I don’t know that there is a more classic Christmas cookie than Peanut Butter Blossoms. I made them every Christmas in the kitchen with my mom for as long as I can remember. We’d often have cookie making parties where my Aunt Rose would come over, along with her brood of boys – and we’d all make cookies. Those are some of my favorite Christmas memories!
Hershey’s contacted me a couple of weeks ago, and offered to send me a Holiday baking pack. Free chocolate? How could I resist? It arrived last week, filled with lots of goodies. I couldn’t wait to start my Christmas baking! Monday night was our small town’s Christmas parade, so my mom came up and we baked these cookies with the boys before the parade started. They had so much fun helping to roll the balls of dough in the sugar before baking. And, what joy to carry that tradition along to our own little family unit!
Peanut Butter Blossoms
48 Hershey’s Kisses chocolates
1/2 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1/3 cup packed light brown sugar
1 egg
2 Tbsp milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 tsp baking soda
1/2 tsp salt
granulated or sprinkling sugar, for rolling
Preaheat oven to 375 degrees. Remove wrappers from chocolate kisses.
In a medium bowl combine the flour, baking soda, and salt. Whisk to combine, and set aside.
In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with a paddle attachment, cream the butter and sugars until fluffy. With mixer running on low, add the egg, milk, and vanilla. Mix to combine. Slowly add in the flour, and mix until combined.
Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll in sugar and place on ungreased cookie sheet.
Bake 8-10 minutes, until lightly browned. Remove from oven and immediately press a chocolate kiss into the center of each cookie. Remove to a cooling rack to cool completely.
Store in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
Source: adapted from The Hershey Company
Hershey’s Cookie Headquarters has graciously offered to share a baking pack with one of our readers, to help kick-start their holiday baking this year. Just leave a comment with your favorite thing to make or bake with Hershey’s chocolate during the holiday season! Cookies? Cocoa? So many possibilities! The prize pack includes:
1 Hershey’s Cookie Headquarter Apron
1 pkg. Hershey’s Baking Melts Chocolates
1 pkg. Hershey’s Bits ‘o’ Brickle® Toffee Chips
1 pkg. Hershey’s Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
1 pkg. Hershey’s Kisses Chocolates
1 canister Hershey’ Baking Cocoa
1 set of recipe cards featuring Hershey’s holiday recipes
To enter, please answer the following question in a comment: What is your favorite thing to bake with Hershey’s during the holiday season? Deadline to enter is Monday December 3, 2012 at midnight EST. US residents only, please.
Giveaway is now closed. Congratulations to Entry #17 – Jenny, who said “Is there anything that I don’t love using Hershey’s chocolate in?! 
If I had to pick one recipe though… I love making flourless chocolate cakes using Hershey’s Special Dark chips. Divine!”
Thanks to all who entered, and Hershey’s for sponsoring the giveaway!
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I use Hershey’s bars for my homemade candy and for so much more. These cookies are always on my list to bake for Christmas.
I use Hershey’s chocolate to make fudge – I swear it doesn’t taste right otherwise.
Kissy Cookies of course. They are my families favorite!
I use Hershey’s in a from scratch chocolate sheet cake that everyone requests from me during the holidays! A secret family recipe that is SO good!
my Hidden Kisses – our family’s favorite holiday cookie!
I love making fudge around the holidays and I always grab for the Hershey’s cocoa to make it!
A fudge and nut version of these cookies!
I make a ton of cookies every holiday season and about 90% of them have some kind of chocolate in them!
I like making chocolate chip cookie dough brownies with Hershey’s chocolate chips and Hershey’s Cocoa Powder!
I just made chocolate chip cookie dough fudge with the Hershey’s mini chips and that is a new favorite of mine!
My favorite cookie for christmas is peanut blossoms followed by spritz cookies Happy Holidays
I love baking with Hershey’s cocoa, the chocolate cake recipe on the container is divine!
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Double chocolate cookies with Hershey’s Semi Sweet Chocolate chips
peanut butter kiss cookies of course. my family can’t survive a holiday without! traditions
Either these cookies or the Hershey Bar Pie. So delicious!!
My favorite cookies are peanut butter blossoms, and I like to make them with dark chocolate Hershey’s kisses. I also use Hershey’s baking cocoa to make my microwave hot chocolate, which is my favorite post-workout treat in the winter. Yum!
Is there anything that I don’t love using Hershey’s chocolate in?!
If I had to pick one recipe though… I love making flourless chocolate cakes using Hershey’s Special Dark chips. Divine!
My favorite holiday thing to bake w/ Hershey’s is chocolate thumbprint cookies!
Peanut Butter Blossoms are one of my all-time favorite cookies. My favorite thing to bake with Hershey’s cocoa is black magic cake. It’s perfect!
S’mores fudge with Hershey bars! Mmm…
Peanut butter blossoms but my family calls them peanut buttons!
Molasses cookies!
I love making a no-bake cheesecake using chopped Hershey bars mixed in and sprinkled on top. Always popular!
My Mom and I bake peanut butter blossoms every year with Hershey’s kisses!
Peanut Butter blossoms, of course!
Ohhh I want to make the WHOLE book of cookies from one of my vintage cookbooks but if I had to pick a favorite, it would be pinwheel cookies… they are sooo pretty when completed!
Just baked a chocolate cake today with Hershey’s cocoa. Can’t wait to dig in! I also love just basic chocolate chip cookies…mMMMmm
I make a chocolate pie using 2 giant hershey bars w/ almonds and whipped heavy cream. YUM!!!
Peanut Butter Blossom cookies made with Bisquick! I want to also try pumpkin brownies.
I love using hersheys chocolate to make s’mores when it is cold outside!
To bake and place on butter cookies.
My favorite thing to make over the holidays is hot chocolate cookies. I add a chunk of Hershey’s chocolate over each cookie with bits of marshmallows!
I make so many peanut butter blossoms I dream about them by the time Christmas gets here! My husband likes the cookie rolled in sugar before it’s baked, my brother & niece like them without sugar, and my sister-in-law, mom, & dad like them topped with a mini Reese’s cup instead of a Hershey’s kiss! My personal favorite is the not-rolled in sugar version as soon as you put that Kiss on top–so the chocolate is all soft & gooey on top of that warm cookie!
Blondies with toffee chips!
fudge is probably one of the biggies, but i am also a huge fan of chocolate chip cookies and only hershey’s will do
Hi Laura! I’m so excited that I was chosen as the winner in the giveaway. I emailed my mailing info to you. Hope you got it. My email server has been acting up… Thanks again for hosting such a wonderful giveaway!
Please let me know if you didn’t get my info.