Kid Friendly Sunbutter Kisses

If you have read this blog for long, you probably know that I love to cook! I rarely meet a cooking challenge that I am not up to trying. Like most cooks, however, I did not start out that way.

When I was growing up, I spent a lot of time with my mother's parents. In fact, they were like second parents to me. Sadly, they are both gone now. But my first memory of "cooking" was at their house. I was in grade school and was always anxious to try my hand at anything that required "ingredients."

My grandfather was a baker and he recognized my love of cooking. But he also cherished his kitchen. So we compromised. When I wanted to cook, he let me do something that required no baking. Just mixing a few things together and I had "cooked" without any heat involved. I loved it!

Wouldn't you know they involved peanut butter?

I was sad when we discovered Tyler's peanut allergy that he would never get to try my beloved "peanut butter kisses" that I loved so much as a child.

When we learned that Tyler could eat Sunbutter, it probably won't take you very long to guess the first thing I made for him. I just subbed Sunbutter where peanut butter was called for.

Sunbutter Kisses
1 cup cup powdered milk
3/4 cup Sunbutter
3/4 cup corn syrup
3/4 cup powdered sugar

Mix ingredients well. Roll the kisses into bite-size pieces. (A word of warning, the powdered milk seems to never fully incorporate with the Sunbutter substitution but it does not affect the flavor one bit!)

The best thing is they don't have to be baked! I like these after they have been refrigerated but Tyler prefers them at room temp.

These were such a heavenly treat that made me swear I was sitting back in my Granddaddy's kitchen! Plus, they are so easy for kid to make that Tyler made them! (See below)

Here are your ingredients:


Tyler did most of the work!






Tyler loved rolling them into balls!



(Note his medical bracelet as he grabs the dough! I didn't plan that.)







The end result was yummy, yummy Sunbutter kisses! (Tyler helped roll the balls so they are uneven. Doesn't that make them cute?)




Since I did not post these yesterday, as I had planned, I will have another post tomorrow. Those are for my "to die for" Sunbutter cookies!!