If you’re looking for a soft, chewy, bakery-style cookie that’s as pretty as it is delicious, this Pistachio Pudding Kiss Cookies recipe is about to become your new favorite dessert idea. Made with instant pistachio pudding mix for incredible moisture and flavor, these vibrant green cookies stay soft for days and practically melt in your mouth. Topped with a classic chocolate kiss, they’re the perfect combination of nutty sweetness and rich chocolate in every bite.
These Pistachio Pudding Kiss Cookies are ideal for Christmas cookie trays, St. Patrick’s Day celebrations, baby showers, cookie exchanges, and everyday baking. The pudding mix not only enhances the pistachio flavor but also creates that ultra-soft texture everyone loves in pudding cookies. If you’ve made blossom cookies before, this fun pistachio twist takes the classic to a whole new level.
Best of all, this easy pistachio cookie recipe uses simple pantry ingredients and comes together quickly—no complicated steps required. Whether you’re baking for the holidays or just craving a unique dessert, these homemade Pistachio Pudding Kiss Cookies are guaranteed to impress family and friends.
Keep reading for step-by-step instructions, baking tips, and everything you need to make theBest Pistachio Pudding Kiss Cookies – Bakery-Style & Chewy every time!
Pistachio Pudding Kiss Cookies
If you don’t like pistachios, skip this cookie. You can swap the pistachios for pecans, but the pudding still gives the cookies their signature pistachio flavor. I love how the chocolate kisses complement the nutty sweetness and turn each bite into a little St. Patrick’s Day party in your mouth.
If you’re looking for an easy dessert idea, make these Pistachio Pudding Kiss Cookies—they deliver a soft, chewy texture and bold nutty pistachio flavor. The pudding mix gives the dough its beautiful green color and rich taste.
Using a small Ice Cream Scoop
make these balls of dough that you can roll into your nuts. These ice cream scoops are used a lot in my cooking from meatballs to cookies, this is a purchase well made.
Do I need to spray my cookie sheets?
No need to coat the cookie pans if they are non stick pans.
Once you get them out of the oven attach a chocolate kiss to the cookies and allow them to cool completely.
Don’t want to give the kids more chocolate, they were tasty sprinkled with a little green sugar too. If you love pudding mix cookies, this Pistachio Pudding Kiss Cookies recipe will become your new favorite dessert.
Easy Pistachio Pudding Kiss Cookies with Chocolate Kisses
I also got creative with chocolate with these fun St. Patrick’s day treats. Leprechaun hats were inspired by my Pilgrim hats I made 6 years ago.
How do you pipe chocolate?
I found that melting chocolate discs in a Candy piping bag
is a great way to decorate your chocolate covered treats. I just could not stop just one St. Patrick Day dessert today. These Soft Pistachio Cookies with Chocolate Kisses were amazing but I also made some chocolate covered strawberries with clovers.
St. Patrick Day Dessert Ideas Pistachio Pudding Kiss Cookies
Learn how to make Pistachio Pudding Kiss Cookies with simple pantry ingredients and step-by-step instructions.
Pistachio Pudding Kiss Cookies
make these pistachio pudding cookies for your St. Patrick's day celebration or for anyone that loves pistachios.
Ingredients
- ½ cup softened butter
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 package pistachio pudding mix
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1¼ cup flour
- ½ tsp baking soda
- ¼ tsp salt
- 1 cup Pistachio or nuts chopped
- 36 chocolate kisses
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Cream butter, sugar, and pudding mix.
- After the mixture is smooth, add egg and vanilla, and mix until well-incorporated.
- Add in remaining ingredients and mix until everything is combined.
- Using an ice cream create small balls of dough and roll them in the nuts.
- Place on greased cookie sheet.
- Bake 8-10 minutes.
- Let cool on cookie sheet for about 3 minutes, and place kisses in center of each cookie while still warm. Transfer to cooling racks and cool completely.
Nutrition Information
Yield 36 Serving Size 1 CookieAmount Per Serving Calories 102Total Fat 6gSaturated Fat 3gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 3gCholesterol 13mgSodium 81mgCarbohydrates 11gFiber 1gSugar 6gProtein 2g
I love pudding cookies bc they often have seasonal flavors. Pistachio is year round I believe.
I love pistachios so I will have to try this!! Thanks for sharing!!
Great idea for the St. Patrick’s day! I love pistachios and sweet sweet things, so this is my kind of recipe! 🙂
These little green cookies just scream St. Paddy’s Day! They look delicious and are very cute. The kids would love them here.
I had no idea pistachio pudding was a thing! These are so cute. I love kiss cookies, but I’ve never had a pistachio version before. They are totally perfect for St. Patrick’s Day!
Love these Pistachio Pudding Kiss Cookies! They look so delicious!