Sometimes I have imaginary phone conversations. Ok… this happens a lot. They go a little something like this:
Hello..? Yes, hi. I’d like to speak with the person in charge of making up all these clever food holidays like today’s Bacon Day. Oh, that’s you? Excellent. I have a few additional food holidays I thought you might like to add to your calender.
How about a pizza and beer holiday every Friday of the month. I mean… it’d just be really great if my calender could justify my food choices. No? You know, you don’t have to decide so quickly. Maybe think it over a bit. Still no? Ok… lemme run another idea by you.
Can we make everyday at 3:30 in the afternoon National-Go-Ahead-And-Eat-A-Brownie Moment? What? That’s too specific? I see. You might reconsider this one… the people are really calling for it.
No?
Ok…. I’ll just stick to Bacon Day. Thanks for that one.
I gotta run. I have to tell all my friends about these Peanut Butter Bacon Cookies I just made! Laaaater!
Interested in other ways to celebrate bacon!?
How about Brown Sugar Bacon Waffles or BLT’s with Homemade Mayonnaise!?
Bacon and peanut butter!? Peanut Butter and Bacon! Yes. Yes yes yes!
I had never heard of this combination until a friend told me how her grandfather used to make peanut butter and bacon sandwiches for all the grandkids to eat. What? I need ts combination in cookie form and I need them in my face right now…. that’s what I thought as she was waxing on about her grandfather. Sorry.
So how do these cookies taste? So amazingly good! The cookie itself is a more delicate, crumbly peanut butter cookie due to the absence of butter and flour. Yup! Gluten free! The peanut butter taste is front and center. The bacon blends incredibly well with the sweetness of the cookie, adding an alluring salty, smoky, chewy bite. Hot dang! I will make these cookies again and again and again. Flourless. Butterless. Only five ingredients and one of those ingredients is bacon. The world just got a step closer to perfect.
Peanut Butter Bacon Cookies
adapted from The Gourmet Cookbook
makes 15 cookies about the size of your palm
1 cup all-natural chunky or smooth peanut butter
1 cup sugar (1/2 cup brown sugar and 1/2 cup granulated sugar)
1 egg
1 teaspoon baking soda
about 6 slices of bacon, cooked, cooled and diced
In a skillet over medium high heat, fry up bacon until cooked through and let cool on paper towels until cool enough to dice. Dice up and set aside.
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
Grease a baking sheet with butter and set aside. In a mixer combine peanut butter and sugars until well combined, about 2 minutes. Add egg and baking soda and mix for another 2 minutes. Fold in cooked bacon. Roll into large walnut sized balls and create a cris-cross pattern with a fork. If you’d like, roll the dough balls in granulated sugar before making the cris-cross pattern. Bake for 10 minutes, until lightly browned. Cool on a baking sheet for five minutes, then transfer to… your mouth.
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Am I the only one who dices bacon BEFORE frying it? Ever so much easier than the reverse: nice uniform little pieces and very quick to cook.
I made these for Christmas 3 years ago and went searching to locate this recipe. I’ll be making them again tomorrow. Thanks!
joy these cookies were amazing!!! thank you for sharing your talent
hi i was wondering how long these cookies can last? I’m thinking of baking these for my friend as a gift! (:
Hows about chocolate covered bacon peanut butter cookies sprinkled with sea salt? anyone? bueller?
Would almond butter work? Started making the cooking and realized I only have 1/2 cup of peanut butter!!!! Oh No….Help, I am desperate!
What to do?
almond butter should substitute just fine. I hope this reached your cookies time.
Read all the reviews about the cookies being too crubly, so I tried this with 3/4 c peanut butter and 3 tbsp of butter, because butter congeals at room temperature while peanut oil doesn’t. The result was really, really flat cookies that spread out a lot, but stayed together fairly well. I think next time I might try putting in just a quarter cup of flour, to give the dough a little body. However, I should note that the resulting cookies were delicious, and I’ll be adding this one to the recipe book.
Thank you. These are brilliant. You are brilliant. I made them tonight, and they are great.
I made these tonight. It’s a brilliant idea, but they were too sweet for my taste. I would cut back on the sugar next time.
I just stumbled upon your blog and this recipe and literally had to contain myself whilst in front of my computer at work. I absolutely cannot wait to give these a try!!
I just made these for a fundraiser – they were a huge hit!
Hi Joy, I blogged about your cookies today. Linked it all back to your post and recipe. Great tasting treats. We loved them! We also enjoy your book a lot. Thanks. Kirsten
I owe a friend something baked, and since he went above and beyond, I baked these up (they’ve been out of the over for about 5 minutes now). I found these a few weeks ago and bookmarked them for just an occasion. Ok, I gotta say, I don’t eat bacon (blasphemy, I know). I just don’t. BUT, I baked these up and ooooooooh ma goodness, I think I could easily eat the whole batch. I used 7 pieces of bacon, and then before pressing them, I dipped the top in a 3t cinnamon+ 3T sugar mix… I already ate 2, gave one to my neighbor (who doesn’t like pb, but loves bacon) and she was speechless. I love that the bacon kinda just melts into the cookie. Thanks for all your recipes!!
I am doing a cookie exchange next week and I wanted to do a cookie with a WOW-factor. I’d heard of peanut butter bacon cookies from my brother, who is a big bacon boy! Your recipe was the first to come up and it looked pretty easy, so I thought I’d try it.
It seemed odd to me that there was no flour in the recipe. I don’t know what adding a bit of flour would do to the consistency of the cookie. Anyway, I made them and they were okay. Definately peanut buttery, but the bacon taste was not as strong as I would have liked. Maybe I could have added more bacon as others have suggested. They were also a bit more crumbly than I would have preferred, not sure why that is.
I don’t think I’ll be doing these for the cookie exchange, mainly because they are not very cost effective as the recipe made just under 2 dozen cookies and I have to make between 5 & 6 doz. But, I will keep the recipe for future gatherings with a smaller crowd. Thanks for the recipe Joy!
I took these on as a snow day baking challenge (we just got about a foot of snow), and holy cow! Amazing! Thanks for the recipe!
o.m.g. after my week of listening to you and tracey on podcasts I decided on friday to make tracey’s black bean & sweet potato soup and a batch of these bad boys. We ate the soup friday and saturday nights and all weekend if I’m not eating the cookies I’m telling other people about them/thinking about the next one I will eat. I’m also re-listening to your hippy podcast for cashew butter/coconut oil/baking soda plans. help, I’ve become one of those crazy stalker types.
Hi Joy,
I’m planning to make these awesome cookies for my birthday… and I realised that I bought the wrong thing! I got baking powder instead of baking soda :( would it be alright to use baking powder instead of baking soda? please let me know asap…
thank you! your help would be very very appreciated!!!
I just made these cookies and used maple bacon. They are delish but a little sweet, I would cut down the sugar a little next time
I’ve made this recipe for years, only minus the bacon; however I don’t use any baking soda. When you do it that way it’s a three ingredient recipe (unless you’re adding bacon). I must say that I’m not too sure about the bacon/peanut butter combination, but I’m certainly game to give it a try!
I stumbled upon your blog looking for a bacon dessert for a bacon-themed potluck at work tomorrow. Just baked them up, made an extra for a ‘tester’, and I’m contemplating ‘forgetting’ about the potluck to eat them all myself.
Thanks for the recipe!
I don’t think enough bacon made it into my dough. *shifty look* No idea why that would be…
In all seriousness, though, I think they could have used another piece or maybe even two or bacon. But they were delicious peanut butter cookies anyway, and every once in a while it’s like BAM! AWESOME BACON!
Thanks for the recipe!
This recipe sounds just odd enough to be awesome. I did think about an adaptation — I’ve made Maple-Bacon to sprinkle on salads (Basically bacon drizzled with maple syrup and baked in the oven until crispy). Might make extra next time and try it in these…..Can’t wait!
At last! Someone who understands! Thanks for ponsitg!
Yes! Bacon and peanut butter sandwiches played a massive role in my childhood. Now the cookie version shall play a massive role in my adult life.
Thank you so much for this recipe!! I’ve made it many times while being pregnant and for my group of mommy friends. It’s odd walking into a group and declaring that your cookies are not vegetarian, but they are so good!!
Thank you so much, The recipe and picture looks mouth-watering! I’m going to take you up on the rice pudding and make some this week! Thanks, again and take good care…
Let me start off by saying that your blog is my absolute favorite!! Now…on to the topic at hand. I hate peanut butter cookies…well I did until I baked these cookies!! These things are amazing!!! I’ve made 2 batches in the past week and a half. Thank you so much for an awesome recipe Joy!!!
These were AMAZING! Hubby and I had a hankering for something new involving peanut butter and bacon, happened across your blog and promptly raided the cabinets to make them. Delicious does not even begin to do justice to these!
Thank you for sharing :) We’re going to try the bacon waffles next!
made & loved but… mine dough wouldn’t hold together very well & post baking was incredibly difficult to keep them in one piece…. think it was the PB (it had flax)?
I think I might add more bacon next time too! :)
Wowowowowowow! I just made these last night… I also threw in some chocolate chips and holy moly they are good! Thanks for a great recipe…and super easy!
Sounds delish.. as a child I loved a toasted PB, bacon and potato chip sandwich- PB melts on the hot toast and then add the bacon strips and chips and crush down… don’t get a visual on getting sick until you try it – still have them to this day into retirement!
Eww these probably taste disgusting.
wrong.
They are soooo wrong on so many levels…. which makes them just right! Mmmmmm Bacon with PB in a bite size ball of bliss……..
@ Jen: And you probably have no tastebuds.
@ Joy The Baker: This recipe sounds awesome. My wife is throwing a bridal shower & her friend is a fan of Sweet & Savory – She’ll love these (And I know I will also). Thanks for the great recipe – will update after she bakes them. :D
Hey Joy the Baker!
Each year, at the school in which I teach, we have a little contest called THE TASTE-OFF. Each year we pick a “key ingredient”, and this year, it was BACON! I was searching for recipes online, and came across your Peanut Butter Bacon cookie recipe. I HAD to make it…peanut butter AND bacon??!!! Two of my FAVORITE food groups!
Giving you, and “The Gourmet Cook” full credit, I altered the recipe a bit by adding chunks of semi-sweet chocolate to the recipe.
Just wanted to let you know that THEY WON!!!! AWESOME recipe! Thanks for posting it!
Yum, thanks! I knew I saw this a long time ago and never bookmarked it. Good thing for Google!
Am I the only one who feels like these cookies would definitely get you a husband? Ha bacon and baking, that sounds like something the perfect woman would do.
These were AMAZING! I love sweet and salty as a pairing, and this idea exemplifies that combination. Thank you, thank you, for such a wonderful recipe.
Thanks Miss Joy, these are now my signature cookies! They were a natural choice to bring to a pig roast this summer. I always add some vanilla and omit greasing the sheet. The fat from the pb definitely makes up for it. I also learned as great as chocolate is, the chips overpower these lil guys!
Joy do you think I could freeze these after making? My husband wants these for his poker night when I’m out of town next weekend so I was hoping to make tonight and freeze but don’t want to screw up the amazingness :)
Hot damn! I think I ate half the dough before the cookies even got formed, but shhhh don’t tell ;) I am telling you, these things are sin in baked-goods form. Thank you SO MUCH for this little bit of taste bud glee!
This is one good recipe. I no more than made one batch then I had to make another one. Will definitely make again and again. Thanks
I love peanut butter and bacon sandwiches. What a great idea to pair them together in cookies!
I just made these cookies. WOW is all I have to say. I love peanut butter and bacon, but have never imagined putting them together. My husband, however, takes loving bacon and peanut butter to a whole new level in which he is the master. I can not wait for him to taste these when he gets home tonight!!!
Thank you for this exciting and delicious recipe.
My boyfriend and I are in marketing terms part of the creative class. I’m a creative artist in many mediums and he is the music business. So far your recipe as been served to the band Fear Factory. They loved it. There’s actually a few dozen bacon PB cookies on the tour bus right now:)
FYI. I’m going to serve this many of our friends and touring rock stars. MMmm maybe.. Metallica by the end of the year??;)
I cannot even WAIT to make these tonight! Amazing!
Brilliant recipe.
I loved the post on impressing boys with baking; that is definitely something I do. When I read about these bad boys I thought they were definitely worth a shot and I was right.
Your blog is brilliant, so very funny, thank you
What is the difference between all natural peanut butter and other kinds?
OHMYWOW!!! Another great recipe :) I love peanut butter cookies and I LOVE bacon. What a great combo! I like the whole idea of the flourless cookie. I hate the mess of all the flour everywhere! I follow the directions to the T and the cookies come out perfect every time!!
Thanks Joy!
can i just ask: after you roll the cookies into balls, do you bake them as is, or do you have to press them out flat? cos it’s not stated there, and i’m a little nervous if the cookies will spread
you can press them down a bit!
so i can press down a bit with a fork to create that lovely criss-cross pattern? awesome! can’t wait to try these cookies out
i do have a problem with flourless cookies cos the last time i tried making flourless peanut butter cookies they didn’t bind together and i ended up with gloop. what can i do to make sure these bind together into balls? is it due to the peanut butter?
OMG, I found this recipe yesterday. “Peanut butter bacon cookies?!?!” I said to myself no way. I had everything to make them so it was the first thing I did when I got home last night! My husband was skeptical and so were my kids.. making the confused, scared, baking away from mom because shes a freak motions! Needless to say, everyone tried one and was utterly amazed by how delicious they are! I brought some for my co-workers today and they ironically had the same reaction as my husband and kids but after that first bite they tried to take the bag away! They are hidden now because the rest are for my mouth :)I guess next time I need to double the recipe, maybe even triple! Thank you so much for this recipe!
I just made these tonight for my staff, I work at an elementary school, and they were amazing! I’m now obsessed with this blog! Obsessed! And, you are too funny!
I made these for a bacon cook off we had at work. Oh yeah. They won. Nuff said.
-Thanks Joy!
Hinted to my beloved housemate that I would be sooo happy if only I could have some lovely dovely peanut butter and bacon cookies, and by Wednesday last week I had succeeded with my quest and before me lay a huge plate of peanut butter and bacon cookies.
Nom. Nom nom nom.
Belly, I present to you Favorite Cookie. Happily bappily ever after.
A thousand thanks to you for posting this recipe.
Lovelovelove,
Jess
My Mum used to make me peanut butter and bacon sandwiches when I was young! Many people think this combo is crazy, but it’s delish. Definitely going to try these!!
I wonder if it would be possible to make these with vegetarian bacon…?
Has anyone tried this before?
Maybe I will…
I just made some today with Morningstar Farms bacon and they are so so so so good. My taste buds are doing a tap dance of happiness!
Thank you so much for posting this recipe. It is gluten free, so my MIL will enjoy these, as well as my bacon-loving husband.
Mine turned out great! Thanks for sharing such a unique recipe!
https://sunflower-skies.tumblr.com/post/419273941/peanut-butter-bacon-cookies-yep-you-read-it-right
Monday 1st Attempt – Success I made them w/o the bacon (couldn’t wrap my head around the combination) my co-workers loved them and convinced me to make them with the bacon so I did.
I re-read the recipe b/c I couldn’t figure out why my 1st batch came out thin and crispy so I re-read the recipe and saw the peanut butter should have been “all-natural”…..ahhhh the error of my ways
Wednesday 2nd Attempt – Smashing Success I could have eaten the entire batch uncooked! But since my co-workers were eagerly expecting them that just wouldn’t do.
Cookie Delivery – My co-workers love the recipie just as much as I do.
Mine came out crumbly, in other words, they fell apart, what did i do wrong. taste great though…
Anna
I made a somewhat similar mistake, then realized I set the temperature to 300° F (I guess the sugar mixture melts at a higher temperature). It might be your oven; I would recommend that you get an oven thermometer to be sure it’s heated to 350° F.
I hope that helps.
I liked this simple 5 ingredient recipe. My favorite part was transferring them to my mouth. See I can follow instructions.
Making these for “bacon” bowl tomorrow. Can’t WAIT to see the look on everybody’s face. Bwa-ha-ha!
This is the exact recipe I use for my PB Cookies. And now I must try them with the addition of Bacon. I may try this this weekend for our Bible Study’s group time!
This is brilliant! I am taking your apartment therapy comment seriously, and adding it to my post for the day at http://www.kitchen-55.com
I can’t wait to try this. It makes me want to go home “sick” from work to try this NOW!
I probably will be sick soon because I plan to eat approximately 20 of these!
All my best,
Beth
Wow, Will have to try this. Love PB and Bacon Sandwiches on toast. These sound amazing. I think my son would live off of PB, Bacon and cookies, if he could. He will love these. Thanks for your amazing ideas.
I made these as a test run before giving them away as a gift, and they were such a HIT! They are really delicious and I can’t wait to make them to give away around Christmas! I tried them with and without sugar, and they are good either way! Thanks JOY and Happy Holidays :)
I can’t wait to try these cookies. I had no idea so many people did the pb & bacon sandwiches. My dad would make these for us on occasional Sundays(they were such a treat) He would take toasted bread, spread pb on it take a piece of bacon and then we would dip it in coffee. My dad passed away almost 7 years ago, so when I am missing him on Sunday mornings this is my treat to myself. I don’t tell many people cause they would think I was nuts. YUMMMMY! Maybe my son will eat these…
I made these last night with some leftover turkey bacon and they were delicious! We are having a snowy day today and I wanted a special treat for my girls to have with something hot to drink in front of the fireplace this afternoon. Perfect! There would probably be a bit more bacon flavor if I’d used the real stuff, but this definitely works :) And it suits my pregnancy cravings just fine!
Im defenitly going to make these but i think im going to make my own peanut butter for this. Ive been wanting to make homeade PB with my kids anyway and this just gives me a giant excuse to do so. Unless you shell out like 6-7 bucks for a jar of PB its all full of junk you wouldnt want to eat.
I made these and they were a tasty treat my dear!
Holy Mary, Mother of God, yes! These would compliment my PB-BLT sandwiches perfectly! Thank you!
I keep hearing about peanut butter and bacon cookies! I think I’ll take this as a sign. Who needs national bacon day? I’ll declare it so right on my own block…
Help! I really need to know if these should be refrigerated. My son wants me to send him some in a college care package, but I’m afraid to because of the bacon.
Joy, what do you think?
Hi PL-
these cookies went so fast that I didn’t have to think about whether or not they needed refrigeration. I think to be safe, yes, they should be kept in the fridge. You dont want to experiment with bad pork, right?
Once bacon is cooked the chemicals that make it “Go Bad” and rot or grow mold etc, are Eliminated….
I havent tried these yet but all of these ingredients are safe outside of refrigeration.
I wish I knew about this recipe 4 years ago…this was the only weird thing I craved when I was pregnant with my son…peanut butter and bacon. I am going to have to try it out and see if it would have satisfied that craving.
I am SO making these this weekend.
Quick question – Should the cookies be refrigerated because of the bacon? (As if any will last long enough to even worry about it . . . )
I cant WAIT to make these. I love peanut butter and I love bacon! I have also been wanting to make the bacon waffles for awhile but haven’t got the chance!
I made these yesterday…we found them to be ridiculously too sweet, especially if you roll them in the sugar as well. Made them again this morning leaving out the 1/2 cup of white sugar; only used the 1/2 cup of brown sugar and leaving out the rolling in sugar as well. NOW PERFECTION IS OURS!
Thanks for the inspiration!
Oh man, are these good! My husband is in heaven. The bacon is…not a distinct, separate flavor, but an amazing enhancement to the peanut butter. I don’t even LIKE peanut butter and I love these.
My mom will be so happy to hear about this recipe! She loves bacon and peanut butter sandwiches, and got me addicted to them when I was a kid. Everyone always looks at me like it’s the most disgusting thing ever when I tell them I love those 2 things in a sandwich, lol. There’s something about that salty sweet of the bacon that matches up with the peanut butter so well. That and who can resist when the bacon is still warm and gets the peanut butter all melty… Mmmmmm! I can’t wait to make these!
Hi there. Finally… someone who knows about the amazing pb and bacon combo! For years my father made a toasted bacon and tomato sandwich with mayo (we use miracle whip) and peanut butter! It is amazing! No lettuce. Everyone I tell about this sandwich looks at me like I’m crazy but it really is soooo good! I’ve converted a few people.
I am tempted to try these cookies!
Thanks Joy! You made my day.
Think I can use prechopped panchetta in these? I am too lazy to get dressed to go out to buy real bacon
what a wonderful way to use my 2 favorite foods, I will make this for our next movie night!
well I was hesistant at first, but now I am loving the new website design! And as always I adore your wonderful wonderful blog!! Thanks Joy!
YOU are my hero :)
I made these last night and put chocolate chips in half of the dough. Both were yummy, but the choc chips may have been over the top. The kids tried to eat all of them. I told my neighbor and he said, “Bacon what!, Did you bring ’em?”.
Yummy Joy, Thanks!
I am making these for my husband’s “Boy’s Night” tomorrow. The guys are SO excited. :) Thanks Joy.
Hi Joy! I love the redesign, it’s much easier to navigate. Oh, and my husband just looked over my shoulder. He says if I make him these cookies, he’ll get down on one knee and propose all over again. :)
Joy,
I just love your blog. I love the recipes, the pictures and hearing someone else who so obviously loves cooking and eating. I am originally from L.A. (25+ years) and now I am in Texas, so I also enjoy the occasional pictures of my home city/state! Keep up the good work.
I am so glad you changed the formatting. The last format was sooo hard to find things!
my boyfriend asked me to make peanut butter bacon cookies not even an hour before i saw this post. of course once i saw the recipe i figured it was fate that i had to make them [although i did add chocolate chips to mine ;)]. these were a huge hit at the bbq i went to sunday evening as well – once people got past the strangeness of having bacon in cookies.
I can’t stop thinking about making these. My family was a little horrified when I told them I wanted to, but hey, that just means more for me!
Hey guys – for those who are wondering about first post etc – hook your iGoogle up to get the Joy website – it appears with ech new recipe seperately – it’s my first port of call in the morning !!! :)
hey joy! just wanted to drop you a line to say that i do like it better that the website opens directly to the kitchen section/to the latest post (not sure which is happening!) but it’s much easier than the flash thing that was happening before, where it was a bit confusing to see if there was a new post up or not….
thanks for making all this even more enjoyable (if thats even possible!)
;)
Thanks for the feedback Charlotte! I’m obviously still trying to iron all this stuff out! I think I like opening directly to my kitchen stuff too!
Cookies look YUMMY!!!! Me love cookies, me eat cookies all the time.. (ok that was my SAD attempt at being the cookie monster! haha, at least I amused myself!) Joy- your amazing, and know your blog will turn out- just like all your amazing delicious recipe’s!! good luck on your blog journey-totally assuming your on one…if not ummm just read my lame cookie monster impersonation one more time… yeah thats right, don’t pay any heed to me…I am pregnant, which is another reason to pay no head to me… Hugs!
Not about the bacon cookies. I like seeing your newest post first. I also liked your Citrus Bits section.
joy joy joy! when i saw the website originally i thought i was going to claw my eyes out because it was so visually difficult to navigate. looks like you are in transition yet again and what is appearing on my screen looks streamlined and user friendly!
Claw your eyes out!??? Geeez! Haahaaa! I didn’t know it was that bad!
I’m still working out a few kinks. Thanks for your patience. I hope your eyes stay unclawed!
Ahh, sweet and salty together is my fave… chocolate-dipped pretzels, kettle corn, bacon swimming in my maple syrup next to the pancakes… thank for this recipe!!
https://desertculinary.blogspot.com/2005/05/crispy-chocolate-chip-bacon-cookies.html
HA! Bacon is EVERYWHERE these days!! I just ran across the above blog yesterday and was salivating over the thought of using bacon in cookies! YUM!! Now I have TWO recipes to try!!!
His,
Mrs. U
I just made this tonight, and OMG! These cookies are delicious– crispy, rich with flavor, but not too rich. Mine came out a bit thinner than Joy’s, maybe because I made the dough balls too big, and I did roll them in sugar before the criss-cross markings. Also, I’d warn you all that the dough is pretty sticky to handle, so prepare for messy fingers! However, none of this changes my opinion about these cookies at all– SO GOOD!
My husband will love me even more for these as they are his 2 favorite things together! Peanut Butter & Bacon! Genius! Thanks for sharing!
I’ve eaten peanut butter and bacon on toast forever. I can’t wait to try these. I’m thinking my maple smoked bacon might be perfect in them.
My first batch just came out of the oven. I’m letting them cool completely on the cookie sheet before moving. They smell divine(and the raw batter was pretty darned good). Thanks Joy!
How to veganise… how to veganise… It’s not the bacon that’s the issue either, it’s the egg! There’s only so much a block of tofu can do…
Will certainly add vegebacon to my next batch of gluteny margy cookies though.
And I’m currently designing posters for International 3:30 brownie moment for our staffroom (working in a school means it’s the perfect time for sugar rushes to take hold!)
Cheers Joy!
I think this is the first time my vegetarianism restricts me from one of your recipes. That’s ok. I forgive you, Joy.
-Action Jackson
pizza and beer day? yeah…that sounds almost as good as these cookies! looking forward to making them for my bacon-loving boyfriend (and what boy doesn’t love bacon, really? actually, make that ‘what human doesn’t love bacon, really?’)
Joy, you are my new best friend…actually my second best friend because these cookies are now my first. I have eaten PBandBacon sandwiches for years and I, as a baker, can’t believe I’ve never thought of a PBBacon cookie. I am so glad someone like you came along to enlighten us all. Thank you!!!
I am so excited to try this. My husband has “boys night” this Wednesday. It’s the perfect treat to send with him. He is so excited. BTW….love the whole wheat chocolate chip cookies……they are fantastic!
My mother used to make a peanut butter, pumpernickel and bacon appetizer in the 70s. It was amazing and so simple. Yes, bacon and peanut butter are fabulous together.
Thank you so much for this recipe! My friend and I tried it out and it was fabulous!! :D
my birthday is on international beer day! :)
omg. I think I love you. And I think my boyfriend will love you even more than I do when I make these for him. Peanut butter and bacon are his two favorite things. I can’t wait!
I haven’t been able to get into the whole bacon in desserts thing yet, but my husband just walked in, saw the title of your post and is all about me making these now! Guess its time or me to take the plunge, huh?
I too grew up on peanut butter and bacon sandwhiches…they are my favorite to this day. So…guess what I just made? These cookies are divine. Thanks Joy!
I just made these this morning! The combination of bacone and peanut butter is delicious! Next time I’d like to try it with a cookie recipe that has flour :)
This is definatley not the last time i will make these!
I once made my chocolate chip cookies with bacon and had a hard time tasting the two ingredients together, if that makes sense. I could taste the bacon, and the chocolate chip cookie, but they were very separate tastes. Anyway, these look way too good to pass up.
what an interesting recipe! lovely photography!
These look amazing – I loved the other flourless peanut butter cookies you posted a while back. One of my favorite restaurants back home does a peanut butter bacon burger that is absolutely to die for.
Peanut butter with meat really isn’t so crazy – Thai and Filipino people both do it!
I’ve never really been into this bacon fad…I don’t particularly like bacon…But I’ve been thinking about these cookies ever since you posted them! I’m so intrigued I may have to make them!
These sounds so amazing, I think they call for their own holiday! National Peanut Butter Cookie Day! Yum…
i think u just made the world’s best cookie even better!!! but there’s no surprise there :)
When I saw the title of your post, the first thing that popped in my head was “Oh No She Didn’t!” because I am absolutely SMITTEN with the brown sugar bacon waffles. That recipe absolutely made me love all things bacon! Especially bacon married with other sweet ingredients! In fact, I made the waffles yesterday for breakfast. And we are moving in with my mother in law next weekend (while we build a house) and I purposely left my waffle iron out so that I can make that recipe! And now a COOKIE recipe?? Man you’re killing me! :) Thanks! Can’t wait to try them! Like today.
my son asked me the other day if I could out bacon in a cookie and I was like..eew, no. you have shown me the error of my ways. sounds weird and delicious all at the same time!
I have been wanting to try adding bacon to cookies like this. It sounds so interesting!
This is recipe is sooo wrong, cuz I am sooo vegetarian, and yet in my heart burns an intense and undeniable desire to make these cookies. Noooooooooooooooooooooo! :(
I am officially beyond excited at the prospect of this recipe! And is it wrong that I totally want to use it to impress a certain fella!?
Come on, what man doesn’t love his bacon and therefore what man (or one particular fella) wouldn’t love cookies with bacon baked right in! Fabulous!! And gluten free which makes it so much better because it means I can enjoy it with that certain fella!
well–there is an official “Happy Hour” for drinks so why can’t we decide on a daily “Cookie Hour” if we so choose? I say 2:00-3:00 p.m. each afternoon (starting Monday w/Bacon PB cookies)! We need/deserve TGICH in our day!
You take baking to whole new realms, and I love you for it!
This post had me rolling. I have to admit I’m a little sceptical about the combo but I’d be willing to try… I think! Thanks for this, I’ll have to let you know if I try it!
ps. I’d vote for a International-Go-Ahead-And-Eat-A-Brownie Moment!
Oh my, those are so inviting !
oh wow this is definitely different from cookies that I’m used to. Looks quite interesting
I love the make up conversations! :) :) Hmmmm I’d vote a yes on the daily 3:30 brownie event!
My dad got me hooked on peanut butter and bacon sandwiches when I was a little girl. I used to cringe watching him eat such a thing…after one bite though I knew Id fell in love. In a cookie though, Ive not had. THESE cookies I cannot wait to make!!!!!!!! I need to make them to send to my Dad in a care package for sure. Thank you SO much for the recipe and creativity, Joy :)
These really do sound good, and with a husband who loves bacon as much as mine does, I will probably be trying these very soon. Thanks for the recipe! It’s an interesting combination that sounds awesome.
interesting…
i’m not sure that anyone in the family will go for that one, but if you happened to give me a couple, *i* might go for it! it’s no fun to bake something and it be a flop with the family. really, i’m speaking from experince, and it’s sooo totally not.
sending some peanut butter and bacon cookie love your way, joy!
sarah-anne catherine
Love it! Chad has been eating only recipes that *I’m* excited about, maybe I will make this one for him! I never like bacon in sweets until I had this ridiculous honey smoked bacon at my favorite lunch place — now I want it in everything!
seriously…bacon and peanut butter are two of my absolute favs. gotta get on this one quickly! perhaps I will add it to my repertoire.
I read that title, and then thought “hang on.. did that just say BACON?”. Sure ’nuff, I wasn’t crazy. These sound awesome!
oh my oh my oh my! Bacon and Peanut butter YES!
Thank you!! Thank you for posting this recipe. I will definitely be making these this week. I love sweet/savory combos and my husband just straight up loves bacon. For Valentine’s I made him Bacon Ice Cream. That’s the kind of wife I am. Oh, he will be so pleased. :)
Wow, I was about to go make these NOW and then I saw that my bacon disappeared. What the heck? Oh, yeah, I live with a boy (my brother). Bacon doesn’t last around here.
Everything taste better with bacon!
Wholly crow – I think I may have passed out for a second. Did you say PB & Bacon? My husband is currently wiping drool off his chin and checking to make sure we have the ingredients – I guess I’ll be trying these this weekend.
I’ll absolutely make these with our home smoked bacon! How much better could it get?
Coincidentally I just made these peanut butter cookies a few hours ago because they are my favorite pb cookies – I originally found the recipe here on your blog – but I would never have thought of adding bacon to them! I can’t even imagine how they would taste!
This is pure genius! I must make these.
I thought a three day weekend couldn’t get any better, until now.
Oh my goodness! I am so glad you made these! Im excited to try them!
Joy, Joy, Joy. I think you may just be the love of my life. These flourless pb cookies are my favourite cookie. And bacon? Bacon is just my favourite… thing on earth. And you? You are my favourite food blogger. The result? One happy girl, over here.