Peanut butter bliss balls…
I had originally planned to post a different recipe today.
But then I tried one of these addictive little balls of peanut butter bliss…
And all plans changed immediately!
Little balls of safe-to-eat peanut butter cookie dough…
Soft and delicious – like an unbaked peanut butter cookie. They can take care of even the biggest peanut butter cravings. Just look at them!
Sometimes, a recipe needs to be shared with the world right away.
This is one of those times.
Peanut Butter Bliss Balls
(makes 26-30)
- 1 cup peanut butter OR allergy-friendly alternative
- 1/4 cup applesauce, plus scant 2 tbsp if needed
- 1 1/2 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup plus 2 tbsp flour (I’ve had success with sorghum, white, spelt, ww pastry, buckwheat, and oat)
- 2/3 cup granulated sugar of choice OR xylitol
- 1 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/8 tsp salt
- optional, chocolate chips or raisins
Line a large plate or tray with parchment paper, and clear a space in your freezer. If needed, gently warm the nut butter until it is stir-able, then measure it into a large bowl. Stir in the applesauce and vanilla. In a small bowl, stir together all remaining ingredients, then add them to the wet mixture. Stir until evenly mixed. Form balls with a cookie scoop, then place the balls on the parchment-lined plate. (If the dough is too soft, due to the type of peanut butter you’ve used, freeze until firm enough to form balls.) Freeze the balls a few hours until they are firm enough to handle without being sticky, then transfer to a bag or container and store in the freezer. (If you wanted to cook these instead of eating them in a raw cookie dough form, you should make the recipe a little differently: Secret Peanut Butter Cookies.)
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I will have to try this recipe to add cookie dough to my ice cream!
Just made them, used ground oats instead of flour, and not sure baking soda is better than just salt?
Yummy! I have to try these! After I make your healthy peanut butter fudge. The only problem is when I open peanut butter jar I have to taste it and instantly forget about all the recipes. Peanut butter is waaaay too good as it is.
Same issue here! I plan to make (X) recipes with my nut butters, but I normally do not make as much as planned because the taste is great on its own (and with a spoon!).
Oh my gosh these look absolutely amazing!
I made a batch the first day you posted, and they were LITERALLY so good they were all gone within the day! (Well there were four of us, but still)
So I had to make another batch. I used almond flour for the first batch and oat flour for the second, and both turned out really really well. Thanks for the recipe! 🙂
Oh my gosh these look amazing!
These are so delicious! 🙂
I gave some to my dog before I added chocolate chips, and later when I was trying to take photos of them in the waning light of the sliding glass door, he was whining so much trying to get me to give him one – he loooved them! I think I will make a batch of them (minus chocolate) and keep them in the freezer for him. 😉
I made a half recipe and planning to use liquid sweetener, used about 1/6 cup “sugar” total – half maple syrup (maybe 1 T?) and half coconut palm sugar (another T?) for the sugar, and oat flour for the flour. Delish!!
I soooo want to try these!!! They look wonderful. 🙂 I think I will try using pumpkin puree instead of applesauce and defatted peanut flour or oat fiber instead of reg. flour. I’ll let you know how they turn out!
BTW, this is my fave website for special flours and natural low-glycemic sweeteners:
http://store.trimhealthymama.com/
These look amazing! Can’t wait to try these 🙂
You can tell how much I love this recipe 🙂 I made these again with natural freshly-ground peanut butter and used Hoosier Farm’s Premium Peanut Butter Powder instead of oat flour like last time. The resulting dough was sticky, perfect texture instantly, even more peanut butter-y, and delicious. It was very easy to form into balls without freezing first, and the end product almost looked like yours (minus the chocolate chips). The taste was also enhanced by the peanut butter powder. I did periodically add water while stirring the dough, as it got very thick and dough-y. You could probably sub peanut flour, powdered peanut butters, and other peanut butter powders for the same effect. I wanted to let you guys know of my discovery! Now, I might need another batch soon…