These Chocolate Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies are a delightful twist on the traditional peanut butter blossom cookies. They are soft, chewy, and filled with a rich peanut butter flavor, topped with a sweet chocolate kiss.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies Recipe

If you’re a fan of the classic combination of chocolate and peanut butter, and who isn’t, then you’re in for a treat! (I’m a huge Reese’s lover!)

I’ve taken the classic Peanut Butter Blossom cookie recipe, added chocolate to the cookie dough, and decorated them with a few of my favorite Holiday Season sprinkles! Creating the perfect chocolate chewy peanut butter cookies. My grandkids love this new cookie!

This is a fairly straightforward cookie recipe made with simple pantry baking ingredients, except for the Hershey’s kisses…unless you’re like me, and believe a supply of chocolate should be kept on hand at all time! Who couldn’t use a little “kiss” now and then?

Perfect for holidays, bake sales, or just satisfying your sweet tooth, these cookies are a crowd-pleaser that will disappear from your cookie jar in no time! Let’s get baking!

Ingredients for this Classic Cookie Recipe

Here’s a list of the ingredients needed to make these Chocolate Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies. The printable full recipe is located below.

½ cup Granulated sugar
½ cup packed brown sugar – you can use light, or dark brown sugar. Dark brown will add a deeper depth of flavor.
½ cup creamy peanut butter, do not use a “stir” type natural peanut butter for this recipe. It doesn’t work well in this recipe.
½ cup butter, softened
1 egg – room temperature
1¼ cups All-purpose flour
¼ cup unsweetened baking cocoa – I use Hershey’s baking chocolate. You can also use Special Dark Chocolate unsweetened baking cocoa.
¾ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla extract – I recommend using real vanilla extract when baking for a better depth of flavor. Save the imitation for your fake cookies… Lol.
Additional granulated sugar – for rolling cookie dough balls in
36 chocolate kisses
Holiday sprinkles – you can switch out the sprinkles for various Holidays.

Ingredients for Chocolate Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies.

How To Make Chocolate Peanut Butter Holiday Cookies

Preheat oven to 375° (F). Line two large baking sheets with parchment paper. Set aside until cookie dough is ready.

In the bowl of stand mixer, add granulated sugar, brown sugar, peanut butter, butter, egg, and vanilla. Using the paddle attachment, mix on medium speed, until well blended.

TIP: You can also place the above ingredients into a large mixing bowl and use a hand mixer, or spoon, and mix until well blended! I took the easy route! My stand mixer is my best buddy in the kitchen!

Mixing "wet" ingredients to create the creamy base for chocolate peanut butter cookies.

Add the remaining dry ingredients…flour, baking cocoa, baking soda, and baking powder.

Mix on low speed until all the ingredients are incorporated and a soft dough forms.

Shaping and Creating Blossom Cookies

For best results use a cookie scoop to make sure each cookie ball is of equal proportion.

Scoop a portion of chocolate cookie dough. Place dough in your hand. Shape cookie dough into 1-inch balls.

Place extra sugar in a medium bowl. Roll each individual ball in extra granulated sugar.

TIP: You could use colored sugar crystals for a more festive look.

Chocolate cookie dough shaped into a ball and being rolled in granulated sugar.

Place cookies 2 inches apart on prepared cookie sheets.

Cookie dough balls on a parchment lined baking sheet.

Baking Peanut Blossoms

Bake cookies 8 to 10 minutes, or until edges are lightly golden brown. They should be a slightly thicker cookie with crackles on the top and sides. (I’m a huge fan of crackles…good thing cause there are a lot of them these days on my face!)

Immediately press 1 (unwrapped) milk chocolate kiss in the center of each peanut butter flavored chocolate cookie.

Pressing milk chocolate candy into the top of each cookie.

Once the chocolate kiss is slightly melted, from the heat of the cooling cookie, sprinkle the center of each cookie with Holiday sprinkles!

Remove cookies from prepared baking sheets using a spatula, and place on wire rack to cool.

Storing Peanut Blossom Cookies

This favorite cookie is best when eaten warm and the chocolate is a little bit melted! YUM! Who doesn’t love a chewy gooey cookie!

Store Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies in an airtight container up to one week.

You can freeze the cookies in an airtight freezer container, stored in a single layer, or double layer with parchment paper in-between each layer. They can be frozen up to 2 months. Perfect for Christmastime!

Holiday Baking Tip: I love to bake my holiday cookies ahead of time, freeze them, and then pull them out to make cookie trays, or for cookie exchanges! This allows me to bake a few at a time rather than trying to bake a lot all in one day.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies on a white serving plate.

If you’re a fan of Peanut Butter you may love my Classic Cookie Recipe for Reese’s Peanut Butter Cookies topped with chopped Reese’s Peanut Butter cups! It’s a great recipe that creates a delicious cookie!

Here are a few of my other Favorite Cookie Recipes

These Chocolate Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies are a timeless favorite for a reason.

The combination of creamy peanut butter, rich chocolate, and tender cookie dough is simply irresistible. Whether you’re baking them for a special occasion or just to satisfy your sweet tooth, these cookies are sure to be a hit.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies with a glass of milk and surrounded by chocolate kisses.

So, go ahead and indulge in the goodness of these classic treats!

Happy Nesting Friends, and Thanks for stopping by!

Photo and signature of Norine from Norine's Nest.

Yield: 36 servings

Chocolate Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies

Name: Chocolate Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 25 min
Yield: 36
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: ½ cup granulated sugar; ½ cup brown sugar; ½ cup creamy peanut butter; ½ cup butter, softened; 1 egg - room temperature; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 1¼ cup All-purpose flour; ¼ cup baking cocoa; ¾ teaspoon baking soda; ½ teaspoon baking powder; Additional granulated sugar; 36 milk chocolate kiss candies; Holiday Sprinkles

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 10 minutes

Total Time 25 minutes

Ingredients

½ cup granulated sugar
½ cup brown sugar
½ cup creamy peanut butter
½ cup butter, softened
1 egg - room temperature
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1¼ cup All-purpose flour
¼ cup baking cocoa
¾ teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon baking powder
Additional granulated sugar
36 milk chocolate kiss candies
Holiday Sprinkles

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375° (F). Line two baking sheets with parchment paper or silicone baking mats. Set aside.
In the bowl of stand mixer, or in a large bowl, beat ½ cup granulated sugar, brown sugar, peanut butter, butter, egg and vanilla, on medium speed, or mix with spoon, until well blended.
Add in flour, baking cocoa, baking soda, and baking powder until dough forms.
Shape dough into 1-inch balls; roll in additional sugar. Place cookie dough balls on prepared baking sheets about 2 inches apart.
Bake 8 to 10 minutes or until edges are lightly golden brown. Immediately press 1 milk chocolate candy into the center of each baked cookie. Once chocolate has begun to melt, sprinkle with Holiday sprinkles. Remove from cookie sheets to cooling rack.
Continue until all cookies have been baked. Store in an airtight container up to one week.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies

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