Coconut Macaroon Kisses
Looking for a unique cookie that’ll make an instant impression on your dessert table or holiday cookie tray?
A mashup of two popular cookies—coconut macaroons and peanut butter blossoms—these Coconut Macaroon Kisses are sure to please both coconut and chocolate lovers alike.
While not especially difficult to make, they turn out best when you allow the batter to chill for at least an hour before rolling and baking.
Fresh baked coconut kiss macaroons
How Many Calories and WW Points in these Coconut Macaroon Blossom Kisses?
According to my calculations, each cookie has 90 calories.
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How to Make Coconut Macaroon Kiss Cookies, Step-by-Step
Step 1: Gather and prepare all ingredients.
Ready to make macaroon cookie kisses
Step 2: In a large mixing bowl, beat butter, cream cheese and Truvia until thoroughly mixed. Beat in egg yolk, almond extract and orange juice.
Beat together butter, cream cheese and Truvia, then mix in egg yolk, almond extract and orange juice
Step 3: In a medium mixing bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder and salt.
Whisk the flour, baking powder and salt
Step 4: Gradually add dry flour mixture to butter mixture, and continue mixing until well blended.
Gradually beat in the dry flour mixture
Step 5: Using a wooden spoon, stir in 3 cups coconut flakes.
Stir in 3 cups coconut flakes
Step 6: Cover batter and refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour.
Step 7: When you are ready to bake the cookies, unwrap kisses and set aside. Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
Step 8: Roll dough between palms of hands into 1-inch balls. Roll balls in remaining 2 cups coconut flakes and place on ungreased cookie sheet. (Alternatively line cookie sheets with parchment paper or silicone liners for easier cleanup.)
Roll the cookie dough into balls, roll in coconut flakes and place on prepared cookie sheet
Step 9: Bake about 10-12 minutes, or until coconut turns golden brown. Remove cookies from oven and carefully press one kiss into center of each cookie. (I used a combination of milk chocolate and dark chocolate kisses.)
Press one chocolate kiss into center of each cookie
Step 10: Allow cookies to cool for one minute on cookie sheet before removing to wire rack to cook completely.
Place cookies on wire rack to cool completely
Step 11: Store leftover cookies in an airtight container.
Coconut Macaroon Kisses
Recipe Notes
I used a combination of milk and special dark chocolate Hershey’s kisses to make these cookies. Feel free to use your favorite kisses: milk chocolate, hugs (milk chocolate and white creme candy), special dark chocolate or milk chocolate kisses with almonds.
I found that the special dark chocolate kisses tended to melt more than the milk chocolate kisses when placing them on the warm-from-oven cookies. This won’t affect the taste, but my alter the look of your cookies.
To lighten these cookies up and save about 40 calories per cookie, I substituted light cream cheese for regular and Truvia Baking Blend for the white sugar. You could also replace the sugar with your favorite 0 calorie sweetener, like Swerve, Monkfruit or Stevia in the Raw.
Coconut Macaron Blossom Kisses
Serving Suggestions
These special cookies are sure to be the star of your holiday cookie tray, dessert table or neighborly cookie swap.
Ways to Use Leftovers
Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature.
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Coconut Macaroon Kisses
Ingredients
Instructions
Notes
I found that the special dark chocolate kisses tended to melt more than the milk chocolate kisses when placing them on the warm-from-oven cookies. This won’t affect the taste, but my alter the look of your cookies.
To lighten these cookies up and save about 40 calories per cookie, I substituted light cream cheese for regular and Truvia Baking Blend for the white sugar. You could also replace the sugar with your favorite 0 calorie sweetener, like Swerve, Monkfruit or Stevia in the Raw.
Serving size: 1 coconut macaroon kiss cookie
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3 *PointsPlus (Old plan)
Nutrition
Recipe source: Hersheyland
*PersonalPoints® calculated by WW. *PointsPlus® and SmartPoints® calculated by Simple Nourished Living; Not endorsed by Weight Watchers International, Inc. All recipe ingredients except optional items included in determining nutritional estimates. SmartPoints® values calculated WITHOUT each plan’s ZeroPoint Foods (Green plan, Blue plan, Purple plan) using the WW Recipe Builder.
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