An all-time Christmas favorite dressed in red and green to bring sparkle to your Christmas festivities!

Hersey Peanut Butter Blossoms

A few years ago people everywhere were upset that the tips of Hersey Kisses were missing. Really, it’s true! Google it, you will find all sorts of articles about the madness this caused. You will find, “The broken tips were the cause of a bizarre scandal during the holiday season, as bakers complained the imperfection harmed the presentation of cookies.”

This was a big deal… it upset bakers, hurt sales, and really gave people something to complain about. It was a big news story. Fast forward to 2020, where people had their worlds turned upside down. Not a single person hasn’t been affected by the events of the pandemic in some way. I am reminded that when things are bad, they can always get worse. This really puts things into perspective! Maybe an imperfect looking cookie isn’t so bad after all…

I think most of us bake more during the holidays than any other time of the year. Sometimes I have the time to bake traditional cookies like these Christmas Peanut Butter Blossoms , and sometimes I don’t. When I don’t have the time, I like to keep it easy by making things like Melted Snowman Bark , Reindeer Graham Crackers , Rolo Pretzel Turtles , Candy Bar Pretzel Bites , 2-Ingredient Peanut Butter Cup Christmas Cookies , or Christmas Crack!

What You’ll Need

1/ cup Butter, Softened

1/2 cup White Sugar

1/2 cup Brown Sugar

1/2 cup Peanut Butter

1 Egg

2 tbsp Milk

1 tsp Vanilla

1 3/4 cup Flour

1 tsp Baking Soda

1/2 Salt

Hersey’s Kisses

Green & Red Sparkling Sugar

How to Make Peanut Butter Blossoms

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper and set aside.

Unwrap a bag of Hersey Kisses and set unwrapped Kisses aside.

Beat together 1/2 cup softened butter, 1/2 cup white sugar, 1/2 cup brown sugar, 1/2 cup peanut butter, 1 egg, 2 tbsp milk, and 1 tsp vanilla.

In a separate bowl, combine 1 3/4 cup flour, 1 tsp baking soda, and 1/2 tsp salt. Then pour into the peanut butter mixture and beat until you have cookie dough.

Scoop out half tablespoon size amounts of dough and roll into balls. Before placing the balls of cookie dough on the baking sheet, alternate between rolling around in extra white sugar and green and red sparkling sugar.

Place balls of cookie dough on the baking sheet and bake for 8 minutes.

Immediately after removing the cookies from the oven, place an unwrapped Hersey’s Kiss into the center of the cookies.

Transfer to a cooling rack and allow the Hersey Kisses to completely cool and set before eating.