Cookies with chocolate kisses inside. fantastic chocolate delight.
| Prep Time: | 20 mins |
| Cook Time: | 12 mins |
| Additional Time: | 28 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr |
| Servings: | 36 |
| Yield: | 3 dozen |
Ingredients
- 1 cup margarine, softened
- ½ cup white sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ¾ cups all-purpose flour
- 1 cup finely chopped walnuts
- 1 (6 ounce) bag milk chocolate candy kisses
- ⅓ cup confectioners’ sugar for decoration
Instructions
- In a large bowl, cream margarine with sugar and vanilla until light and fluffy. Mix in flour and walnuts, beating on low speed of an electric mixer until well mixed. Cover, and refrigerate dough for 2 hours, or until firm enough to handle.
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Remove wrappers from chocolate kisses. Shape approximately 1 tablespoon of dough around each chocolate kiss; be sure to cover chocolate completely. Place cookies on an ungreased cookie sheet.
- Bake for 10 to 12 minutes in the preheated oven. While cookies are still warm, roll them in confectioners’ sugar.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 127 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 12 g |
| Cholesterol | 1 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 2 g |
| Saturated Fat | 2 g |
| Sodium | 62 mg |
| Sugars | 4 g |
| Fat | 9 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
This is a wonderful recipe! I omitted the nuts so my mother could eat them. I added an additional 1/2 tsp of vanilla and two extra tsps of sugar. I will definitely make these again. The next time I will shape the cookies around the kiss and then let them sit in the fridge for two hours before baking.
Tasteless. What a waste of ingredients.
I have made these so many times. My daughter loves them so much that we have renamed them to Maggie’s kiss cookies (and we did that 20 years ago). Over the years we have done a couple changes. Instead of nuts we mix in mini chocolate chips into the dough and then wrap around the kiss. We also roll them in convectioners sugar as soon as they are cool enough to handle. They never last long!
Thought these would be something a little this year on my trays this year! These are a tasty little cookie! I didnt roll them in powder sugar i dipped the tops in melted chocolate chocolate Delicious!! An sprinkled them with nuts!!
Seems like it needed something…more sugar?
delicious. i made them with caramel kisses- but had to be really careful about watching them cus quite a few exploded. also omitted the nuts. still so so so good!
My mom used to make these when I was little. When I asked her for the recipe – she remembered who had given it to her, but couldn’t find the recipe. I was so glad to find it here! My one improvement/suggestion is that this recipe needs a little salt – just a pinch or 1/4 t or so – it brings a lot more depth to the walnuts and shortbread
The dough is not real sweet, but if you eat it altogether, the kiss makes it sweet! I thought they were good!
Absolutely Delish! I didn’t have any margarine so i substituted with butter and it turned out fine. These cookies remind me of the Russian Tea Cake cookies that I love so much only they have a little surprise in the middle with the kiss, mmmm.
Absolutely Delish! I didn’t have any margarine so i substituted with butter and it turned out fine. These cookies remind me of the Russian Tea Cake cookies that I love so much only they have a little surprise in the middle with the kiss, mmmm.
Good recipe! I wouldn’t change it a bit!
these have been a holiday staple in my house as long as i can remember. my mom makes them every year. its a very dry dough and is supposed to be that way. Little tip… Dont over cook them. these cookies are not meant to be “golden brown”
Excellent cookie and I followed the recipe exactly. I have made it more than once.
I dont know this recipe just wasnt as good as the other version of this cookie with the chocolate kiss added at then end. I would not make this again.
These came out great. A little TOO rich/ greasy for my liking but everyone else adored them. I used almond bits in stead of walnuts. They tasted great with the kiss inside!
my family didn’t like this particular cookie. We would rather just eat the kiss.
These are fantastic! I used the dark chocolate kisses. I also did use margerine as the other reviews suggested and they came out perfect.
I love this recipe I’ve used it for the last few years. I have 2 boys who have egg and peanut allergies. My Christmas cookie making is very limited. But these cookies are great! No eggs and I leave out the walnuts, they are wonderful! I am not a great cook by any stretch of the imagination. I followed the recipe, except for the walnuts, and the cookies come out great!
Used caramel filled kisses – really enjoyed, but spread more than expected.
i’ve made these many times. (even made them green for st. patrick’s day one yr.) very easy and taste GREAT!
I used butter instead of margarine, but otherwise followed the recipe exactly. They came out really heavy, and I felt a little gross afterward. If you’re going to use this recipe, I would recommend following it exactly the way it’s written.