My friend Janessa stopped by a few days ago with a whole platter of Christmas treats. If you want to make me happy, that is definitely the way. Making treats for my own neighbors and friends is a tradition I do every year. I’ve found that the sugar cookies are always popular and always the first to go.

As much as I love sugar cookies, I hate rolling those suckers out. These Hershey’s Candy Cane Kiss Cookie Bars have little specks of white chocolate and peppermint candy cane kisses throughout and are topped with a cream cheese frosting.

Candy Cane Kisses Bars | The Girl Who Ate Everything

I may earn commissions for purchases made through links on this post.

Holiday-Family-Fun
Once again all of my friends have stepped up their game with some gorgeous treats. We have treats using Hershey’s Kisses Chocolate and Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups which are two of my absolute favorites.

Candy Cane Kisses Bars | The Girl Who Ate Everything
I’m sure finding a helper to unwrap all of those kisses won’t be a problem.
Candy Cane Kisses Bars | The Girl Who Ate Everything

Candy Cane Kiss Sugar Cookie Bars

3.75 from 8 votes
As much as I love sugar cookies, I hate rolling those suckers out. These Hershey's Candy Cane Kiss Cookie Bars have little specks of white chocolate and peppermint candy cane kisses throughout and are topped with a cream cheese frosting.
Print Pin Rate
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 18 minutes
Total Time: 33 minutes
Servings: 16 bars

Ingredients

Bars:

  • 1 cup butter, softened
  • 1 1/2 cups sugar
  • 2 eggs
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 3 1/2 cups flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 1 1/2 cups finely chopped Hershey's candy cane kisses, about 45 kisses

Frosting:

  • 4 ounces cream cheese, softened
  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 2 1/2 cups powdered sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2-3 Tablespoons milk
  • optional finely chopped Hershey's candy cane kisses

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a 9x13 baking dish with parchment paper or spray it with cooking spray.
  • For the bars: In a large bowl beat the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
  • Add the eggs and vanilla and mix until combined.
  • In a separate bowl whisk the flour, baking soda, and salt until combined.
  • Slowly add the flour mixture to the egg mixture and mix until combined.
  • Gently fold in the chopped Hershey kisses.
  • Press dough into the baking dish and bake for 18-20 minutes or until edges begin to have a touch of golden brown.
  • Remove from oven and let the bars cool in the pan.
  • For the frosting: Beat the cream cheese and butter until fluffy. Add the powdered sugar and vanilla and beat until creamy. The mixture may seem dry at first but will become creamy after being beat for a while. Add a tablespoon of milk at a time until the frosting reaches the consistency you desire. Frost cooled bars. Sprinkle with additional chopped candy cane kisses.

Notes

Source: The Girl Who Ate Everything
Cuisine: American
Course: Dessert
Author: Christy Denney

 

Don’t forget to check out these other treats:

 

Candy Cane Kisses Bars | The Girl Who Ate Everything
author avatar
Christy Denney
Christy is the voice behind The Girl Who Who Ate Everything! She is no stranger to making meals that kids and adults will love. She grew up in Mesa, Arizona as the youngest of ten kids. She can always be found in her kitchen with music playing and cooking with her kids. She published her first cookbook in 2014. She loves party food that gets the conversations going!
See Full Bio