Peanut Butter Blossom Bears
A lower sugar twist on the classic holiday recipe for peanut butter blossoms. Perfect for toddlers or anyone who likes cute food!
Servings: 27 cookies
Calories: 125kcal
Ingredients
- ¾ cup natural peanut butter *see note
- ½ cup unsalted butter softened
- ½ cup packed light brown sugar
- 2 large eggs room temperature
- ½ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1 cup whole wheat flour
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 25-30 Hersey’s chocolate kisses unwrapped
- Optional garnish: peanuts candy googly eyes, & sprinkles
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F.
- Using a hand or stand mixer, cream together the peanut butter, butter, and brown sugar.
- Add in the eggs and vanilla extract. Continue mixing until light and fluffy.
- Add in the all-purpose flour, whole wheat flour, baking soda, and salt. Mix until combined.
- Using an 1.5 tablespoon size cookie scoop, place scoops of cookie dough on a parchment lined baking sheet, keeping a one inch distance in between. Alternatively, you can roll into balls using your hands.
- Flatten the tops of the balls of cookie dough with a drinking glass.
- Bake for 8-11 minutes in the preheated oven.
- Remove baked cookies from the oven and immediately press a Hershey’s kiss into the centre of each cookie *see note.
- While warm and still soft, decorate with sprinkles, or turn them into cute little bears by adding candy googly eyes and two peanut halves for ears.
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Notes
Peanut Butter: you can use either the “regular” or the 100% peanuts variety.
Hershey's Kiss? If you want to keep the sugar lower, you can leave out the chocolate for your toddler.
Nutrition
Calories: 125kcal | Carbohydrates: 12g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 3g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 3g | Trans Fat: 0.1g | Cholesterol: 21mg | Sodium: 49mg | Potassium: 72mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 123IU | Calcium: 12mg | Iron: 1mg
