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Soft, chewy peanut butter blossoms are rolled in sugar and topped with a Hershey kiss. These cookies should be a little crisp on the outside and soft and chewy within.
These soft, chewy cookies are the perfect combination of chocolate and peanut butter. A Hershey’s Kiss is pressed into the center of a chewy peanut butter cookie. The dough is rolled in sugar for a little extra crunch!
I also made Peanut Butter Cup Blossoms with Reese’s peanut butter cups in the centers for extra peanut butter!
I am persnickety about my Peanut Butter Blossoms. {Can you even imagine?} I prefer to eat them 1-3 hours after they come out of the oven or slightly warmed up. You know, when the Kiss hasnāt quite firmed up yet, so you get a little melty, milk chocolate in each bite. Thatās the stuff.
Truth be told, when cooled completely, I eat the cookie and then the Kiss.
The trick to making these soft is roll āem big and underbake. Itās the only way. I ruined 3 dozen cookies trying to bake 1 inch balls into soft, chewy perfection. No. Not with this recipe.
I used the Gold Standard Betty Crocker recipe but I made a few tweaks. A little vanilla, a little pinch of salt, a different baking temperature and a different order of combination of ingredients. Nothing major but sometimes itās the little things that count.
I searched each and every single one of my old cookbooks and came up with approximately zero recipes for Peanut Butter Blossoms.
Not one.
So I did a little digging and I found that Mrs. Freda F Smith created these magical cookies for the Pillsbury National Bake Off in 1949. They were runner-up but have been gracing the cookie tray ever since. I wonder what won? Must have been awesome.
The Betty Crocker recipe is almost identical to the original recipe except it has a bit less flour, an extra egg and they eliminated the vanilla, which I unwittingly added back in!
Peanut Butter Blossoms are a Christmas Cookie favorite but you will love these classic peanut butter chocolate classics all year round! They are incredibly easy to make and chocolate and peanut butter is an all-year-round kinda thing.
If you tried thisĀ recipeĀ and loved it please leave a šĀ star ratingĀ and let me know how it goes in the commentsĀ below. I love hearing from you; your comments make my day!
Peanut Butter Blossoms
Ingredients
- Ā¼ cup granulated sugar plus more for rolling
- Ā½ cup packed light brown sugar
- Ā½ cup butter softened
- Ā½ cup creamy peanut butter I use Jiff
- 1 egg
- Ā½ teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 Ā½ cups all-purpose flour
- Ā¾ teaspoon baking soda
- Ā½ teaspoon baking powder
- pinch kosher salt
- 36 Hershey Kisses buy one 12 oz bag ā youāll have some leftover!
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350Ā° F.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, soda, powder, and salt. Set aside.
- In a large bowl cream together butter, granulated sugar and brown sugar until light and fluffy; add peanut butter, beat until incorporated; add egg and vanilla, beat until incorporated. You can beat with a hand mixer on medium or a wooden spoon.
- Add the flour in 3 additions, mixing on low speed between each one.
- Shape dough into 2-inch balls and roll in granulated sugar. Place 2 inches apart on an ungreased, unlined baking sheet. Bake 8 minutes or until the edges just begin to crack but there are no deep crevices in the center. Immediately press a Kiss in the center of each cookie and remove to a wire rack to cool.
- Store in an airtight container. They are best eaten within 4 days.
There they are! I’ve been wondering when my first-place tie cookies would show up…and now I found them! But the kiss last? I’m more of the kiss first kinda guy? The chocolate is delicious and all…but let’s move past that and save that delicious cookie for last!
Haha! You are right. Truth be told I eat around the kiss and cookie under the kiss, then eat the kiss, then eat the last bit of chewy cookie. But that seemed like a whole lot to explain to people and it made me feel a little odd, so I left it out! š
I love your cookies, you always make amazing cookies and these are no exception. They looks so moist and chewy, my fav type of cookie. I wonder what won too, they mast have been out of this world cookies.
Thanks, Sophia!!
Such a lovely treat for peanut butter lovers! Myself included! Thanks for sharing the recipe!
I’m loving your holiday treats, but those pecan cherry cookies instantly caught my attention, so delicate and elegant!
Thanks, Oana! The cherry pecan cookies are my favorite photos so far!
oh my goodness! I read that same article about Mrs. Smith!! I absolutely love Peanut Butter Blossoms and for me, this cookie is truly a classic and are to enjoyed all year round!! love these!!
Did you really!? I thought I was the only foodie nerd who just needed to know where the recipe came from!
I love vintage recipes! These look awesome and perfect for a cookie swap š
Me too, Kathleen! They make me happy!
I L.O.V.E. peanut butter blossoms – best combo ever.
Me too Kelly!!!
Peanut butter blossoms are one of my favorite cookies! Love the peanut butter dough combined with the chocolate. Such a great cookie for the holidays, Lindsey!
Agreed! Mmmm peanut butter!
I love these special sort cookies! They look like fun to make!
MMMMM,…I never tasted such a special cookie before! š