Growing up I don’t remember my mom making Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies. They were, however, always the cookies that I reached for first when I was at a holiday gathering. The combination of peanut butter and chocolate is always an impressive marriage. As I have gotten older and started making this Easy Peanut Butter Blossom Cookie recipe for my family I have realized that they really are one of my all-time favorites. A cookie and a kiss in one bite…what could be better than that?
Why these Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies are THE BEST!
- No Chill Dough-There is nothing worse than wanting cookies and then having to wait for dough to chill. No need to test your patience with this easy peanut butter cookie recipe.
- Rolled in Sugar-Rolling the cake mix cookie in granulated sugar before baking adds texture and sweetness.
- Super Soft Cookie-Who doesn’t want a super soft Cake Mix Peanut Butter Blossom Cookie? A soft cookie with the perfect chocolate kiss nestled perfectly inside is always welcome.
- Perfect for any Occasion-Don’t wait for a special occasion to make this Easy Peanut Butter Blossom Cookie recipe! If there is one thing I want you to learn from me it is this…today is a special enough day for baking cookies.
Ingredients Needed to Make these Easy Peanut Butter Blossoms
- Yellow Cake Mix-Starting with a yellow cake mix allows you to keep this recipe to a handful of ingredients. If you don’t have yellow and white or vanilla cake mix will work too.
- Creamy Peanut Butter-Be sure to use the good stuff. I love Jif or Skippy when I am baking because they are great. Don’t use a brand you aren’t sure about because it is the main attraction for this Peanut Butter Blossom Cookie.
- Butter-Added for richness and to help bind the cookies together, I love how great it works in this recipe. Vegetable oil will work in a pinch but I always prefer butter.
- Eggs-I always bake with large eggs.
- Granulated Sugar-Used to roll the cookies in, granulated sugar adds a great texture on the outside of each peanut butter cookie. It also adds a bit of sweetness which I think peanut butter cookies can handle.
- Hershey’s Kisses-A Peanut Butter Blossom isn’t complete without a Hershey’s Kiss in the center. It is iconic and delicious!
How to make Easy Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies with a Cake Mix
- Combine the yellow cake mix, creamy peanut butter, melted butter and eggs to a medium bowl. Mix using a hand held {or stand mixer until you have a thick dough}. These are based off of this Easy Peanut Butter Cake Mix Cookie recipe!
- Using a medium cookie scoop, scoop mounds of dough into a bowl with the granulated sugar. Roll the cookie dough in the sugar to cover. Note: The cookie dough is slightly sticky but should get easier to work with when you roll it in the sugar.
- Place the sugar coated cookie dough mounds onto a silicone mat {or parchment} lined baking sheet.
- Bake in a 350 degree oven for 8-10 minutes or until set. It is important to not over bake the cookies. Allow the cookies to cool on the baking sheet for 1-2 minutes.
Have the Hershey’s Kisses unwrapped and ready to go. That way they are easy to grab and press into the middle of each cookie when you are ready to do so.
After the cookies have cooled for a minute or two on the baking sheet, move them to a cooling rack or a piece of parchment paper. Place a Hershey’s Kiss into the middle of each cookie, being sure to press down slightly.
If you haven’t made Peanut Butter Blossoms before then you will notice that the Hershey’s Kisses will start to melt slightly. This is totally normal but you don’t want to move them when the kisses are still soft.
Allow the cookies to cool until the Hershey’s Kisses have hardened back up. Or place them in the refrigerator to speed up the process.
Tricks to Keep Kisses from Melting
One of the trickiest things when making Peanut Butter Blossoms is that the Hershey’s Kisses melt and lose their shape. There are simple little things you can do to avoid that.
Allowing cookies to cool for a couple of minutes on the baking sheet before moving them to a cooling rack {or parchment} is the biggest must do. By doing that you are allowing the cookies to cool slightly before adding the milk chocolate kiss to the top.
Adding the chocolate kiss to the top of the cookie off of the cookie sheet is also huge. This helps because you are only having to deal with the heat from the cookie and not the residual heat from the baking sheet.
Peanut Butter Blossom Recipe Variations
Use other types of candy on the top of the cookie. Mini peanut butter cups, Rolos and other flavors of Hershey Kisses would all be great alternatives to the traditional milk chocolate kiss.
Roll the cookies in sanding sugar or sprinkles. Rolling the cookies in sanding sugar will give them more of a crunch and of course more color if you use colored sugar. Sprinkles would also be great, especially during the holidays {see this fun holiday Peanut Butter Blossom recipe}.
Do you love making easy cookies that everyone will love? Try these recipes…
- Brown Sugar Shortbread Cookies
- Buckeye Brownie Cookies
- Crumbl’s Cookies and Cream Cookies
- Copycat Lofthouse Sugar Cookies
- Classic No Bake Cookies
- Texas Sheet Cake Cookies
Easy Peanut Butter Blossom Cookie Recipe
Ingredients
- 1 box yellow cake mix {15.25 ounces}
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- ½ cup butter {softened}
- 2 eggs
Toppings
- ¼ cup granulated sugar
- 24 Hershey Kisses {unwrapped}
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- In a medium bowl combine yellow cake mix, creamy peanut butter, butter and eggs. Mix using a hand held {or stand} mixer until you have a thick dough.
- Use a medium cookie scoop and scoop mounds of cookie dough into the granulated sugar. Roll the cookie dough in the sugar and then place each dough mound onto a baking sheet that is lined with a silicone baking mat {or parchment paper}. Bake for 8-10 minutes.
- Remove cookies from the oven and allow them to cool on the baking sheet for 1-2 minutes. Move cookies to a cooling rack and then place a Hershey's Kiss into the middle of each cookie. Allow the cookies to cool completely. You want to be sure that the Hershey Kisses will harden back up.
- Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 4 days or freeze for up to 3 months.
Notes
- Change up the kind of Hershey’s Kiss you use and get a fun taste and texture.
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