A Festive Twist on a Classic: Pumpkin Kiss Cookies. These delightful treats combine the classic taste of a sugar cookie with the warm, spicy flavors of pumpkin. Topped with a Hershey’s Pumpkin Kiss, each cookie is a bite-sized piece of autumn.
If you find it difficult to find Hershey’s Pumpkin Kisses, you can absolutely use a regular milk chocolate kiss or even try a hazelnut kiss. These cookies and cream kisses or these limited edition sugar cookie kisses are delicious as well!
My friend Pam over at Blueberries and Blessings and I are giving you a full week of Halloween treats.
Yesterday, Pam brought us her adorable Eyeball Cake Pops and I brought my Easy Pumpkin Parfaits.
{Click on the photo to see the recipe.}
I am excited to see what Pam is bringing us today, go check her out: Blueberries and Blessings
Today I am bringing you Pumpkin Kiss Cookies!
These cookies began as just a great pumpkin cookie recipe.
I wanted to kick them up a notch so I added some spices and then a few weeks ago, at the grocery store I found these Hershey’s Pumpkin Kisses.
I’d seen them before, but had never really thought about doing anything with them.
They are so good to eat all by themselves, or drop a couple in a mug of coffee… delish!
Then I added them to an already spectacular cookie recipe and you’ve got a recipe for the perfect Fall Pumpkin Treat!
These cookies are AMAZING! (and pair very nicely with a hot cup of coffee or warm cup of tea!)
And so my delicious Pumpkin Kiss Cookies were born.
And I cannot even tell you how great these are and I also won’t mention that we may or may not have devoured them in a day.
Hey, I have teenagers! That’s what happens around here. A lot.
Are you ready to try out these Pumpkin Kiss Cookies?
Have you tried these little Hershey’s Pumpkin Kisses yet? If not, go straight to your local store and get some.
You can do so many fun things with them, especially make these cookies!
Pumpkin Kiss Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 ½ cups all purpose flour
- 2 ½ teaspoons pumpkin pie spice
- ½ teaspoons baking powder
- ½ teaspoons baking soda
- ½ teaspoons salt
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar I used dark
- ½ cup canola oil
- 1 ½ cups pumpkin puree refrigerated, not pumpkin pie filling
- 1 large egg
- ½ teaspoons vanilla extract
- 24 Hershey’s Pumpkin Kisses
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 375 degrees.
- Put Hershey’s Kisses in the Freezer to sit while preparing and baking. (Approximately 20 minutes)
- Prepare your cookie sheet with cooking spray or use a silicon baking mat.
- In a medium size bowl, combine together the flour, pumpkin pie spice, baking powder, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
- In another bowl, mix together the white sugar, brown sugar and the oil.
- Add the refrigerated pumpkin puree and combine thoroughly.
- Add the egg and then the vanilla extract mixing well between each addition.
- Slowly add the flour mixture a little at a time until mixed together well.
- Using a large spoon or a small ice cream scoop, heaping spoonfuls onto your prepared pan, approximately 1″ apart.
- Bake at 375 degrees for about 8-10 minutes or until the cookies are just starting to show some cracks. If you do the toothpick test, the toothpick should come out clean.
- Remove from oven. Immediately press a pumpkin spice kiss into center of each
- cookie. It’s normal if the cookie cracks a bit more around edges.
- Remove the cookies from the cookie sheet to a wire rack.
- Cool completely.
- Enjoy!
Nutrition
Just perfect for Halloween or Thanksgiving
Yum! I made some similar ones a few weeks back, love those pumpkin spice kisses!
*Sob* I don’t think they sell pumpkin kisses in Canada cause I haven’t seen them 🙁 Your cookies are adorable and I bet the kiss really amps up the pumpkin flavour. I’m going to have to hunt a bag down. I’ve been going crazy over all the pumpkin recipes floating around the internet lately and this is being added to my must-bake list.
I love making a version of these, but yours look so moist and fluffy I need to try them!