These creamy, nutty peanut butter cookie dough truffles are an incredibly delicious treat (gluten-free) that are a breeze to make!
For the longest time, I wanted to make no-bake cookie dough made with healthier ingredients. I finally landed upon the right mix of ingredients that made for the most scrumptious, guilt-free no-bake cookie dough. For an extra special treat, I decided to make this recipe for no-bake peanut butter cookie dough as truffles! Made with under 10 ingredients, these gluten-free peanut butter cookie dough truffles are so easy to make and eat which is ok since it is made with mostly healthy ingredients, right!?!
(NOTE: The full recipe with exact measurements is down at the bottom of this post in the recipe card.)
How to Make Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Truffles
Key Ingredients
- Almond Flour
- Natural Peanut Butter – Creamy or Crunchy
- Maple Syrup
- Mini Chocolate Chips
- Semi-Sweet Chocolate Bar – for the best results, try using a good quality melting chocolate bar not chips. I used this brand.
- Oil
- Vanilla Extract
- Salt
- Roasted Peanuts – finely chopped
To Make Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Truffles
- Line – a small baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
- Mix – in a medium mixing bowl, add the almond flour, peanut butter, maple syrup and salt and vanilla extract. Using a hand-held electric mixer, mix ingredients together at medium speed just until peanut butter cookie dough comes together and starts to form into a ball. Alternatively, cookie dough batter may be mixed with a large spoon in place of the mixer.
- Fold – with a rubber spatula, fold the mini chocolate chips into peanut butter cookie dough
- Scoop – peanut butter cookie dough onto prepared cookie sheet. I used a 1 oz (2 Tablespoons) cookie scoop.
- Shape – gently roll/pat cookie dough truffles into circles/spheres. You want to be gentle when shaping cookie dough truffles into circles/spheres. Truffles are more on the fragile side since it is made with almond flour.
- Freeze – place peanut butter cookie dough truffles in the freezer to firm up while chocolate coating is prepared.
- Melt – in a small mixing bowl, add the finely chopped chocolate and oil. Place the bowl over a pot of simmering water and melt while stirring . frequently. Alternatively, chocolate may be melted in the microwave at 30 second intervals taking care to stir to prevent the base of chocolate from burning.
- Cool – melted chocolate for 5-10 minutes before using. You want chocolate to be cooled to touch but still in a pourable state.
- Retrieve – peanut butter cookie truffles from the freezer.
- Coat – Using a fork, individually roll and coat peanut butter cookie dough truffles in melted chocolate. Gently shake fork over the bowl of melted chocolate to remove excess chocolate.
- Transfer – chocolate coated truffles to prepared cookie sheet by using a toothpick/thin skewer to help glide truffles off fork onto cookie sheet. Repeat process with remaining peanut butter cookie dough truffles.
- Freeze – place chocolate coated peanut butter cookie dough truffles in the freezer to allow chocolate to firm up, about 8-10 minutes.
- Place – remaining melted chocolate in a pastry bag or large Ziplock bag and cut a small portion off the tip of the bag.
- Drizzle – retrieve peanut butter cookie dough truffles from the freezer and drizzle chocolate over truffles.
- Sprinkle – the centers of each truffle with finely chopped peanuts.
- Refrigerate – peanut butter cookie dough truffles for 20-30 minutes to allow chocolate drizzle to set before serving. Alternatively, if you are impatient like me, truffles may be placed in the freezer for 8-10 minutes to allow chocolate to set before serving.
How to Store Peanut Butter Cookie Dough Truffles
- Refrigerator – peanut butter cookie dough truffles placed in an airtight container will last up to 1 week in the freezer.
- Freezer – peanut butter cookie dough truffles placed in an airtight freezer safe container will last upto 1 month in the freezer.
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PrintPeanut Butter Cookie Dough Truffles
These creamy, nutty peanut butter cookie dough truffles are an incredibly delicious treat (gluten-free) that are a breeze to make!
- Prep Time: 45 Minutes
- Total Time: 45 Minutes
- Yield: 12 Truffles 1x
Ingredients
- 1 Cup (100 g) Almond Flour
- 1/2 Cup + 2 Tablespoons (165 g) Natural Peanut Butter, Crunchy/Creamy
- 6 Ounces (170 g) Semi-Sweet Chocolate Bar, Finely Chopped
- 3 Tablespoons (42 g) Mini Chocolate Chips
- 3 Tablespoons (45 ml) Maple Syrup
- 1 Tablespoon (15 ml) Oil of Choice
- 1/2 Teaspoon Vanilla Extract
- Pinch of Salt
- Roasted Peanuts, Finely Chopped
Instructions
- Line a small baking sheet with parchment paper. Set aside.
- In a medium mixing bowl, add the almond flour, peanut butter, maple syrup, salt and vanilla extract.
- Using a hand-held electric mixer, mix ingredients together at medium speed just until peanut butter cookie dough comes together and starts to form into a ball, about 1 minute. Alternatively, cookie dough batter may be mixed with a large spoon in place of the mixer.
- With a rubber spatula, fold the mini chocolate chips into peanut butter cookie dough.
- Scoop peanut butter cookie dough onto prepared cookie sheet. I used a 1 oz (2 Tablespoons) cookie scoop.
- Gently roll/pat cookie dough truffles into circles/spheres. You want to be gentle when shaping cookie dough truffles into circles/spheres. Truffles are more on the fragile side since it is made with almond flour.
- Place peanut butter cookie dough truffles in the freezer to firm up while chocolate coating is prepared.
- In a small glass mixing bowl, add the finely chopped chocolate and oil. Place the bowl over a pot of simmering water and melt while stirring frequently. Alternatively, chocolate may be melted in the microwave at 30 second intervals taking care to stir between intervals to prevent the base of chocolate from burning.
- Cool melted chocolate for 5-10 minutes before using. You want chocolate to be cooled to touch but still in a pourable state.
- Retrieve peanut butter cookie truffles from the freezer.
- Using a fork, individually roll and coat peanut butter cookie dough truffles in melted chocolate. Gently shake fork over the bowl of melted chocolate to remove excess chocolate.
- Transfer chocolate coated truffles to prepared cookie sheet by using a toothpick/thin skewer to help glide truffles off the fork and onto the cookie sheet. Repeat process with remaining peanut butter cookie dough truffles.
- Place chocolate coated peanut butter cookie dough truffles in the freezer to firm up, about 8-10 minutes.
- Transfer remaining melted chocolate in a pastry bag or large Ziplock bag and cut a small portion off the tip of the bag.
- Retrieve peanut butter cookie dough truffles from the freezer and drizzle chocolate over truffles.
- Sprinkle the centers of each truffle with finely chopped peanuts.
- Refrigerate peanut butter cookie dough truffles for 20-30 minutes to allow to set before serving. Alternatively, if you are impatient like me, truffles may be placed in the freezer for 8-10 minutes to set before serving.
Notes
- In place of peanut butter, cookie dough truffles may be made with your favorite nut butter like almond or cashew butter.
- For a simpler but still delicious treat, peanut butter cookie dough may be scooped, refrigerated until firm and served without coating in chocolate.
- For the best results, I highly recommend using a good quality melting chocolate bar in place of using chocolate chips. Some chocolate chips have stabilizers/additives in them that prevents them from melting properly.
- To make peanut butter cookie dough truffles vegan, use vegan chocolate in place of dairy based chocolate.
- If unable to find mini chocolate chips, substitute with 1/3 cup regular sized chocolate chips.
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