Protein Peanut Butter Blossoms – Low Sugar, No Butter, The Best!

The best Protein Peanut Butter Blossoms with protein powder and no butter – a Christmas wish come true. Healthy peanut butter blossom cookies are easy, low sugar, low fat and actually spot on in taste!

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Oh man was I (and my husband) blown away by these peanut butter blossoms. Like for real. They were soft and chewy and peanut buttery and everything, but SO much healthier.

We had 2 of them at a time, and with no sugar and no butter used here, there was no guilt involved either. Just a clean ingredient healthy recipe.

Ingredients for Protein Peanut Butter Blossoms:

These protein peanut butter blossoms are made with simple healthy ingredients with a lot of peanut butter powder for a low fat and healthy recipe.

• Vanilla Protein Powder for high protein low sugar cookie and also replace the sweetener.
  I recommend Quest since it’s a whey-casein blend and bakes well
• Peanut Butter Protein Powder also from Quest Nutrition; Or just more Vanilla.
• Peanut Butter Powder also known as Powdered Peanut Butter. I recommend Lakanto for a sugar free version (the code HAYLSKITCHEN gives you a discount). Or you could use the one from PbFit too.
• Creamy Peanut Butter
• Whole Wheat Pastry Flour
• Flaxseed Meal also known as ground flaxseed
• Baking Powder
• Unsweetened Almond Milk
• Water
• Unsweetened Applesauce
• Hershey’s Kisses Chocolates

And to coat these low sugar peanut butter blossom cookies:

• 1:1 Zero Calorie Sugar Substitute – I use Lakanto, to keep this recipe sugar free;  (code HAYLSKITCHEN for a discount here too)

Tips for Healthier Peanut Butter Blossoms with Protein Powder

This healthier peanut butter blossom cookies recipe with protein powder and no sugar is super easy, but heres’ some tips to get it perfect every time.

• Use whey-caesin protein powder since it works well with the ratio of ingredients here; Whey absorbs less moisture and won’t bake as well either.

• Add milk little at a time so the dough doesn’t get too runny.

• Taste the mixture and see if you need some extra sweetener. I’d recommend using stevia powder to maintain the consistency of the mixture and have sugar free and healthy peanut butter blossoms.

• Roll in granulated sugar; Don’t skip this step or the cookies will be too dry.

• Don’t over-bake these or your pb blossom cookies will turn out too dry and not melt-in-your-mouth soft.

• Press in Hershey’s kisses chocolates immediately out of oven so they stick to the cookie, or they’ll fall off since the base wont melt.

To store Protein PB Blossom Cookies

To store high protein PB blossoms, place in an airtight container and keep on the counter for up to 3 days. 

Keep these homemade PB blossom cookies in an airtight container in the fridge for upto 1 week or freezer (in a freezer-safe zipper bag) for 2 or 3 months. Be sure to let them thaw on the counter before eating!

Alternatives for Healthy Peanut Butter Blossoms Without Butter

I made these healthy, low sugar and low fat peanut butter blossoms without butter or sugar using this particular ingredient list, but here’s some options to choose from.

• Whole Wheat Pastry Flour: All purpose flour or 1:1 Gluten Free Baking Flour, in the same amount by weight; not cups.
• Peanut Butter Protein Powder: Vanilla protein powder

• Unsweetened Almond Milk: Regular or dairy-based milk
• 1:1 Zero Calorie Sugar Replacement: Regular confectioners sugar or coconut sugar (this won’t be sugar free though, and also higher in calories)
• Unsweetened Applesauce: Mashed banana

Vegan Peanut Butter Blossoms Cookies

Since there’s no butter in this recipe, you can make these healthy PB blossom cookies Vegan using a plant-based protein powder. I haven’t tried this myself, so let me know if you do!

More Peanut Butter Protein Cookie Recipe:

• Fluffernutter Protein Cookie for One
• PB Blueberry Protein Cookies
• Oreo Stuffed Peanut Butter Protein Cookie
• Protein Monster Cookie
• Soft Low-Fat No-bake Peanut Butter Protein Cookies

Or some More Protein Christmas Cookies:

• Protein Snowball Cookies
• Mexican Hot Chocolate Protein Cookie
• Protein Whoopie Pies
• Protein Sugar Cookie for One
• Butterscotch Oatmeal Protein Cookies