Hershey's Kisses Acorn Treats
Fun, festive and easy! Chocolate, vanilla, pumpkin and more all mingle together in one rich little treat.
Recipe Ingredients:
Royal Icing:*
1/2 cup plus 1 tablespoon powdered sugar
1 1/2 teaspoons warm water, plus additional as needed
3/4 teaspoon pasteurized dried egg whites (meringue powder)
Food color (optional)
Acorn Treats:
6 HERSHEY'S KISSES Milk Chocolates
6 HERSHEY'S KISSES Pumpkin Spice Flavored Candies
12 Mini vanilla wafer cookies
12 REESE'S Peanut Butter Chips or HERSHEY'S Butterscotch Chips
Cooking Directions:
- Prepare Royal Icing: Stir together powdered sugar, water and dried egg whites. Beat until spreadable. Add additional water, 1/2 teaspoon at a time, to get desired consistency. Tint with food color, if desired. Place in pastry bag with small tip. Makes about 1/4 cup icing. (Tip: Cover any icing not in pastry bag with a damp paper towel to keep icing from drying out.)
- To Make Acorn Treats: Remove wrappers from candies.
- Place mini vanilla wafer cookies on tray or plate with flat side of cookie towards the top. Squeeze small amount of icing onto bottom of HERSHEY'S KISSES candy piece. Immediately press candy bottom onto vanilla wafer cookie. Allow icing to set.
- Place small dab of icing on bottom of peanut butter chip or butterscotch chip; immediately attach to top of cookie to finish acorn.
Makes 12 candy acorns.
*Or Decorator's Frosting.
Recipe and photograph courtesy of the Hershey Kitchens, and reprinted with permission of The Hershey Company. © The Hershey Company.