Name: Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Blossoms
Prep time: 5 min
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 45 min
Ingredients: 1 cup creamy peanut butter; ½ cup granulated sugar; 1 egg (lightly beaten); 1 tsp pure vanilla extract; ¼ tsp sea salt*; ½ cup mini chocolate chips; 12 pieces of chocolate candy* ((frozen)); 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips; 1 TBS Creamy peanut butter

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Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Blossoms are the ultimate Christmas dessert recipe! They are made with 7 ingredients in one bowl and are ready in 20 minutes! Dress them up by making your own holiday shaped chocolates and they’ll be the first to disappear from your cookie tray!

Do you have a cookie recipe that you absolutely have to make every year?! For me, it’s these Flourless Peanut Butter Blossom Cookies! One bite of these beauties instantly transports me back to my childhood. They make me feel warm and fuzzy and it just wouldn’t be Christmas without a batch {or three} of them!

These Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Blossoms are made with only 7 ingredients, in one bowl and are ready from start to finish in 20 minutes! They’re perfect for surprise holiday guests, and are guaranteed to be everyone’s favorite variety on your cookie trays! Plus, they are gluten and dairy-free which means that even loved ones with special dietary needs can enjoy every last chocolate and peanut buttery bite!

How to make Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Blossoms

These are literally the easiest cookies in the world to make!

Mixing. I mix them by hand but you could use a standing mixer if you like! Just be careful not to over-beat the ingredients! Beat until they are just combined!
Making Fun Chocolate Shapes. I used these silicone molds (these Christmas molds are also fun with more shapes)! to make fun Christmas shapes out of chocolate! I simply melted 1/2 cup chocolate chips with 1 TBS peanut butter, poured it into the mold and popped it into the freezer to harden. You can use any chocolate variety you love, and skip the peanut butter if you want! But I enjoyed the extra peanut butter flavor {because you can never have too much of that} and the way it made the chocolate a little softer.
Freeze the chocolate! Wether you use homemade chocolate candies or store bought varieties like the traditional Hershey’s kisses, they absolutely must be frozen if you don’t want a melty chocolate mess! If you make your own chocolates, remove them from the molds and place them in a cold container in the freezer before baking your cookies. Even though they’re frozen they’ll get softer when you handle them. And if you go through the trouble of making cute shapes you want them to keep their form when they come into contact with the warm cookies!
Freeze the cookies! If you are using fun shapes I recommend placing the warm cookies with the chocolate on them in the freezer immediately to slow the melting process and keep them from losing their shapes! But just keep them in there for 15 or so minutes until the have cooled enough for the chocolate to hold its shape!
These cookies don’t spread. They will come out of the oven in the shape you put them in! So keep that in mind as you make your balls!

Gluten-Free Peanut Butter Blossoms: Substitutions

There are only 7 ingredients in these cookies, and I haven’t tried making many substitutions because they are simply perfect as-is! But here are a few possibilities!

Peanut Butter. Readers have reported that Sunflower Seed Butter works great in this recipe! I do not recommend using almond butter, as I have tried it and it didn’t taste nearly as good as peanut butter. If you’re looking for a paleo blossom cookie check out my Paleo Almond Butter Blossom recipe {which is also vegan}.
Granulated Sugar. I use Organic Cane Sugar in this recipe! Brown sugar is a delicious substitution in this recipe. I tried coconut sugar as a refined-sugar free variety and I can’t say that I loved it. If you try another sugar option let me know!
Mini Chocolate Chips. I highly recommend adding mini chocolate chips to this recipe to add extra chocolate flavor throughout your cookies! Feel free to omit if you’d like! I don’t recommend using regular chocolate chips because they might get in the way when you add the chocolate on top!
Chocolate Candies. See “method” section for how I made these fun Christmas shaped candies If you’d like to use store bought candy that’s obviously totally great too! Hershey Kisses, Dove Dark Chocolate Promises, and peanut butter cups are all great choices.

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