Peppermint Swirl Chocolate Thumbprints

Name: Peppermint Swirl Chocolate Thumbprints
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 42
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 cups flour; 2/3 cup cocoa powder; 1/4 teaspoon salt; 1 cup unsalted butter, softened; 1 1/2 cups sugar; 1 egg; 1 tablespoon vanilla; 1 bag 14 oz. Peppermint Hershey Kisses

November 24, 2017 by Tanya Schroeder · 45 Comments · Last updated: September 20, 2021

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Fudgy chocolate thumbprints are filled with a swirl of peppermint chocolate kisses! The holidays just got sweeter!

Chocolate Thumbprints Are A Must!

I’m hoping these chocolate thumbprints, these will help me relax and enjoy the holidays. Christmas brings out the worst in me. It brings out my obsessive nature. No matter when I actually start my shopping, as soon as the first present has been purchased, I find I cannot relax until I have everything (including stocking stuffers) hidden away to be wrapped later. I’ve never been one of those people who could buy a gift here or there or casually do a little online shopping. No, it’s truly all or nothing with me. Once I start, it’s a race to the finish.

I purchased my first gift, the day after Thanksgiving. A week later I was able to check everything off my list. I’m not bragging here. It’s a sickness I tell you. I can actually feel my blood pressure rising when I know I have gifts left to buy. When it comes to my own kids, it’s even worse. Not only do I have to buy the same number of gifts for all three, but it’s my goal each year to spend the same dollar amount as well. I actually have spreadsheets to help me keep track. It’s ok, you can say it. I’m a N.E.R.D. But there’s something so gratifying about being able to make everything come out even. The frightening thing is, I see the obsessiveness in my children!

So, now that I can no longer obsess over my shopping, I’ve moved on to obsessing over baking. Each year, I make dozens of cookies and candies to give as gifts and I make several dozens for us as well. Well, here it is, December 3rd, and I’m feeling like I haven’t baked enough. I have ingredients, I have my to-do list, but my cookie tins are empty. It’s totally stressing me out and making me anxious! Will I get it all done??? AAAHHH!!! I’m biting my nails as I type!! Thankfully, I did manage to make these festive chocolate thumbprints, these chocolate peppermint cookies as well as this Peppermint Hot Chocolate Bark. I feel confident these will give me enough energy to complete my baking list!

I Love Chocolate Thumbprints

We always had thumbprints on our cookie tray growing up. My mom would roll them in nuts and fill them with jelly. I can’t say I ever cared for those. But thumbprints are nevertheless nostalgic for me. I made my cookies with chocolate instead, just the way I like ’em! I used peppermint Hershey kisses to fill them. It really bums me out when my kisses fall out of my cookies, that’s why I melted mine down a bit. I think the white chocolate Kisses look so pretty with these chocolate thumbprints, don’t you? And you know what? They taste as good as they look!

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Yield: 42