KISSES Red Velvet Chocolate Blossoms
Add sweet swirls to this red velvet chocolate blossoms recipe with HERSHEY’S HUGS Candies. These are classic blossom cookies with a few twists! The HERSHEY'S KISSES Red Velvet Chocolate Blossom recipe helps you bake red velvet cake-like cookies with HERSHEY’S HUGS Candies on top for the ultimate holiday dessert. Once cooled, every bite of these rich red velvet chocolate blossoms is bursting with chocolate, white creme and cocoa flavors. They’re the perfect treats to help you say, “I love you."
Ingredients
48
HERSHEY'S HUGS Brand Candies
1/2 cup
butter or margarine (1 stick), softened
1 cup
granulated sugar
1
egg
1 Tbsp
milk
1 Tbsp
red food color
1 1/2 tsps
vanilla extract
1 3/4 cups
all-purpose flour
1/4 cup
HERSHEY'S Cocoa
1/2 tsp
baking soda
1/4 tsp
salt
2/3 cup
white decorator's sugar or granulated sugar for rolling
Directions
Heat oven to 350°F. Remove wrappers from candies.
Beat butter, 1 cup granulated sugar, egg, milk, red food color and vanilla in large bowl until well blended. Stir together flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into butter mixture, beating until well blended.3
Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll in decorator's sugar. Place on ungreased cookie sheet.4
Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until cookie is set (do NOT over bake). Remove from oven; cool 3 to 4 minutes. Press candy piece into center of each cookie. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely.
