Cake Mix Peanut Butter Blossoms
These peanut butter blossom cookies are easy to make, thanks to a box of cake mix. With chocolate Kiss candies and rich peanut butter flavor, they're a simple sweet treat for every occasion.
Ingredients
- 13.25 ounce yellow or french vanilla cake mix (15.25-oz works fine, too)
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup vegetable oil
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar (optional, for rolling cookies)
- 30 Hershey Kiss candies (unwrapped)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat. Set aside.
- In the bowl of a stand mixer fitted with the paddle attachment (or in a large mixing bowl with an electric hand mixer), combine cake mix, eggs, oil, peanut butter, and vanilla extract. Mix on low speed for about 30 seconds, then scrape down the sides of the bowl.
- Increase speed to medium and mix for another 30 seconds.
- Using a small cookie scoop, scoop out rounds of dough, rolling them into balls with your hands. If desired, roll the cookie dough rounds in granulated sugar to coat. Place dough rounds on prepared baking sheet, leaving a couple inches of space between them.
- Bake in preheated oven for 10 minutes.
- Remove from oven and gently press a Hershey Kiss down into the center of each cookie while still warm. The cookies will crack a little when pressed, which is normal.
- Let cookies cool on the pan for about 5 minutes, then use a spatula to carefully transfer them to a wire rack to cool completely.
- Once the cookies have cooled and the chocolate has cooled and hardened, serve and enjoy!
Notes
- Leftover cookies should be stored in an airtight container at room temperature.
- Although you technically can freeze these cookies, chocolate Kisses can develop a cloudy finish when frozen and thawed. This doesn't affect the taste, but it does affect the appearance, if that matters to you.
Nutrition
Serving: 1cookieCalories: 163kcalCarbohydrates: 17gProtein: 3gFat: 10gSaturated Fat: 3gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 3gTrans Fat: 0.1gCholesterol: 12mgSodium: 136mgPotassium: 59mgFiber: 1gSugar: 11gVitamin A: 16IUCalcium: 41mgIron: 1mg
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