October 4, 2020

Chocolate Peanut Butter Blossoms

Chocolate Peanut Butter Blossoms are cookies made with chocolate peanut butter and topped with a chocolate kiss. They are a beloved cookie at my house, that I’ve made regularly over the years as after school and after dinner treats.

The Equipment You’ll Need

An Electric Mixer or Food Processor- This is for mixing the cookies. It’s a rather stiff dough, so it would be hard to mix by hand.
3 Baking Sheets- You’ll need these for baking the cookies. You could use one sheet three times, just be sure it’s completely room temperature before you use it.
A Food Scale- Use this to weigh your white sugar and your flour. I also find it helpful to weigh your dough balls so they are uniform in size.

The Ingredients You’ll Need for Chocolate Peanut Butter Blossoms

Chocolate Peanut Butter- The Peanut Butter & Co. Dark Chocolate Peanut Butter is excellent for these cookies.
Salted Dry Roasted Peanuts- I rolled my cookies in the Planter’s brand peanuts.
Hershey’s Chocolate Kisses- Milk chocolate is the flavor I used.

How I Made my Cookies

I used my food processor to make these cookies.
First, I carefully measured all my ingredients. I weighed the flour and white sugar. I let the butter come just to room temperature. I cut the stick into teaspoon slices and let them soften on a plate. Just until it felt soft when my finger poked a slice.
I also sifted together the dry ingredients.
It’s important not too overmix the dough. Just mix until the ingredients are combined.
Next, I rolled the dough into 1 inch balls, that weighed 25 grams each.
Then, I baked them one sheet at a time, just until the cookies were firm.
Finally, I stuck those kisses in right away, as soon as the cookies came out of the oven.

These Chocolate Peanut Butter Blossoms are the perfect cookie to include on a Christmas cookie plate, or to serve as an after school snack. If you love chocolate and peanut butter, these are a must try cookie.

chocolate peanut butter cookies — Chocolate Peanut Butter Blossoms

Chocolate Peanut Butter Blossoms

Peanut Butter cookies made with chocolate peanut butter and topped with a chocolate kiss.

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Prep Time 30

Cook Time 30

Total Time 1

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Servings cookies

Ingredients

½ cup granulated sugar (100g)
½ cup packed brown sugar
½ cup chocolate peanut butter
½ cup unsalted butter, softened
1 large egg, at room temperature
1 tsp. vanilla
1¾ cups all purpose flour (210g)
1 tsp. baking soda
¼ tsp. salt
1 cup salted dry roasted peanuts, finely chopped
30 Hershey's chocolate kisses, unwrapped

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
In a mixer or food processor, cream together the butter and sugars, just until no streaks of butter remain. Add the peanut butter, and process until combined.
Next, add in the egg and vanilla and mix until combined.
Sift together the flour, baking soda, and salt, and then add them to the rest of the mixture. Blend until just combined.
Roll the dough into one inch balls (25 grams each) and roll each one into the chopped nuts, covering the cookies in nuts.
Place each dough ball on a parchment lined baking sheet, placed two inches apart. You'll need at least three sheets.
Bake one sheet at a time for 10 minutes each, until the cookies are golden.
As soon as the cookies come out of the oven, place a chocolate kiss in the center of each cookie. Let the cookies cool on the sheet for two minutes, and then move them to a wire rack to finish cooling.