Homemade Macaroon Kisses Recipe

Homemade Macaroon Kisses Recipe Homemade Macaroon Kisses Recipe photo by Taste of Home Rating 5

These cookies are sure to delight the coconut and chocolate lover. The combination is sure to be irresistible to everyone.—Ms. Lee B. Roberts, Racine, Wisconsin

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Homemade Macaroon Kisses Recipe
  • Prep: 45 min. + chilling Bake: 10 min./batch + cooling
  • Yield: 48 Servings
45 10 55

Ingredients

  • 1/3 cup butter, softened
  • 1 package (3 ounces) cream cheese, softened
  • 3/4 cup sugar
  • 1 egg yolk
  • 2 teaspoons almond extract
  • 1-1/2 cups all-purpose flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt
  • 5 cups flaked coconut, divided
  • 48 milk chocolate kisses
  • Coarse sugar

Directions

  • In a large bowl, cream the butter, cream cheese and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in egg yolk and extract. Combine the flour, baking powder and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Stir in 3 cups coconut. Cover and refrigerate for 1 hour or until dough is easy to handle.
  • Preheat oven to 350°. Shape into 1-in. balls and roll in the remaining coconut. Place 2 in. apart on ungreased baking sheets.
  • Bake 10-12 minutes or until lightly browned. Immediately press a chocolate kiss into the center of each cookie; sprinkle with coarse sugar. Cool on pan 2-3 minutes or until chocolate is softened. Remove to wire racks to cool completely. Yield: 4 dozen.

Nutritional Facts 1 cookie equals 120 calories, 7 g fat (5 g saturated fat), 11 mg cholesterol, 85 mg sodium, 14 g carbohydrate, 1 g fiber, 1 g protein.

Originally published as Macaroon Kisses in Taste of Home October/November 2009, p93

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Reviewed on May. 17, 2010 by iggyears

These cookies were excellent! Not too sweet with milk chocolate kisses. I'll try them with dark chocolate and chocolate almond kisses.

Reviewed on Dec. 24, 2009 by pebrott

Outstanding! I was a bit confused with the reference to one package of cream cheese as 3 ounces. So I used 1/2 of an 8 ounce package. I also used sweetened coconut. I had three types of Hersey kisses (dark chocolate, milk chocolate, truffles) so there was a chocolate for everyone!

Reviewed on Dec. 22, 2009 by Riggy

These are terrific and easy to make. My son age 11 made these. He added orange extract and orange food coloring. they were liked by so many that they wanted the recipe. He joking replied it is a secret recipe, it will cost you. Thank you for this recipe.

Reviewed on Dec. 22, 2009 by quietsoul

My children LOVED these cookies. I used the almond kisses which made them taste even more like an almond joy...Great find!

Reviewed on Dec. 15, 2009 by mommabear83

sooo good, i used the chocolate meltaway kisses from Hersey's...yummy!

Reviewed on Dec. 13, 2009 by noracox

I made these for a cookie exchange at work, and got nothing but rave reviews. I hate fussing with cookies, but these were easy and fast enough for me, and they present elegantly. I used almond kisses, just because.

Reviewed on Dec. 12, 2009 by budz mom

I made these cookies for the coache's hospitality room (fancy word for lunch room) for our annual wrestling tournament that was held today.I did not have any almond extract so I substituted with plain vanilla and did not have any choclate kisses so I used semi-sweet choclate chips.The dough was great (some of the best dough I have ever eaten!). These turned out great! I was thinking if I put an almond on the top and dipped them in choclate, it would be like an Almond-Joy cheesecake cookie!! Coaches wife came in and told me that they were some of the best cookies she had ever eaten. I will definately make these again, I absolutely loved them!!

Reviewed on Dec. 12, 2009 by lpstark

I made them with sweetened coconut.

Reviewed on Dec. 12, 2009 by lpstark

These cookies are delicious, rich and downright decadent! Sure to impress, and hard to stay away from! My new favorite holiday cookie; I will definately be making these every year from here on out.

Reviewed on Dec. 11, 2009 by smadden85

I've made this recipe twice now for neighborhood Holiday parties, and they were a huge hit. Both times, there weren't any left over.

 
 
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