Hershey Kiss and Cookie Butter Blossoms

'Tis the season for baking. I received a bag of chocolate kisses from Hershey and Influenster last week. I was puzzled for something different to do with the Kisses besides the same old (and delicious) peanut butter blossoms. It would exclude my eldest who is allergist to peanuts, and I love to experiment. I went to my cupboard to rummage for ideas and pulled out a jar of Trader Joe's Speculos Cookie Butter. The stuff is divine, and I just knew it would compliment the sweet, creamy milk chocolate of a Hershey Kiss!

So here is the nitty gritty of the recipe:

3/4 cup of sugar, plus an additional 1/4 cup to roll cookies
1 stick of butter, softened
1 egg
1 cup of Trader Joe's Speculos Cookie Butter
3/4 tsp of salt
1 tsp of pure vanilla extract
3/4 tsp of baking soda
1 1/2 cups of flour

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a baking sheet.

Combine flour, salt, and baking soda in a small bowl.

In a large separate bowl cream together sugar and butter. Beat in egg until incorporated. Beat in Speculos Cookie Butter and vanilla until smooth. Stir in flour mixture until combined (don't over mix).

Roll dough into 1" balls and roll in sugar. Place on baking sheet. Do not flatten like you usually do with peanut butter cookies.

Bake at 350 for 16 minutes. These cookies tend to be a bit crisper and they don't brown up as much as you'd expect. Do not over bake. When you pull them out of the oven, place an unwrapped Hershey Kiss in the middle. Let set (or don't if you love gooey chocolate) and enjoy!