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by Kara Cook 10 Comments
These pretty candy like bon bon cookies are filled with a yummy caramel surprise. They are so fun to serve, and even more fun to eat!
Guys, these bon bon cookies are so good! The first time I made them- several years ago- I just used a regular Hershey kiss in the middle. They were still good, but using a caramel filled kiss makes them totally decadent! Who doesn’t like biting into a cookie and finding an ooey gooey caramel surprise in the middle?
I decorated the tops of my cookies with white chocolate, M&M’s and gum drop slivers. I just love how pretty they look!
Of course, you can justadd a few sprinkles on top of the cookies.
Or if you’re really in a hurry and don’t have time for the layer of white chocolate to set up, just drizzle them with a little white chocolate and add some colored sugar or sprinkles. No matter what you do, these cookies will taste amazing!
Yield: 3 dozen
Caramel Filled Bon Bon Cookies
Chocolate cookies filled with a chocolate caramel candy. Perfect for Christmas!
Prep Time30 minutes
Cook Time7 minutes
Total Time37 minutes
Ingredients
- 1/4 cup butter
- 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 14oz can sweetened condensed milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 2 cups flour
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 10oz bag Hershey's kisses with caramel
- 1/2 cup white chocolate chips + 1 tsp coconut or canola oil
- M&M candies and green gumdrops
Instructions
- Melt butter in a medium sized saucepan over medium low heat. Turn heat to very low and add chocolate chips. Cook and stir till smooth and melted. Remove from heat and stir in the sweetened condensed milk and vanilla.
- In a large mixing bowl, whisk together the flour and salt. Add the chocolate mixture and mix well. Dough will be stiff.
- Roll a heaping tablespoon of dough into a ball. Flatten it out and put a caramel kiss in the middle. Wrap the dough around the kiss, sealing it inside the dough.
- Repeat with remaining dough. Place on lightly greased or silpat lined cookie sheets.
- Bake at 350° for about 7 minutes. Cookies will be shiny on top, but will set up as they cool. Let cool on pans for a couple minutes, then remove to cooling racks. Cool completely.
- Melt chocolate chips and oil in a glass bowl in the microwave at half power, stirring every 30 seconds. Spoon a small amount of melted chocolate over each cookie, letting it drip halfway down.
- Use kitchen shears to cut small leaves from the green gumdrops. Top each cookie with a red M&M and two gumdrop leaves.
Nutrition Information:
Yield:
36Serving Size:
1
Amount Per Serving:Calories: 216Total Fat: 9gSaturated Fat: 5gTrans Fat: 0gUnsaturated Fat: 3gCholesterol: 11mgSodium: 61mgCarbohydrates: 32gNet Carbohydrates: 0gFiber: 1gSugar: 23gSugar Alcohols: 0gProtein: 3g
If you want to share these heavenly little goodies, I have designed a little gifttag to go with them. Click on the link below and it will take you to the post where you can download the gift tags.
Holly Jolly Gift Tags
Enjoy!
Here are a few more absolutely scrumptiousChristmas cookie recipes:
Pistachio Kiss Cookies / Cherry Chocolate Thumbprint Cookies / Brookies / Caramel Filled Shortbread Cookies
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Reader Interactions
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SusanCan a regular chocolate kiss work as well?
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- Kara Cook
Sure. It won’t be caramel filled, but filled with chocolate is still tasty in my book!
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- Cherilynne Utton
Just starting my Holiday baking and want to put these into it. Could I use just a caramel melt for the center instead of the Kiss?
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- Kara Cook
I’ve never done that, but it’s definitely worth a try! Let me know how it turns out.
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- Pam
The batter of this cookie was increditably difficult to work with. Very dry and crumbly.
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- Kara Cook
The dough should be stiff so that the cookies hold their shape, but it shouldn’t be crumbly. Your flour may have been compacted so you ended up with too much of it. I like to stir my before spooning it into the measuring cup, but you can also pre-sift it. Sorry you had trouble.
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- Anna
Kara, can these cookies be frozen?
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- Kara Cook
I’ve never frozen them, but if you do, I suggest freezing them before adding the white chocolate topping. I think they should be fine.
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- Sue Erskine
I now live in Australia.. Never seen Hershey Kisses with caramel inside.. Just normal Hershey Kisses. What could I use for substitute.. Recipe looks so good, as does the sugar cookie one.. Want to make both this Christmas Thank you Sue
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- Kara Cook
You could use a Rolo candy, they would work just as well.
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