Cream together butter, shortening, and sugar with an electric mixer.
¾ cups butter, ¼ cup shortening, 1 ½ cups sugar
Add in eggs, vanilla, and instant pudding mix. Continue mixing until thoroughly incorporated.
2 eggs, 1 ½ tsp vanilla, 3.4 ounces instant vanilla pudding
In a separate bowl stir together flour, baking powder and salt.
2 ½ cups flour, 1 tsp baking powder, ½ tsp salt
Add the four mixture to the butter mixture a little at a time mixing between additions until all the flour is incorporated.
Scoop out dough by the tablespoonful. Make a ball with the dough and then press a Hershey Kiss into the center. Pinch the dough up and around the kiss to create a cone shaped ball of dough.
70-80 Hershey Kisses
Repeat until all dough is used. Place the cookies in the refrigerator for at least an hour.
When ready to bake preheat the oven to 350 and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Place the chilled cookies on a baking sheet about 2 inches apart.
Bake for 12-15 minutes or until set and lightly golden brown around the edges.
Remove from the oven and allow to cool on the baking sheet for about 5 minutes or until cool enough to handle but still warm.
Place the powdered sugar in a bowl. Place the warm cookies in the bowl of powdered sugar and gently roll to coat. Place on a cooling rack to cool completely.
2 cups confectioner's sugar
Once the cookies are cooled completely roll them in the powdered sugar again to coat in another layer.