Hershey Kiss Cookies
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!
Servings: 36 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.
