Chocolate Chip Kiss Filled Butter Balls

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 10 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (9 ounce) bag hershey chocolate kisses
• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1/3 cup granulated sugar
• 1/3 cup packed light brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 2 cups flour
• 1 cup mini chocolate chip
• 1/4 cup mini chocolate chip
• 1 teaspoon shortening
• chocolate fudge topping

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375*f. unwrap kisses; set aside.
• 2 cream the butter, both sugars, and vanilla in a large bowl until fluffy.
• 3 add the flour gradually; blend until smooth.
• 4 stir in the mini chocolate chips just to incorporate.
• 5 shape a scant tablespoons of dough around each kiss, covering completely; mold into balls.
• 6 place 1" apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
• 7 bake 10-12 minutes or until set. cool 2 minutes on sheets, then transfer cookies to wire racks to cool completely.
• 8 at this point, you can serve the cookies as is, dust them with powdered sugar, drizzle them with hot fudge topping or the chocolate drizzle.
• 9 chocolate drizzle: melt the chocolate chips and shortening together over low heat, stirring until completely melted. drizzle over tops of cookies using the tines of a fork.