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Don’t you wish you would’ve started a count of how many cookies you’d bake during the holiday months? I can honestly say I haven’t baked as much as some of you all, but I’m well in the hundreds, and that’s without even really counting!  Surely after all this baking, your supplies will need to be restocked, so keep on reading on how to enter our giveaway!


After being invited to bake with Hershey’s this holiday season, I wanted to go for the traditional, showcasing the Hershey’s Kiss Shape, nestling it into a crinkled cookie and what better recipe than the Chocolate Peanut Butter Blossoms? 

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Not sure what to make for your holiday table? Try some of the great recipes from La Cocina de HERSHEY’S® including:

Chocolate Peanut Butter Blossoms 

Ingredients

48 HERSHEY’S KISSES Brand Milk Chocolates
1/2 cup shortening
1 cup REESE’S Creamy Peanut Butter
1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
1/3 cup granulated sugar
1 egg
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1 cup all-purpose flour
1/3 cup HERSHEY’S Cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
Granulated sugar

Directions

  1. Heat oven to 375°F. Remove wrappers from chocolates.
  2. Beat shortening and peanut butter in large bowl until well blended. Add brown sugar and 1/3 cup granulated sugar; beat until fluffy. Add egg, milk and vanilla; beat well. Stir together flour, cocoa, baking soda and salt; gradually beat into peanut butter mixture.
  3. Shape dough into 1-inch balls. Roll in granulated sugar; place on ungreased cookie sheet.
  4. Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until set. Immediately press chocolate into center of each cookie; cookie will crack around edges. Remove from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely. About 4 dozen cookies. 
Giveaway: Enter to win a Hershey’s Prize Pack, 
loaded with goodies to restock your baking supplies after the holidays are over!
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Your prize pack will contain:

  • (1) bag of HERSHEY’S® KISSES® Chocolates
  • (1) can of HERSHEY’S® Cocoa
  • (1) $10 Visa Gift Card for the purchase of additional recipe ingredients
  • Apron
  • Mixing Bowl

How to Enter (Please leave a separate comment for EACH entry); Deadline is December 26th at noon EST! US Mailing Addresses only.

  1. Mandatory Entry: Visit and tell me one recipe you’d like to make
  2. Answer this question: What do they like to bake during this joyous time of the year?
  3. Follow @HersheysKisses on Twitter
  4. Follow @Nella22 on Twitter
  5. Tweet the following message “Enter to win Chocolate + more thanks to @HersheysKisses and #MyBlogSpark via @nella22 http://bit.ly/vnRKep #giveaway PLS RT #cookieHQ”
  6. Become a Google Connect Follower (right-hand side bar on blog)

Disclosure: The Hershey’s product, information, recipes, and prize pack have been provided by The Hershey Company through MyBlogSpark. Recipe reprinted with permission of MyBlogSpark and Hershey’s.  

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