Description
Delicious and easy Chocolate No Bake Cookies that come together quickly with simple pantry ingredients. These classic treats combine oats, cocoa, and peanut butter into fudgy, chewy cookies that don’t require an oven, making them perfect for quick dessert cravings or a sweet snack.
Ingredients
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Dry Ingredients
- 3 cups oats
Wet Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter (1 stick)
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Sweeteners and Flavorings
- 2 cups sugar
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
Instructions
- Prepare the oat mixture: In a medium-sized bowl, combine the oats, peanut butter, and vanilla extract. Stir them together gently and set this mixture aside while you prepare the chocolate syrup.
- Make the chocolate syrup: In a saucepan over medium heat, combine the butter, sugar, cocoa powder, and milk. Stir constantly until the mixture comes to a boil. Once boiling, reduce the heat to low and maintain a low rolling boil for 3 minutes to ensure the sugar dissolves properly and to create the right consistency.
- Combine and mix: Remove the saucepan from heat and immediately add the oat, peanut butter, and vanilla mixture to the hot chocolate syrup. Stir quickly and thoroughly to evenly coat all the oats with the chocolate mixture before it starts to set.
- Form the cookies: Drop spoonfuls of the mixture onto wax paper or parchment paper, spacing them apart to allow for setting. Let the cookies cool completely at room temperature until firm and set, which usually takes about 20-30 minutes.
Notes
- For chewier cookies, use old-fashioned rolled oats rather than instant oats.
- Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 5 days.
- You can substitute creamy peanut butter with almond butter or sunflower seed butter for variation.
- Make sure to maintain the low rolling boil for exactly 3 minutes to achieve the right texture.
- If you want to speed up setting time, place the cookies in the refrigerator.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 150
- Sugar: 14g
- Sodium: 70mg
- Fat: 7g
- Saturated Fat: 3g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 20g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 15mg
