Description
These Surprise Kiss Peanut Butter Snowballs are perfect for Santa, a Hershey’s Kiss hidden inside a delicious peanut butter cookie dusted with powdered sugar.
Ingredients
1/2 cup unsalted butter
1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
3/4 cup white sugar, divided
2 large eggs
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/4 tsp salt
24 Hershey Kisses (dark or milk chocolate), unwrapped
2 tbsp confectioners’ sugar
Instructions
In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream together butter, peanut butter and 1/2 cup sugar until smooth and fluffy, 2-3 minutes
Add eggs 1 at a time
Add vanilla extract, mix
Slowly add flour and salt, mix until fully combined
Refrigerate dough at least 1 hour
Pre-heat oven to 375°F
With clean hands work the dough and form it around each kiss, roll into a ball, you should not be able to see any part of the kiss
Pour the remaining 1/4 cup sugar into a small bowl
Roll the dough balls in the sugar to coat
Place the kiss wrapped, sugar coated dough balls on 2 parchment lined baking sheet (12 cookies on each sheet)
Bake 12-15 minutes
Transfer cookies to a cooling rack
Sprinkle with powdered sugar
Notes
Best if eaten within 3-4 days, can keep frozen up to 2 months
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