Best Peanut Butter Blossoms Cookies

Soft, chewy Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies topped with classic Hershey’s Kisses. Easy, nostalgic, and perfect for holidays, parties, or everyday baking.

The Best Peanut Butter Blossoms

These Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies are soft, chewy, and topped with that classic Hershey’s Kiss we all grew up loving. They’re everything a perfect peanut butter blossom should be — tender centers, crackly edges, and the ideal balance of chocolate and peanut butter in every bite. This is the recipe my family makes every holiday season (and honestly year-round), and it never disappoints.

With simple pantry ingredients and easy, step-by-step instructions, these peanut butter kiss cookies come together fast and bake beautifully every single time. Whether you’re making a holiday cookie tray, hosting a party, or just craving classic nostalgia, this recipe delivers the most reliable and delicious peanut butter blossoms you’ll ever pull from your oven.

One of my favorite traditions is filling an entire cookie tin with a nostalgic mix of treats: these Peanut Butter Blossoms, Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies, Snowball Cookies, and M&M Cookies. Together they make the ultimate holiday cookie assortment—colorful, cozy, and guaranteed to bring smiles to everyone who grabs a cookie (or three).

Tips for Baking Peanut Butter Blossoms

• Roll in sugar for that classic sparkle. Granulated sugar gives the cookies their signature crackly, sugary coating.
• Add the Hershey’s Kiss right after baking. Press it into the warm cookie as soon as it comes out of the oven so it melts just enough to stick.
• Don’t overbake! These cookies should look slightly puffy and soft when you pull them out. They firm up as they cool and stay chewy.
• Use room-temperature peanut butter. It blends better with the dough and gives you a smoother, more even cookie.
• Size them evenly. Use a small cookie scoop so all of your cookies bake at the same rate and look uniform on a cookie tray.
• Make ahead and freeze. Both the dough balls and baked cookies freeze well, making them perfect for holiday baking or cookie trays

How To Make Peanut Butter Blossoms

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Spray 2 cookie sheets with nonstick spray or put silicone baking mats down. 

In a bowl mix together butter, peanut butter, white sugar, brown sugar, egg and vanilla with hand mixer until fluffy.

Add in flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt to the same bowl. Yes, this is a one bowl cookie recipe – easy! Now keep mixing.

Shape dough into 1 inch balls, rough in sugar and place on cookie sheets.

Bake for 14-15 minutes or until the bottoms are slightly browned.

As soon as they come out of the oven press down a Hershey kiss down into the middle of each cookie. Let cool for a few minutes and then eat them all!

Storing Cookies

Store peanut butter blossoms in an airtight container at room temperature for 4–5 days. If stacking them, place parchment paper between layers to keep the chocolate kisses from smudging.

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The Softest Peanut Butter Blossoms You’ll Ever Make

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Soft, chewy Peanut Butter Blossoms topped with melty Hershey’s Kisses. A classic cookie everyone loves—and so easy to make! Save this for the holidays!

By: Pamela Reed

Prep Time: 15 minutes minutes

Cook Time: 15 minutes minutes

Total Time 30 minutes minutes

serves 24

Ingredients

• ▢ 1/2 cup butter softened
• ▢ 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
• ▢ 1/2 cup sugar
• ▢ 1/2 cup brown sugar
• ▢ 1 egg
• ▢ 1/2 teaspoon vanilla
• ▢ 1 1/4 cups flour
• ▢ 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
• ▢ 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
• ▢ 1/2 teaspoon salt
• ▢ sugar to roll cookies in
• ▢ 24 chocolate kisses

Instructions

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• With mixer cream together butter, peanut butter, sugar, brown sugar, egg and vanilla until fluffy.
• Mix in flour, baking powder, baking soda and salt until all mixed.
• Shape into 1 inch balls, roll in sugar and place on lightly greased cookie sheet or silicone baking mats.
• Bake for 14 to 15 minutes or until slightly browned on bottom.
• Once out of the oven immediately press a a chocolate kiss in the middle.
• Let cool and store in airtight container.

Nutrition Information:

Calories: 120kcal (6%)

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: classic peanut butter blossom cookies, easy peanut butter Hershey kiss cookies, peanut butter blossoms, peanut butter kiss cookies, soft peanut butter blossom recipe

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