Remember theeeeeeese guys from last week?
Man, I miss them. They were GOOD. And they also had a special, star ingredient: Smart Balance Rich Roast Creamy Peanut Butter.
I was selected to participate in a campaign this month through FitFluential, and was encouraged to try creating some fun holiday recipes using Smart Balance products. In addition to the peanut butter, I was also sent the Butter and Canola Oil Blend and Blended Butter Sticks.
I actually used the butter sticks in the saltine toffee I made the other day (YUM) and I’ve also been thoroughly enjoying the spreadable butter and canola oil blend on everything from toast to sweet potatoes.
But for my main recipe, I knew I wanted to stick with the peanut butter so I put together a plan to make some killer cookies. (Fun Fact: Did you know that the peanut butter is combined with an Omega-3 oil blend, offering 320mg per serving – about 20% of your daily value of Omega-3 ALA?). Well, now you do. 
This was actually my first time trying the Smart Balance peanut butter and I must say, I was pleasantly surprised. I’d heard both positive and negative feedback about the PB, but I really did enjoy it. Just be prepared for some major stirrage when you first open it!
One fun fact about these cookies (in case you didn’t already catch it from the post title) is that they’re flourless. I love that…so do my countertops.
But rather than making just some regular, flourless peanut butter cookies, I decided to jazz them up a bit with two of my favorite things: pretzels and chocolate.
Not only are they easy to make, but my making them with the Smart Balance peanut butter, I felt a little less guilty after reaching for the third cookie…hey, gotta get those Omega-3’s!
Go ahead and give these cookies a try for your next holiday baking adventure. You could also easily double the batch and keep a few extra for yourself.
I won’t tell anyone.
Flourless Milk Chocolate Pretzel Peanut Butter Cookies
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 10-12 minutes
- Yield: About 30-40 cookies, depending on size
Ingredients:
- 1 cup Smart Balance Rich Roast Creamy Peanut Butter
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup chopped chocolate bar of choice
- 1/2 cup broken salted pretzels
Directions:
Heat oven to 350 degrees F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
In a large bowl, mix together peanut butter, sugars, egg, baking soda, and salt until smooth. Fold in chocolate and pretzels.
Shape dough into 1/2-1 inch balls and place on baking sheet, about 2 inches apart. Bake until puffed and golden, about 10-12 minutes. Let cool slightly on baking sheet, then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. Enjoy!
I know I did.
If you’re interested in checking out more of Smart Balance’s healthy seasonal recipes, check out their website by clicking here (there’s a chicken and spinach casserole recipe that sounds right up my alley!).
Happy Baking!
Disclosure: FitFluential LLC compensated me for this campaign. All opinions are my own.
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These sound really good! I’ve never tried a flourless cookie but I’m very intrigued.
Natalie @ Free Range Human recently posted..Birthday Eats
These look delicious! I’m always a fan of sweet ‘n salty.
I used to buy the Smart Balance Peanut Butter allll the time, and then I kinda forgot about it! I should get it back into my little peanut butter rotation!
Ashley @ My Food ‘N’ Fitness Diaries recently posted..12/06: Thursday Thoughts
I might have to include these in the goodie bags I’m preparing for my coworkers as their Christmas gift. I’ll just have to leave out the pretzels to make them gluten-free.
Megan recently posted..Affordable Workout Clothes from P.V. Body
I love that these are flourless! Yum
alyssa – life a la wife recently posted..What We’ve Been Eating Lately
Those cookies look incredible! Just curious if the lack of flour makes them more on the crispy or soft side?
I’d say they were more on the soft side
Um, I would kind of like to be eating these right this second. And how awesome that they are flour-less too!
Lisa recently posted..Happy Where You Are
these look SO good! bookmarking them for the baking craze i’m going to be on as soon as i get home for christmas break!
Julianna @ Julianna Bananna recently posted..WIAW: 10th Week & My First Barbell Competition
I love pretzel chips! And any sweet & salty flavor combo!
Molly @ Happy&Healthy recently posted..Are You Turtley Enough for The Turtle Club?
Wow-those cookies look amazing! Add peanut butter to anything and I’ll try it!
Megan@funsizedfitness recently posted..Holiday Shopping Deals!
Make sure to store that PB in the fridge as Omega’s go rancid in quickly!
Cookie look amazing as always!
Michelle@Peachy Palate recently posted..Getting to grips with the urban dictionary
No worries…that jar is long gone.
Pretty cool that it’s sweet and salty (with the pretzels) and no flour! They look sooo yummy. Great timing for milk and cookies (it’s been that kind of weather lately).
michelle kim recently posted..Beast Mode
These look so yummy!!! I don’t believe they don’t have flour….love sweet and salty combos
Stellina @ My Yogurt Addiction recently posted..NYC at Christmastime–Kleinfeld’s & More
these sound so good!!!
Linz @ Itz Linz recently posted..Eat Healthy On A Budget
I love pretzels and chocolate together! Looks like a great recipe!
Kim@hungryhealthygirl recently posted..Spinach Bacon Quiche {Paleo friendly & grain/gluten free}
These look amazing. I am also a huge fan of the sweet and salty combo!
Elizabeth@myneonrunningshoes recently posted..Saint Nick you rock. Step up your game mall Santa.
I always love finding recipes that are flourless! Gives me more gluten-free options where I don’t need to buy special flour or anything
The cookies look like they are soft & chewy too – YUM!
Molly @ Just Your Average Athlete recently posted..First 5k of 2013
You need to quit posting such awesome cookie recipes so that I stop baking (and eating) them!!
These seriously look SO good.
Katie @ Talk Less, Say More recently posted..Gut Instincts
Cute and rustic!
Stefanie @ Thin Vegetarian recently posted..Almost There
I once again salivated as I read this post. NUMM!
Melanie recently posted..Cauliflower Pizza Crust
Thank you thank you for this recipe! I have to make these cookies for my younger sister- she eats pretzels with peanut butter all the time!
Emily recently posted..Brownies for two
AMAZING. Do you think they would work using chocolate covered pretzels instead of chocolate and pretzels?
Salty+sweet= a happy Lyric. If I win your chocolate contest, I am making these. No doubt about it.
Lyric recently posted..Thirsty
I love you. I’m totally buying a bag of GF pretzels and making these pronto!!!
chelsey @ clean eating chelsey recently posted..blufish with a buddy
I can’t have gluten so you teased me when you said ‘flourless’ & then included pretzels. Still look delicious tho!
These look amazing! And I absolutely LOVE that they are flourless…oh and the fact that they include pretzels, peanut butter, AND chocolate?? Awesome
Hannah @ CleanEatingVeggieGirl recently posted..WIAW: December 5, 2012
wow…those sound amazing! yum!
Danica @ It’s Progression recently posted..even if it wasn’t perfect
OKAY Pretzels and chocolate are my two favorite things in this world!!! When it comes to eating clean these are the very two things I refuse to give up. Glad to see someone else with my same addictions
TheFitGirlsDish recently posted..Fit is Sexy
These cookies look amazing! I love pretzel crisps, chocolate and peanut butter so all three together sounds like the perfect combination to me!
Hope @ With A Side Of Hope recently posted..10 Years Gone By!…
Can’t wait to make these!!
Brandi recently posted..What a Week
These look great! You sure are loving the chocolate and pretzel combo lately
Bek @ Crave recently posted..A Change From The Usual
Omg! These look amazing!!
Joanna @ Running Places recently posted..A Big Weight Loss Mistake You’re Probably Making (I Was)
confession. I almost ate all that peanut butter before i could bake with it. saving a little for my cookies but it’s so hard. IT’s DELICIOUS!
In the oven now…. Used Hershey’s special dark chips because I can never get enough of them. Andddd you can let smart balance know that I bought their PB for this! On sale and everything!
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