Cookies/ Desserts

Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies

The classic peanut butter blossom cookie recipe, made with a soft peanut butter cookie dough and topped with a chocolate candy. Use a Hershey Kiss on top, or make it more sophisticated by adding  any high end chocolate square or candy instead.

What is a Peanut Butter Blossom cookie?  It’s a peanut butter cookie dough ball that is rolled in sugar, baked until soft and fluffy and then topped with a Hershey’s Kiss right in the middle once removed from the oven.

However, I made these cookies fancy by using pieces of K’ul Dark Chocolate on top instead of the traditional Kiss.

All ready to bake!

Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies

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Serves: 13 HUGE Cookies Cooking Time: 10-12 minutes

Ingredients

  • COOKIE DOUGH:
  • 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature
  • 1/2 cup white granulated sugar
  • 1/2 cup light brown sugar, packed
  • 1 egg, room temperature
  • 1-1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 3/4 cup creamy peanut butter
  • 1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
  • pinch of salt
  • 1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • COOKIE TOPPINGS:
  • 1/3 cup white granulated sugar
  • 13 chocolate pieces or kisses (I used K'ul Dark Chocolate Pieces)

Instructions

1

In the bowl of a stand mixer, affixed with the paddle attachment, add the butter and beat on medium speed until light and creamy. Add the white sugar and brown sugar to the butter, and beat until light and creamy. Scrape down the sides of the bowl as needed. Mix the egg into the mixture. Add the vanilla extract into the mixture, mixing until all ingredients are fully incorporated. Add creamy peanut butter to the mixture and mix on medium speed until well combined.

2

Change the mixer to low speed and slowly add the nutmeg, salt, flour and baking soda to the wet ingredients. Mix until just combined. Remove the bowl from the mixer and use a rubber scraper to ensure all ingredients are fully incorporated.

3

Dump cookie dough out onto plastic wrap, wrap the cookie dough up, and pop the cookie dough into the refrigerator or freezer for 90-minutes.

4

Once the cookie dough has chilled, preheat the oven to 350-degrees and line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Unwrap the chocolate you are using to top the cookies with, and place the chocolate in the freezer. Remove the cookie dough from the freezer.

5

Use a large cookie scoop to scoop out cookie dough balls. In a small bowl, add 1/3 cup white granulated sugar. Roll the cookie dough balls in the sugar and place cookie dough balls onto prepared cookie sheet. Leave enough space between cookies to allow them to spread a little.

6

Bake cookies in 350-degree oven for 10-12 minutes. Remove cookies from the oven, and let the cookies sit and cool on the cookie sheet, for 5-10 minutes. Once cookies have cooled for 5-minutes, push one piece of chocolate into the middle of each cookie. Transfer cookies to a wire rack to finish cooling.

Notes

Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature.

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18 Comments

  • Reply
    Kelsie | the itsy-bitsy kitchen
    May 30, 2017 at 7:37 AM

    Peanut butter blossoms are some of my favorite cookies! I love the idea of making a grown-up version :). These look AWESOME!

    • Reply
      Kelly
      May 30, 2017 at 3:43 PM

      Thank you Kelsie! Peanut Butter Blossoms are the best! Have a great day! XOXO 🙂

  • Reply
    heather (delicious not gorgeous)
    May 30, 2017 at 12:03 PM

    oooh almond and peanut butter?! sounds so deliciously nutty (: and the patterned chocolate on top of the cookies looks so nice!

    • Reply
      Kelly
      May 30, 2017 at 3:44 PM

      Thanks Heather!! Fancy cookies! Too fancy for me hehehehe. Have a great day 🙂 XOXO

  • Reply
    Lindsay | With Salt and Pepper
    May 30, 2017 at 1:13 PM

    Your cookies always look so fluffy and delicious!!! These sound so full of peanut-y flavor and I love the little chocolate piece on top. Nicely done friend!!! XOXO

    • Reply
      Kelly
      May 30, 2017 at 3:45 PM

      Awww! Thanks Lindsay! Soft and fluffy is the only way I go with cookies heheheh. Have a great day darling 🙂 XOXO

  • Reply
    Kim | The Baking ChocolaTess
    May 30, 2017 at 3:44 PM

    One of my all time favorite cookies and you just made them better? Wow!! Wow! Wow!!! 🙂

    • Reply
      Kelly
      May 30, 2017 at 3:46 PM

      Awww! Thanks Kim!! I was trying to make a “fancy” more grown-up version of the classic….and they were pretty damn good! Hahaha. But can you ever go wrong with peanut butter or chocolate?! XOXO 🙂

  • Reply
    Maria Doss
    May 30, 2017 at 4:19 PM

    These look adorable. With both almond and peanut butters, this is one sophisticated cookie for sure!

    • Reply
      Kelly
      May 31, 2017 at 3:16 PM

      Thanks Maria! I loved the different flavors using both butters added 🙂 XOXO

  • Reply
    Love In My Oven
    May 30, 2017 at 8:20 PM

    Oh my! I can only imagine how soft and delicious these are. I like the idea of making them “grown-up” because that means I don’t have to share with my boys…because I’m pretty sure if I let them have one they’ll want all of them! Hope you’re having a great week sweets!

    • Reply
      Kelly
      May 31, 2017 at 3:17 PM

      Hahaha exactly…it’s a way to keep these cookies all to ourselves!! Thank you Katherine! I hope you are having a great week too 🙂 XOXO

  • Reply
    Ashika - Gardening Foodie
    May 30, 2017 at 10:25 PM

    YUMMM!!! I love peanut butter cookies and with chocolate….even better. Love it!😋
    Oh by the way, remember I mentioned on instagram to you that I was going to bake your Lemon Bars with Nilla Wafer Crust….. well I did, and everybody at the beach picnic loved it and wanted the recipe, so I shared the link to your delicious recipe and blog with them. It was really amazing… looking forward to baking this one as well😃
    Have a great day!

    • Reply
      Kelly
      May 31, 2017 at 3:19 PM

      Awwww!! Thanks Ashika!!! You totally just made my WEEK!! That is so awesome. I am glad you loved the lemon bars! These peanut butter cookies are super yummy too 🙂 XOXOXOXOXOX

  • Reply
    lithenna_
    May 31, 2017 at 2:06 AM

    Oh these cookies look so tasteful!

    • Reply
      Kelly
      May 31, 2017 at 3:19 PM

      Thank you darling! Have a great day! XOXO 🙂

  • Reply
    Amy
    June 6, 2017 at 2:38 AM

    Mouth watering! Lol I could literally eat the uncooked cookie dough, ha. Lovely Kelly and great pictures too.

    • Reply
      Kelly
      June 6, 2017 at 6:25 AM

      Thank you Amy! I could eat all the uncooked cookie dough too hehehe….my weakness! Have a great day! XOXO 🙂

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