Ingredients
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- 1 cup butter, softened
- 1 ½ cups sugar, divided
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 ¼ cup flour
- ¾ cup cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ cup peanut butter
- 36 Hersey’s Kisses
- Premade vanilla icing
- Orange food coloring
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Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
- Beat butter until creamy and add 1 cup white sugar and brown sugar. Beat until blended.
- Add eggs and vanilla and beat until combined.
- In a separate bowl, combine flour, cocoa powder, and baking soda.
- Pour dry ingredients into butter mixture and mix until combined.
- Add peanut butter and mix until incorporated.
- Use a cookie scoop or tablespoon to scoop out dough and roll into balls.
- Roll each ball in remaining ¼ cup sugar until completely coated.
- Place on lined cookie sheet and bake for 8 minutes.
- After removing cookies from oven, let cookie cool and press a Hersey’s Kiss into each cookie.
- Combine orange food coloring and premade vanilla icing until the desired color is reached.
- Fill a piping bag or sandwich bag with icing and making sure cookies are completely cool, pipe a circle around each candy topping.