These no bake peanut butter blossoms start with a peanut butter Rice Krispies base, similar to scotcheroos, and are topped with a Hershey’s kiss! A fun twist on a classic treat.
You might also like our Chex Scotcheroos, our fruity pebble treats, or our fluffernutter Rice Krispies Treats.
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We all love peanut butter blossoms, the classic peanut butter cookie with a Hershey’s kiss on top, but these no bake peanut butter blossoms are right up there on the tastiness scale. So delicious and easy to make and a great addition to holiday platters! Our no bake version stays soft for days and are the perfect combination of peanut butter and chocolate.
No Bake Peanut Butter Blossoms
Our version starts out with a peanut butter Rice Krispies base. The SAME base that I use for Scotcheroos! The mixture is formed into balls then a Hershey’s kiss is pressed into each cookie while they are still warm.
Once they are cool they are easy to pick up and package, without being sticky.
No Bake Peanut Butter Blossoms Ingredients
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- 1 cup light corn syrup
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 5 cups Rice Krispies cereal
- 34-36 Hershey’s kiss candies
How To Make Peanut Butter Blossoms
Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
Heat syrup, peanut butter, and sugar over medium heat until smooth and the sugar has been dissolved. No need to bring it to a boil or simmer, it just needs to be warm enough to melt the peanut butter and the mixture is nice and smooth.
Remove from heat.
Pour peanut butter and syrup mixture over 5 c. of rice cereal. Stir until completely coated.
Scoop the mixture onto the baking sheet using a small cookie scoop (1 1/2 Tbsp.) or a spoon.
The mixture will be sticky at first, but if you let the cookie balls sit on the baking sheet for a few seconds they will start to cool and you can easily shape them with your fingers.
Press a chocolate kiss into the center of each cookie.
This recipe makes 34-36 peanut butter blossoms. Store in an airtight container for up to a week.
No Bake Peanut Butter Blossoms Recipe
No Bake Peanut Butter Blossoms
Ingredients
- 1 cup light corn syrup
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 5 cups Rice Krispies cereal
- 34-36 Hershey's kiss candies unwrapped
Instructions
- Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Heat syrup, peanut butter, and sugar over medium heat until smooth and the sugar has been dissolved. Remove from heat.
- Pour peanut butter and syrup mixture over 5 c. of rice cereal. Stir until completely coated.
- Scoop the mixture onto the baking sheet using a small cookie scoop (1 1/2 Tbsp.) or a spoon. Note: The mixture will be sticky at first, but if you let the cookie balls sit on the baking sheet for a few seconds they will quickly cool and you can easily shape them with your fingers.
- Press a chocolate kiss into the center of each warm cookie.
Notes
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Welcome! I'm Brandy, mother to 5 darling kiddos and a cute black lab named Toby. My husband is in the Coast Guard so we've lived all over the place, turning each house into a home. I love baking, sewing, making cute things with my kids, and sharing what I've learned with all of you!
Hi Kay! This is actually my grandma’s scotcheroo recipe that I’ve shared variations of on the site a couple of times. I just added the Hershey kisses on top! 🙂
What can you use in place of corn syrup
You can use honey instead. It will alter the flavor, but if you like the flavor of honey it’ll be fine!
Can these be frozen
Scotcheroos freeze well so I don’t see why not!
When do you add the butterscotch chips? That’s what makes them scotcharoos.
The recipe states that they are similar to scotcheroos in the fact that you use the same Rice Krispies base. They are not scotcheroo peanut blossoms.
I added drizzled chocolate and sprinkles to mine. Made them look more festive.