Chocolate Peppermint Blossoms

My mom makes these cookies at Christmas time, and they are one of my husband's favorite all-time cookies

• Ready In: 1 hr 5 mins
• Yields: 2 dozen

Ingredients

• 1  cup butter
• 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
• 2  eggs
• 1  teaspoon vanilla
• 2  cups flour
• 1⁄4 cup  dark cocoa
• 1  teaspoon baking soda
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 12  ounces  peppermint-flavored chocolate (Hershey's candy-cane red-and-white striped)

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 350°F.
2. Cream butter and sugar.
3. Add eggs and vanilla and mix well until fluffy.
4. Add flour, cocoa, baking soda, and salt. Mix well.
5. Refrigerate for about 1 hour until easy to handle.
6. Form into 1-inch diameter balls.
7. Bake 8-10 minutes until bottoms are firm.
8. Remove from oven. Press a kiss into each cookie.
9. Transfer cookie sheet immediately to the refrigerator (or kisses will melt) and refrigerate until cool.