I’m really into everything sunflower right now: Pretty, bright (and cheap!) sunflowers from Trader Joe’s, creamy sunflower seed butter and even chocolate covered sunflower seeds! You heard me right—chocolate covered sunflower seeds.
Of which I found the best use ever for—-sunflower butter cookies!
These cookies are reminiscent of everyone’s favorite peanut butter cookies, but instead are made with delicious sunflower seed butter and chocolate covered sunflower seeds.
If you love peanut butter cookies, you’ll really love these!
You can find chocolate covered sunflower seeds at Trader Joe’s. If you don’t have a Trader Joe’s, just use regular dark chocolate chips. These little cookies are perfect for Spring. Try wrapping a dozen up in pink or blue tissue paper and giving to a friend (that is, if you don’t eat them all yourself).
And…speaking of Spring, the sun is finally out!
Celebrate with a cookie (or four).
Sunflower Chip Cookies
makes about 3 dozen small cookies
Ingredients:
1 stick butter, softened
1 cup packed brown sugar
1 egg
1 1/4 cup sunflower seed butter
1 3/4 cup flour
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup chocolate covered sunflower seeds (or chocolate chips)
Directions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Cream together the butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy. Add the sunflower seed butter and mix well. Add the egg and vanilla extract and continue to beat until smooth.
Combine the flour, baking powder and salt together then add to the wet ingredients. Mix in the chocolate covered sunflower seeds.
Form small balls from tablespoons of dough and press down gently on a lined baking sheet. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until puffy and golden.
Time:
30 minutes
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Sunflower seeds are so delish. And those chips are so pretty!! This recipe sounds yummmmmmy
Yum! Please send me some of these
wow how colorful, delicious and YUMMY
I love those colorful little seeds. So good to snack on too!
how perfect for spring! I’ve never heard of chocolate covered sunflower seeds! I want to try them, but unfortunately no trader joes near me.. I’m not sure I can even get sunflower seed butter!
You can buy them at Cracker Barrel or even WalMart!
Megan, they’re called Sunny Seeds, and you can get them here:
http://mysunnyseeds.com/
Enjoy!
-Lisa
These are so cute!! I love the colours – perfect for Easter!
LOVE this! Perfect for Easter and a nice change from peanut butter cookies.
I’m obsessed with sunflower seed butter!
I love how colorful these are
We had chocolate covered sunflower seeds as our wedding favors
We had specialty colors made to match and everything!
These cookies are so adorable! However, spring is confused here. Like as in it is 40 degrees and snowing, and I’m on spring break. It’s just rude, plain ole rude!
You can get the sunflower seeds anywhere around here – World Market, Target, Books-A-Million, and even Cracker Barrel.
These cookies look delicious…and are so colorful and spring-y!
I know – I love that cookies can be “spring-like”
I would use Smarties or M&M’s – but they’re all chocolate – no seeds. But they’re colorful so it counts!
How fitting! I put toasted sunflower seeds on my oatmeal this morning. Try it, surprisingly good!
These look delish! I’m not sure I have access to the sunflower seed butter or the covered seeds over here, but perhaps it would be worth grinding my own sunflower seed butter and see how it goes! They look so pretty with the coloured chips thong – maybe I could substitute for sugar coated chocolate drops. Yum!
I’ve never heard of sunflower seed butter, so thanks for that tip! These look pretty healthy, would you say they are?
Well aren’t those the most precious things ever!
They are so cute. I good cookie for Easter I think.
The seeds look like little baby eggs. How cute!
how fun!! i love brightly colored/chocolate covered sunflower seeds. they seem so festive!! Happy Spring!
Those choc. covered sunflower seeds are so pretty and remind me of summer
OOOOH pretty cookies
Now I am sad I didn’t pick up a box of these when I saw them yesterday!!!
So I think I love you. You own my cookie heart.
Today, as I was sliding further into the back of my chair, in the midst of my 3pm slump I literally was thinking what you were cooking, and decided I would make cookies when I got home. Sadly, poor student= no money= no chocolate.
My taste buds are dancing like Mexican beans.
I love sunflower seeds but have never heard of the candy coated chocolate ones. Guess I need to make a trip to Trader Joe’s, huh? Your recipe looks fun
I need to find those choc covered sunflower seeds at TJ’s — the colors are too cute!
I have never heard about chocolate covered sunflower seeds! I wish there were Trader Joes in Florida…I heard they aren’t even thinking about putting them down here, boooo!
The cookies look amazing, makes me think of Easter
AMEN…we totally need a TJ’s in our neck of the woods! Not fair at all!
I love those chocolate covered sunflower seeds – why did it never dawn on me to put them into a cookie? Sounds delish!
Sunflower seed butter is my latest obsession! Can’t wait to try these cookies
what a fun cookie to make for easter! I’ve seen those sunflower seeds, but I haven’t tried them. not sure why – I love sunflower seeds!
Sunflowers are my absolute faves! So glad to see them getting some love here
This is a great idea! It’s always fun to add color to a cookie and this is a unique way to do it.
Mmmm, bookmarking this right now!!!
These photos and recipe(and all of them recently) are so spot on. I just love your blog lately!
Such a great idea for cookies!!
those cookies are so pretty! i love the different colors of chocolate covered sunflower seeds.
spring hasn’t quite sprung here in wisconsin yet.
it’s pretty cold and it snowed a couple days ago…. yuck.
Choc covered sunflower seeds?? That’s awesome! And they made very cute cookies!
OMG I can’t wait for Lent to be over and make this recipe! I *love* those seeds and never thought to add them to cookies. Fab idea!
PS, I’ve always found these at TJ Maxx/Marshalls/Ross in the past and they’re usually cheaper than Trader Joe’s. =)
These are stinkin’ adorable.
Beautiful, beautiful photo!!
They sell those chocolate covered sunflower seeds at Cracker Barrel, too! They’re so delicious. I love how teeny they are.
These cookies are great idea.
From Trader Joes right? I love this, the perfect spring pick-me-up!
Those are so colorful! Perfect for spring!
Love this idea! So colorful!
That sunflower butter is so good and those cookies look great!
I love PB cookies so I can’t wait to try these! They look so good!
These are the prettiest cookies ever!
these looks like the perfect cookies for an easter sunday brunch! putting them in the repertoire for a few weekends from now
Oh I bet the flavor is amazing…I love the sweet/salty combinations!!
Canadians! You can find “Spitz” brand chocolate sunflower seeds at most grocery stores. I’ve seen them at Loblaws and Sobeys. And I know Costco carries a brand of non-candy coated ones. It’s totally worth using the chocolate seeds if you can because they are SO flipping good (and addictive). Can’t wait to make these cookies!
i LOVE these cookies…they’re so bright and beautiful! i can honestly say i’ve never tried sunflower butter but i think it might be time to change that now
I have a mild to moderate obsession with sunflowerseed butter but haven’t yet baked with it- I just drizzle it on pretty much everything. These cookies look so delightful – I love the cheeriness that the bright colors add – I think I’ll have to make these for Easter!
Holla!! I have had a container of those chocolate covered sunflower seeds languishing on my counter for 2 months. Who has two thumbs and is making these cookies this weekend? This gal!
I am in love with the bright little chocolate covered sunflower seeds! I saw them in TJ’s when I was there over the weekend. SO CUTE! What a great way to use them.
Such a standard but deliciously tweaked recipe idea. They look amazing! Why is it that sprinkles or blast of colors makes any treat better?
Wow – I’ve never even heard of chocolate-covered sunflower seeds! They look delish (and very dangerous!).
these sunflower chip cookies just brightened up my day and made me so want to bake lots of pretty cheery colorful things!! now if only the sun would come out of hiding in pittsburgh
These are so beautiful and cheery-looking. I never heard of chocolate-covered sunflower seeds before.
these cookies look good! and yes! spring is coming finally
I’ve always wondered what those sunflower chips were supposed to be used for!
Oh my! What a brilliant idea. I absolutely love chocolate covered sunflower seeds and these cookies are so cute for spring. I can’t wait to make some.
You had me at sunflower!
And then grabbed me even more at Trader Joe’s and sunflower seed butter! These would be so festive for Easter! 
Thanks for brightening my morning! I hope my sunflower plant grows big like the ones in your photo.
I am obsessed with sunflower seeds. Especially roasted and salted. I’m so obsessed with them I can’t buy them because I can literally eat lbs of them.
Perhaps one small bag of chocolate covered seeds and butter wouldn’t hurt.
can’t wait to try these!
Oh my goodness, this is such a great idea! Honestly, never knew of such butter. I will have to make the hike to Trader Joe’s now!
I can’t wait to try these – I’ve been obsessed with tjs sunflower seed butter!!
SO springy! I absolutely love the colors of this post. I’ve never had sunflower butter but anything in cookie form is just bound to be good
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Life just got a bit more colorful, and tastier!!! Thanks for sharing, Jenna
Amazing! Love the idea of chocolate covered sunflower seeds in there! Yummy!!
So glad you wrote this post. I’ve seen sunflower butter at Trader Joe’s, but I had no idea what the taste/texture would be like. Glad to hear peanut butter lovers will like sunflower butter, too! Have you used it in sauces or spreads?
Chocolate covered sunflower seeds are (not surprisingly!) a Kansas export.
http://mysunnyseeds.com/
After hearing so many people rave about sunflower seed butter, and already being a nut butter lover to begin with, I can’t believe I still haven’t picked up a jar of the stuff! These cookies make me think of Easter. So pretty!
These are so pretty! I love sunflower seed butter.
Oh yum!
Have you ever had chocolate covered pepitas? I think they’d score right up there with the sunflower seeds.
These are absolutely A-dorable! I will have to make them for Easter. The colors from the chocolate covered sunflower seeds are perfect! Thanks for the recipe!
Sunflower seed butter is my favorite nut butter ever! I am so excited to make these!
Sunflowers might be my all time favorite flower and I just love when they are in season. I am eager to try this new recipe for sunflower chip cookies! I have been meaning to make cookies for days – might have to give these a try. Thanks Jenna!
Love the sunflower theme. These would be so cute for a bridal or baby shower!
Ok, I would make those cookies just to have an excuse to buy tons of those incredibly adorable chocolate covered sunflower seeds!!
Those are the prettiest cookies
These cookies look so pretty and cute! (and not to mention delicious)!
I have been loving those chocolate covered sunflower seeds, too! I can’t get over the pretty colors!
Chocolate covered sunflower seeds? Holy yum!!!
well done! Spring cookies are here!
These cookies look so delicious. Spring must be my favourite time of the year, not to hot, not to cold. I cant wait for summer here in Portugal..
I love chocolate covered sunflower seeds! They make these cookies look so festive for spring!
I’m pretty sure I’m responsible for buying out our Trader Joe’s Sunflower Butter.. I get everyone I know to go buy it. These look wonderful!
Jenna I LOVE TJs SFSButter. It’s my #1 fave nut butter of all time and I could drink the stuff. I need these cookies in my life!
And that picture of the water you took…it’s just…GORGEOUS! I am so drawn to aqua water. I mean, for me, that is zen in a bowl. I love that shot! Soooo tranquil and lovely!
And the cookies, I am drawn to those, big time, too
This is so strange, I’ve been obsessed with sunflower seed butter lately and was thinking about how I should make some cookies with it! Looks delish! I love the pic with the sunflowers in the background too.
These cookies look freakin’ delicious!!
p.s. I heart your blog
I LOVE chocolate covered sunflower seeds!! I actually made a vegan “Sunflower Chip” cookie a while ago (http://amourpetitgateau.blogspot.com/2009/09/sunflower-chip-cookies.html) but I didn’t think to add sunflower seed butter–genius idea! These look like they’d make perfect Easter cookies mmm.
I swear Jenna it freaks me out because whenever I am into something or thinking of something. You write about it on your blog. Crazy.
Anywho, I bought those delicious sunflower seeds at Trader Joes on sunday and yesterday I was thinking how awesome they would be in a cookie. Looks like I was right. I will definitely be making these soon.
hehehehe
Just wanted to say thank you for this wonderful recipe. I woke up to snow this morning, and it was great to see your cheery post about sunflowers. I actually rushed to Trader Joe’s on my noon hour to buy chocolate-covered sunflower seeds, but they were sold out. The friendly TJ folks told me they would be getting more before the weekend. Can’t wait to bake these cookies!
OMG I love this! sunflowers are by far my favorite flower, I am a bit obsessed with them! And you know summer is around the corner when they start popping up! What a creative recipe
These cookies look delicious and so pretty! Didn’t know Trader Joe’s sold chocolate covered sunflower seeds, so I’ll definitely have to grab some. Thanks for sharing!
you can buy chocolate covered sunflower seeds at cracker barrel right now too! delish!
Such a good idea! I am so making these cookies very soon.
First things first, I need to pick up those chocolate covered sunflower seeds.
Those are the prettiest little candies I’m ever seen! They remind me of smarties : D
As soon as I saw those cookies photos I knew that they had to be mine….and chocolate covered sunflower seeds….are you kidding me. Yum!
Ok I am totally loving this idea! I can’t stop eating that sunflower seed butter from TJ’s. They would make a super cute Easter addition.
Wow, those look so delicious and colorful! I ‘ve never had sunflower cookies before, maybe I will try these out!
Trader Joe’s sells chocolate-covered sunflower seeds?? Man, I have not been scouring the shelves carefully enough if I have missed those. Will definitely have to try them. Thanks for the tip!
just made these and they are great! my son has a severe peanut allergy and so it’s fun to make him a “peanut butter” type cookie. Found a recipe for marshmallow buttercream and I am going to do whoopie pies and then dip in chocolate…yum.
so glad you and your son liked them!
Trader Joe’s is OUT of SUNFLOWER SEED BUTTER! I’m going to try almond butter with the sunflower seeds. How can that be bad?
These look good! Never heard of sunflower seed butter… in fact before I started reading food blogs I’d never heard of ANY butters except peanut butter & nutella. I wish I lived near a fun grocery store.
I LOVE those little sunflower seeds. They remind me of when I was ten years old and had horseback riding lessons in the Korean countryside…sigh….
Trader Joe’s has the most awesome things; when will they ever come to Canada
I’m pretty sure we got some chocolate-covered sunflower seed samples in at work to test though–but no snackage allowed.
Well I guess I should have read this post sooner because even tho I just bought those very things at TJ’s just days ago, they are already gone. Sigh. I’ve been eating sunflower seed butter on EVERYTHING – my girls love it too and call it “sun butter”. And we sprinkle those chocolate covered sunflower seeds on our ice cream. Perfection.
Hi Jenna,
We liked these fun cookies so much, we posted the link to them on Prevention Editor’s Spark blog: http://bit.ly/e8h7ir!
Wow, these are definitely fun. I made them bite sized (over 6 doz cookies) and put half the dough in the freezer for later. I made the mistake of running the nutritional info. What a great splurge! I guess I will have to sneak in a couple extra workouts.
Jenna, I just made these to serve after Easter dinner and they are SO delicious! Thanks for such a fun new way to use already great ingredients!!
I attempted these twice.. both times the dough was a crumbly mess, so disappointing. What am I doing wrong?!
I just made these, and maaaan did they suck. I’ve been baking like crazy these past few weeks preparing for Christmas, and I thought these would be a nice addition. I followed the recipe line for line, and though the dough was THICK and oily, I still gave it a go. Dear god. What came out of my oven was a nasty little mess. They didn’t spread at all, so they were kind balled up with sharp edges and no good cookie shape. I gave these sad little cookies the benefit of the doubt and tried eating a few. Shared them with my friends. They had no good flavor, and were mighty too thick in texture. I tried a second batch after adding a bit of flour to soak up the oil. No good. The flavor is just yuck. Third batch after adding some sugar and honey. Still no good. I’m bummed!!
Excellent idea of trying sunflower seed butter cookies, but I think this recipe needs some tweaking.
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