Valentine’s Day Peanut Butter Heart Cookies
Prep time: 20 min | Cook time: 15 min | Total time: 35 min
If you’re looking for a sweet treat for Valentine’s Day, these Peanut Butter Heart Cookies are exactly what you need. They’re a fun twist on the classic peanut butter blossom, but instead of a chocolate kiss in the center, you get a cute, melty chocolate candy heart. What’s not to love?!
Valentine’s Day Peanut Butter Heart Cookies
Prep time:
20 min
Cook time:
15 min
Total time:
35 min
If you’re looking for a sweet treat for Valentine’s Day, these Peanut Butter Heart Cookies are exactly what you need. They’re a fun twist on the classic peanut butter blossom, but instead of a chocolate kiss in the center, you get a cute, melty chocolate candy heart. What’s not to love?!
– know before you bake –
Traci & Caylie’s
Recipe Highlights
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If you love peanut butter cookies as much as I do, then these cookies are definitely going to be a new favorite. They’re soft, chewy, and packed with peanut butter, and the chocolate candy heart just takes them to the next level. Whether you’re baking them for someone special or treating yourself (because hey, you deserve it 😉), these cookies are sure to impress.
What’s Going Into These Cookies?
No need to grab a pen, I’ve got you covered. Everything you need is in the recipe card below, but if you’re wondering what’s going into these cookies, here’s the scoop:
- Peanut butter (creamy is an absolute must!)
- Sugar, brown sugar, vanilla, flour, baking soda, and a pinch of salt
- And, of course, those cute little chocolate hearts—because what’s a Valentine’s cookie without a little chocolate?
Bonus: These cookies are egg-free! The combination of butter, peanut butter, milk, and leavening agents helps create that perfect texture and structure, so you can skip the eggs without missing out on any flavor.
Making The Cookie + VIDEO!
We took our reader-favorite Peanut Butter Blossoms and made a few tweaks so that the cookies would not need an egg, but still be as soft, chewy, and delicious – the perfect cookie to hold the candy center!
Let us know if you try these cookies for Valentine’s Day, and if you need more inspiration, here are 20 of the sweetest Valentine’s Day dessert recipes!
Happy baking!
x, Caylie
Valentine’s Day Peanut Butter Heart Cookies
Ingredients
- 6 Tablespoons unsalted butter, room temperature
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar
- ⅓ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup smooth peanut butter
- 2 Tablespoons whole milk
- ¼ teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- ⅔ teaspoon baking powder
- 3/16 teaspoon baking soda
- ⅓ teaspoon salt
- ⅓ cup granulated sugar, for rolling
- 16 heart-shaped chocolates
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350℉/177℃.
- Line sheet pan with parchment paper. Set aside.
- With an electric mixer, beat butter and sugars until light and fluffy, about 2-3 minutes.
- Add peanut butter, milk, and vanilla.
- Beat until well combined.
- Mix in flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt.
- Use a 1½ Tablespoon scoop to portion dough.
- Roll each ball of dough in extra ⅓ cup granulated sugar.
- Place on prepared pan.
- Bake for 15 minutes.
- Take cookies out of oven and immediately press a chocolate heart into the center of each cookie.
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