Cue the holiday baking. Hershey is sharing the Holiday Sugar Cookie Blossom, to spark festive cookie baking this year. With a sugar cookie base and the Hershey’s Kisses Sugar Cookie candy at the center, these sweets are a colorful addition to holiday traditions.
The inspiration for the new Blossoms recipe comes from Hershey’s home state, Pennsylvania. The sugar cookie is a holiday favorite that was introduced to the world by Dutch settlers in Pennsylvania in the 1700s, and now serves as the base for the new Holiday Sugar Cookie Blossoms, featuring Hershey’s Kisses Sugar Cookie candy. This is one of over 25 Hershey Blossoms variations to add some flare to holiday baking this season.
“The Hershey Kitchen elves have been hard at work this year creating festive ways to brighten the holiday season,” said Erin Crawford, brand manager, Hershey holiday team. “We know that Blossoms are a holiday cookie staple. This year we wanted to introduce something new and festive showcasing our newest holiday Kisses – Hershey’s Kisses Sugar Cookie candy. The Holiday Sugar Cookie Blossoms are colorful, super easy cookies to make; bound to make sweet and special memories in the kitchen this holiday season.”
Heat oven to 375° F. Remove wrappers from candies; set aside.
Mix cookie dough following package directions for cutout cookies. Divide dough into 36 equal (about 1-1/4 inch) balls; roll in green or red sugar. Place balls about 2 inches apart on ungreased cookie sheets.
Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until cookie edges are set. Cool 2 minutes; press candy piece into center of each cookie. Remove cookies from cookie sheet to wire rack. Cool completely.
The classic Peanut Butter Blossoms recipe, which consists of a peanut butter dough rolled in sugar and topped with a Hershey’s Kisses Milk Chocolate candy, has been around for 63 years and is one of America’s favorite holiday cookies. With holiday baking more popular than ever this year, head over to HersheyHappiness.com to get over 25 additional Blossoms recipes to keep baking this entire holiday season.
An elf’s four major food groups are candy, candy canes, candy corns and syrup. General Mills holiday cereals are hitting shelves now and that includes the return of your coveted Elf cereal.
To add to the excitement, everyone’s winter favorite, Sugar Cookie Toast Crunch is back by popular demand.
This maple-flavored cereal (Buddy’s favorite flavor) offers delicious green and red holiday tree marshmallows and maple-flavored corn puff cereal pieces in every spoonful.
You can find Elf Cereal in grocery retailers nationwide for a limited time this holiday season. Boxes retail for $2.50 for a mid-size box and $3.99 for the family size.
Sugar Cookie Toast Crunch is returning to shelves again for another sweet and festive winter season. Sugar Cookie Toast Crunch brings its classic holiday flavor to Cinnamon Toast Crunch for a whole new way to enjoy the delicious taste of sugar cookies – perfect for a festive breakfast or cozy afternoon snack.
You can find Sugar Cookie Toast Crunch in grocery retailers nationwide for a limited time. Boxes retail for $2.50 mid-size / $3.99 family size.
What if you could make Cinnamon Toast Crunch even better? That’s what General Mills is promising this fall and it sounds absolutely delicious. Apple Pie Toast Crunch will be hitting store shelves for the first time ever next month, plus a couple other seasonal favorites!
Using the crunchy whole wheat and rice cereal base of Cinnamon Toast Crunch, the new cereal will offer the taste of apple pie in every bite. Ready to up the ante? General Mills recommends mixing it with Dulce de Leche Toast Crunch to create a caramel apple in your bowl.
But if you’re ready to skip straight ahead to the holidays, you’ll love this next piece of news. Sugar Cookie Toast Crunch and Elf Cereal are coming back to a store near you! The Elf in particular sounds amazing: it’s maple flavored cereal with four new marshmallow shapes in candy, candy corn, candy cane and syrup.
You’ll be able to scoop all of these cereals starting in early October at retailers nationwide. Boxes will retail at $2.50 each for a midsize, or $3.50 for a family size. The most important meal of the day is getting a serious upgrade!
Chocolate and peanut butter are obviously a match made in heaven. But what if you could add a little caffeine to the mix? With the new Reese’s Iced Coffee from International Delights, now you can!
It’s made with real milk and cream plus the iconic flavors of a Reese’s peanut butter cup. This one is really taking flavored cold brew to the next level. Talk about the perfect afternoon pick-me-up!
You can buy a 64 ounce carton for a suggested retail price of $3.99 starting in October. Even better news: it’s a permanent addition to the International Delight lineup of iced coffees! All you have to do is pour and enjoy (just keep it away from the kids).
Just can’t wait until December to whip up festive treats?
Target’s Hyde & EEK! Boutique is giving us a spooky twist on a tradition typically reserved for Christmas with it’s new Halloween cookie decorating kits. Your little ghosts can cozy up with the likes of haunted meringues, Frankenstein and more for under $10!
If you’re a die-hard Cinnamon Toast Crunch fan, you’ve probably dreamt of all the ways you can incorporate the cinnamon-y goodness into other foods. Now, some of those ideas are a reality!
Next time you hit up the grocery store, make sure you don’t miss the refrigerated section where you can pick up Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cookie Dough and Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cinnamon Rolls. The delightful treats are brand new, hitting shelves for only a limited time.
photos: Courtesy of General Mills
Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cookie Dough is the perfect mixture of sugar cookie with Cinnadust mixed into the dough. Even better, it’s safe to eat raw so you can easily grab and eat in the closet while hiding from the kids. You can grab a pack that makes 12 big cookies for two for $5 at grocery retailers nationwide.
If you’re looking for a new breakfast treat, Cinnamon Toast Crunch Cinnamon Rolls come with your fave flavor that’s topped with luscious vanilla icing. A roll makes eight and sells for two for $5.
Both products arrive in stores in June and don’t wait––they will only be here for a short time.
Pillsbury is going paleo—paleolithic that is! The delish dessert-maker recently announced the debut of a brand-new, dinosaur-themed ready-to-bake cookie dough.
The new DINO Cutout Sugar Cookie Dough is the first time Pillsbury has branched out into the prehistoric world. This means if your kiddos clamor for dino-everything, now you won’t have to buy pricey cookie cutters in their fave jurassic era-themed shapes.
photo courtesy of Pillsbury
With two precut shapes including Stegosaurus and Pterodactyl, these cookies are a blast from the past. That is, the prehistoric past. Not only do the cookies look like your fam’s fave dinos, the littles can decorate the plain sugar cookies and make a sweet Stegosaurus, a terrible Pterodactyl or their own creative creature!
These new cookies arrive in the refrigerated section of grocery retailers nationwide this month. Each pack includes 10 cut-out cookies and has a manufacturer’s suggested retailers price of two for $5.
The Peeps brand may have already expanded well past the little yellow chickies but this year, fans of the sugar-coated marshmallow birds are in for a special treat. A gingerbread house-ish Cookie Coop Kit is here to fill all your candy-covered Easter treat dreams.
Your fave Easter candy now has a home. The geniuses behind the sugary goodies recently released a buildable link and lock mini chicken coop to hold the treats. The Peeps Cookie Coop Kit includes everything you need to make this soon-to-be holiday tradition.
This kit is the ideal option for anyone who doesn’t have the time or IG-worthy kitchen skills to create their own cookie coop. Along with Peeps chicks, the kit also comes with pre-mixed icing, assorted candy, pre-baked sugar cookie panels, and cut-out chick figures. Just link and lock the sugar cookies, decorate the coop, and load it up with plenty of Peeps.
Nab a value pack (two coops in one) in stores or online from BJ’s here. BJ’s currently sells the kit for $10.99. Don’t worry if you “accidentally” eat the Peeps that come with the kit before you can add them to the coop. You can always buy more to complete the look and create a cute Easter table centerpiece!
There are loads of sweet ways to show your family some love on Valentine’s Day, but we’re partial to sugar-laden sentiments! We gathered up a few of our favorite at-home kits for the ultimate Valens-DIY. There’s an exploding cupcake, a magical unicorn cake and even a simple frost-your own cookie kit. Show your family how much they mean to you this Valentine’s Day weekend with one of these at-home sweet treat kits. All you need to add is love!
Make a Magical Cake
Caketime
Make Valentine's Day a Valens-DIY! Caketime is an all-the-time DIY cake decorating studio in Northern Virginia! You can come to this Chantilly shop for some masked fun, pick-up a to-go DIY kit or have cookies or a cake delivered. As a dedicated DIY shop, Caketime has a number of sweet projects to fill your Valentine's Day weekend, from a magical unicorn cake to a simple cupcake kit. Why buy just one?
4300 Chantilly Shopping Center, Ste #1H Chantilly, VA 703-657-0999 Online: caketimediy.com
Explode with Love (and Sprinkles!)
These EXPLOSIVE cupcakes aren't just for icing. You can fill them with sprinkles, too! Cut out the centers and let your kids add their favorite sprinkles, top with frosting and, you guessed it!, more sprinkles (or fancy DIY chocolate toppers). When you cut into these cupcakes, they spill their sweet contents out like a mini (edible) piñata! Each kit comes with 6 cupcakes and all you need to make these pint-sized cakes explode! Henry's Sweet Retreat in Bethesda also has DIY cookies in addition to these decorate-your-own cupcakes; all are available for curbside pick up or delivery.
If you have three sweet little munchkins at home, or you and your partner have just one huggable, lovable tiny, this box of to-be-frosted chocolate chip cookies is meant for sharing! Three oversized cookies come with all you need to whip up the ultimate Valentine's treat. The Valentine's Frost-a-Roos also comes in a gluten-free version. Get ready to add shimmering sprinkles to these mega-sized treats. Frost-a-Roos are available for pick-up, delivery or can be shipped to you from Sprinkles in Georgetown.
3015 M Street NW Georgetown 202-450-1610 Online: sprinkles.com
Pipe Some Flowers
Buttercream Bakeshop
Pick up this DIY cookie kit at Buttercream Bakeshop on Feb. 13 or 14 (limited delivery is also available for DC residents on Feb. 14). Each kit includes 6 sugar cookies to frost with vanilla buttercream for at-home fun. Included in the kit are rosette tips so you can make pretty floral cookies and have some family-fun with piping. Don't forget the sprinkles!
Fran's Cake & Candy Supplies in Northern Virginia is a one-stop shop for those looking to up their baking game. You'll find fondants, sprinkles and cookie cutters galore here. They also have DIY kits to go; pick up this Valentine's Day Cupcake Kit that lets you create cupcakes that look like your favorite box of chocolates! Want some hand-holding while you frost your creations? Fran's is offering a Parent & Me class for Valentine's Day with special guest Dawn Alston, a former Food Networks competitor.
Make Valentine's Day sweeter this year with a Kiddotine Goody Box from Neighborhood Provisions. Each kit includes 2 sugar cookies and 2 cake pops your little sweetheart can hand paint with fondant. For larger families, order Neighborhood Provisions' cookie decorating kit, which includes 6 sugar cookies. DIY cookie kits are available for delivery on Feb. 13 or you can pick up your pre-ordered sweet treats at one of their five locations (listed below).
Bluejacket 300 Tingey St. SE Navy Yard 202-524 4862
Rustico Alexandria 827 Slaters Lane Alexandria VA 703-224 5051
Rustico Arlington 4075 Wilson Blvd. Arlington, VA 571-384-1820
Red Apron Mosaic 8298 Glass Alley Fairfax VA 703-676-3550
Owen’s Ordinary 11820 Trade St. North Bethesda, MD 301-245-1226
Mix-and-match your favorite cupcake flavors, icing colors and sprinkles for a vegan treat this Valentine's Day. Plant-based bakeshop Sticky Fingers is offering DIY cupcake kits, make-your-own brownie kits and a chocolate covered strawberry cupcake virtual baking class for the ultimate sugar rush this Valentine's Day weekend. Pre-order your sweet treats for curbside pick up.
Enjoy some home-baked sweets with your little sweethearts this Valentine’s Day. Pillsbury is introducing two limited-edition heart-shaped cookie dough varieties to help families celebrate.
Hearts Shape Sugar Cookie Dough: Hearts Shape sugar cookies are a Valentine’s Day classic and the perfect way to celebrate the holiday with your family and loved ones.
Heart Shape Cutout Sugar Cookie Dough: A perfect Valentine’s Day activity, Pillsbury’s Heart Shape Cutouts are precut so you can make perfectly shaped heart cookies – decorate with frosting, sprinkles or enjoy fresh out of the oven.
Both cookie doughs are available at grocery stores nationwide. Each package retails for $2.50.
