recipe!
- French Vanilla Cake Mix – Vanilla cake mix can be substituted.
- Chocolate Hershey Kisses
- Sweetened Coconut Flakes
- Butter – Vegetable Oil or Canola Oil can be substituted.
- Eggs
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Believe me, making these Hershey Kiss Cookies without peanut butter is going to be so easy!
Here’s what you’ll do…
1. Mix up your dough, and chill in refrigerator.
2. Once cookie dough has chilled, form the dough into small balls.
3. Roll the dough balls in coconut flakes, then bake in oven.
4. Once baked, remove the cookies from the oven and promptly press Hershey Kiss down in center of each cookie after baking.
5. Allow to cool, and ENJOY!
Now all that’s left to do is enjoy & DEVOUR!
These vanilla cake mix cookies truly are one of the simplest Christmas Dessert Recipes and Easy Easter Dessert Recipes you can make!
Scroll down for the printable recipe card with detailed, step-by-step instructions.
Hershey Kiss Cookie Variations
Want even more glorious ways to add Hershey Kisses to your fresh baked cookies?
I know you’ll love baking up these Peanut Butter Kisses Cookies, festive Peppermint White Chocolate Cookies, and fudgy Chocolate Kisses Cookies, too!
Make Ahead Tips
These vanilla cake mix cookies are actually really easy to prep ahead of time! Your cookie dough can be made ahead of time. Then stored covered in the refrigerator up to 2 days prior to baking.
Storage Tips
After baked, these Hershey kiss cookies will last well at room temperature, stored covered in an airtight container, for up to 3 days.
Reviews
What Your Frugal Friends Are Saying About This Easy 5 Ingredient Hersheys Kiss Cookies Recipe…
One reader writes: “These are so scrumptious”
Tasia writes: “Love this combo!”
Lisa writes: “Cute and delicious, perfect sweet treats!”
Nancy writes: “Love how simple these are to make!”
Joana writes: “Amazing and so delicious”
Kathrine writes: “So yummy!”
Lisa writes: “Amazing, wonderful recipe”
Patti writes: “YUM … awesome one to put on the cookie trays!”
Rebecca writes: “A wonderful holiday treat!”
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Hershey Kiss Cookies
Ingredients
- 13.25 oz. Betty Crocker French Vanilla Cake Mix, (if using a 15.25 oz. box, increase butter to 1/2 cup, Vanilla can also be substituted)
- 1/3 cup Melted Butter, (Vegetable or Canola Oil can be substituted)
- 2 large Eggs
- 1 1/3 cups Sweetened Coconut Flakes
- 36 Hershey Kisses, (10.8 oz bag is plenty)
Instructions
- Gather your ingredients.
- Combine Cake Mix, Melted Butter (or oil), and Eggs in large mixing bowl, and mix with hand mixer or stand mixer until well combined.
- Cover dough and chill in refrigerator for 2 hours.
- Unwrap Hershey Kisses and set aside.
- After dough has chilled, preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Line large baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Roll dough into small tablespoon sized balls, then roll around in coconut and press flakes onto the entire surface of the dough ball.
- Transfer dough balls to cookie sheet. (do not flatten)
- Bake on center oven rack for 7 – 13 minutes, or until done. (Note: Bake on the shorter end of the time range for non-stick cookie sheets & longer end of the time range for aluminum cookie sheets)
- Immediately after removing from oven carefully place a Hershey Kiss in the center of each cookie, and gently push down.
- Allow cookies to cool on cookie sheets for 2 minutes, then transfer to wire racks to finish cooling, and ENJOY!
Notes
- Butter: When it comes to cake mix cookies, salted or unsalted butter can be used, as the cake mix will have a little salt in it. However, I’ve found that salted butter will result in superior flavor.
- Make Ahead Tips: These vanilla cake mix cookies are actually really easy to prep ahead of time! Your cookie dough can be made ahead of time. Then stored covered in the refrigerator up to 2 days prior to baking.
- Storage Tips: After baked, these cookies will last well at room temperature, stored covered in an airtight container, for up to 3 days.
- FAQ’s: For answers to Frequently Asked Questions or tips for common substitutions and variations, please refer to the detailed information above this recipe card.
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Oh how delicious!!! I have to try them out!! 🙂
have a great day,
Tiziana
Thanks, Tiziana… have fun baking your cookies!
I love cookies, it’s so delicious, thanks a lot for the recipe.
Have a good day
Thanks, Delphine! I hope you have a lovely day, too!
I love holiday cookies so much! And these, with the coconut, sound fantastic! Anything chocolate and coconut is a hit in our house!
Thanks, Lauren! I hope your whole family loves them! 🙂
Heidi, what a beautiful and festive cookie! I love the coconut addition! Yum!
Thanks so much, Michelle! The coconut flakes really do take the flavor of these thumbprint cookies to the next level!
You have the most creative ideas of how to use a cake mix. That wreath coconut cookie recipe looks great!
Aww… thank you so much, Judee! 🙂
Those cookies look awesome especially with the hershey’s kisses! So yummy and perfect for the holiday season!
Thanks so much, Christie! They definitely make festive little Christmas treats! 🙂
Love coconut! And chocolate. Need I say more? 🙂
Right? It’s the best flavor combination ever!!
These look so good! They would make great Christmas gifts, too.
Thanks so much, Michelle… and I love that ideas as giving them as gifts! 🙂
I love the aroma of the baked coconuts, these cookies are tempting with fewer ingredients , and that cute Hershey candies. Perfect holiday flavors , thank you for sharing, Heidi!
Thanks so much, Aarthi! And you’re right… nothing beats that dreamy scent of baked coconut!
I adore hershey kisses and have a weakness for anything with coconut. These cookies are a real treat!
Thanks so much, Angie! They really are such a dreamy flavor combination. 🙂