Pumpkin Kiss Cookies
These Pumpkin Kiss Cookies are a twist on the classic traditional kiss cookie made with Hershey’s Chocolate Kisses. Great pumpkin and spice flavor throughout the the cookie and then topped with a seasonal Pumpkin Kiss from Hershey’s.
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 of all purpose flour
- 2 ½ teaspoons of pumpkin pie spice
- ½ teaspoon of baking powder
- ½ teaspoon of baking soda
- ½ teaspoon of salt
- ½ cup of white granulated sugar
- ½ cup of brown sugar I used dark
- ½ cup of canola oil
- 1 ½ cups of refrigerated pumpkin puree not pumpkin pie filling
- 1 egg
- ½ teaspoon of 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!
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!