Gluten-free peanut butter blossoms 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!
Place chocolate candies in the freezer at least 1 hour before making cookies!
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F
In a large bowl, mix together peanut butter and sugar.
Add egg, vanilla and salt and stir until combined.
Mix in chocolate chips until evenly combined.
Roll 2 TBS portions of dough into balls or use a small cookie scoop and on baking sheet lined with parchment paper about 1” apart (these cookies do not spread at all).
Bake for 8-10 minutes or until bottoms are just barely browned.
As soon as you remove the pan from the oven, remove chocolate candy from the freezer and gently press one into the center of each cookie.
Let cool for 5 minutes on the baking pan, then carefully transfer to a wire cooling rack.
If you choose to make chocolate shapes, you may need to put the cookies on the pan in the freezer to prevent the shapes from melting!
Homemade Chocolate Candies
In a microwave-safe bowl melt together chocolate chips and peanut butter and stir until combined and smooth.
Place a silicone mold on a baking sheet and fill it with the prepared chocolate peanut butter mixture.
Place filled mold in the freezer until chocolate has hardened (about 1-2 hours).
Once hardened, remove from mold and place back in the freezer until cookies are ready, then use them as the frozen chocolate in the recipe!
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Notes
*If using unsalted peanut butter you may need to increase the amount of sea salt to 1/2 tsp!
Ingredient Substitutions
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 also works well.
Mini Chocolate Chips. I highly recommend adding mini chocolate chips to this recipe to add extra chocolate flavor throughout the cookies. You can omit them if you'd like!
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.
Store/freeze
Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 4 days, in the refrigerator for up to 1 week or in the freezer for up to 2 months.