To make your own Candy Santa Cocoa Stir Sticks you’ll need:

• Hershey’s Hugs candies
• Hershey’s Kisses Candy Cane Mint candies
• Puff Marshmallows
• Mallow Bits
• Gel Frosting
• Red/White Paper Straws (or Candy Canes!) 
• Edible Pens in Black, Pink

Of course you can use ANY Hershey’s Kisses chocolates but we thought the Hershey’s Hugs and Hershey’s Kisses Candy Cane Mint chocolates were extra festive. Here’s the other Kisses varieties in case you want more looks for your Santa hats. 😉

• Hershey’s Kisses Milk Chocolate chocolates in red, green, and silver foils
• Hershey’s Kisses Candy Cane Mint candies
• Hershey’s Kisses Milk Chocolates with Almonds
• Hershey’s Kisses Special Dark chocolates
• Hershey’s Kisses Dark Chocolates with Mint Truffle
• Hershey’s Hugs candies

Making these is a cinch!

1. Stick paper straw (or candy cane) through the middle of a puff marshmallow.
2. Add a circle of gel frosting around the top of the marshmallow.
3. Stick Hershey’s Kisses  chocolate on top of the frosting.
4. Dab frosting on top of the Hershey’s Kisses chocolate and plop mallow bit on top of the marshmallow.
5. Add Santa face with edible pens.
6. Dab more frosting on each mallow bit and make a beard then around the base of the Kiss.
7. All done! Place in cocoa to use a stir stick or enjoy as is! 🙂

See how cheery Mr. Claus is? Love his striped Hershey’s Kisses candy hat the most! This little guy ate more Hershey’s Kisses than he made hats with but still had fun and that’s what this season is all about! Making memories and enjoying yummy treats with our kids to get into the holiday season! Click around the hashtag #NewTraditions and see what other fun Hershey Kiss chocolates creations and traditions are brewing around this magical season with The Hershey Company!