In my opinion it is always the season for Red Velvet Kiss Cookies but I have to admit that Valentine’s Day and Christmas are especially wonderful. The red color and the awesome chocolate flavor from both the cookie and the Hershey’s Kiss make for an outstanding cookie! Blossom cookies are always a crowd pleaser. Whether you make a Peanut Butter version or this Easy Red Velvet Kiss recipe, I will guarantee that everyone will love each and every bite!
Things to LOVE about these Red Velvet Cookies
- They start with a cake mix and so that means they are super easy!
- Red Velvet Blossom Cookies are impressive but you don’t have to have any special baking skills to make them.
- The sugar coating on the outside of the red velvet cake mix cookies gives them a spectacular texture.
- Adding a Hershey’s Kiss to a cookie is always a good idea! I love the contrast of cookie and chocolate candy.
Ingredients Needed
- Red Velvet Cake Mix-Using a red velvet cake mix for the base of this cookie is the perfect place to start and allows you to make these cookies with only a handful of ingredients.
- Vegetable Oil-Added to both bind the cookie dough and give the red velvet cookies a nice soft texture.
- Eggs-Another binding ingredient, eggs also give you a light soft cookie.
- Granulated Sugar-In this recipe the cookies are rolled in the granulated sugar for an excellent texture on the outside.
- Hershey’s Kisses-A kiss cookie would not be complete without a silky smooth milk chocolate Kiss in the middle.
How to make Red Velvet Kiss Cookies with a Cake Mix
1. Combine the red velvet cake mix, oil and eggs in a large bowl and mix together using a hand held mixer {or by hand}. You want a nice and thick beautiful deep red cookie dough.
2. Use a medium cookie scoop to scoop mounds of red velvet cookie dough and then roll them in granulated sugar.
3. Place the cookie dough mounds onto a silicone mat {or parchment} lined baking sheet and bake in a 350 degree oven for 8-10 minutes or until they are set.
5. Remove the cookies from the oven and allow them to cool on the baking sheet for 5 minutes. After 5 minutes move the cookies to a cooling rack and place an unwrapped Hershey’s Kiss into the middle of each cookie.
Allow the cookies to cool completely and the Hershey’s Kisses to set up {they will melt slightly as the cookies cool} before serving or storing.
#1 Tip for Blossom Cookies
The #1 Tip for making the best Blossom Cookies is to be sure that you add the unwrapped Hershey’s Kiss after the cookies have baked and cooled for 5 minutes.
Once you have moved the cookies to a cooling rack, place the Hershey’s Kiss to the middle of the cookie and allow them to cool completely.
The reason this is so important is that we don’t want the kisses to melt. If you add the Hershey’s Kisses before baking they will totally melt into the cookie. If you add them directly after baking they will melt and lose their shape.
Adding them after 5 minutes and off of the warm cookie sheet is the very best way to be sure that your kiss holds its shape and gives you the perfect Blossom Cookies.
Why do we coat the Blossom Cookies in sugar?
There are a couple of reasons that we roll Red Velvet Blossom Cookies in sugar before baking. First of all, the sugar will melt slightly into the cookie dough and create this wonderful crust around the outside of the cookie. It adds such great texture!
The sugar on the outside also helps the cookies from spreading out while they bake which is nice because you want thick Blossom Cookies.
Kiss Cookies Recipe Variations
There are a few easy things you can do to change the recipe and flavors slightly.
- Use other kinds of chocolate kisses. There are so many varieties of Hershey’s Kisses. Choose your favorite and don’t feel like you have to stick to the milk chocolate.
- Shape the cookies into a heart for Valentine’s Day. Add the Hershey’s Kiss to the middle of the cookie and enjoy.
- Roll the cookies in a colored sanding sugar. There are a variety of colored sanding sugars in the baking aisle of the grocery store. Roll the cookies in that for a different color and slightly different texture.
- You could always try this awesome Cake Mix Peanut Butter Blossom recipe. It is easy and delicious!
How to Store your Red Velvet Kiss Cookies
Red Velvet Kiss Cookies can easily be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 4 days. They can also be frozen for up to 3 months.
Do you love Red Velvet? Try these easy recipes…
- Red Velvet Sheet Cake Cookies
- Crumbl Copycat Red Velvet White Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Easy Red Velvet Black Bottom Bundt Cake
- Red Velvet Cinnamon Roll Cake
- Cake Mix Red Velvet Sandwich Cookies
- Red Velvet Crumb Cake
Red Velvet Kiss Cookies Recipe with a Cake Mix
Ingredients
- 1-15.25 ounce box Red Velvet Cake Mix
- 2 eggs
- ⅓ cup oil
- ⅓ cup sugar
- 24 Hershey Kisses unwrapped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a medium sized bowl, mix together the cake mix, eggs and oil until fully combined and no lumps remain. I like to use a hand held mixer for this step but you can stir the ingredients together by hand.
- Use a medium cookie scoop to scoop dough and roll into 1" balls. Then roll each cookie dough ball in sugar and place on a greased cookie sheet.
- Bake for 8-10 minutes or until set.
- Remove from the oven and let cool for the about 5 minutes before you stick the Hershey's Kiss in the center. Allow the cookies to cool until the Hershey's Kisses have set back up and then serve. Store in an airtight container at room temperature for 4 days or freeze for up to 3 months.
Notes
- Let the Hershey's Kiss set in the cookie before you move them or it will melt into the cookie.
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