Chocolate No Bake Cookies Recipe
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No Bake Cookies Recipe – These simple chocolate no bake cookies make a perfect sweet treat. Made with cocoa powder, peanut butter, and oats, these cookies are always a favorite.
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These classic chocolate no-bake cookies have been one of my favorite sweet treats since I was a little girl. I remember standing as close as possible to the stove when Mama would make these so that I could help in any way possible. From pouring in the oats, to carefully stirring as I got a little older. And then, when they were ready to drop onto the parchment paper, I was always eager to have that job!
BEST No Bake Cookies Recipe
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Easy recipe. This cookie recipe is so easy to make and perfect for beginning cooks.
- Delicious cookies. The perfect blend of chocolate and peanut butter in every bite!
- No bake easy! There is no need to heat the oven with this favorite, easy cookie recipe.
No Bake Cookie Ingredients
For these cookies, you’ll need sugar, unsweetened cocoa powder, milk, butter, vanilla extract, salt, creamy peanut butter, and quick-cooking oats.
How to Make the Best No Bake Cookies Recipe
Making no-bake cookies is one of the simplest cookie recipes to make. There are just a few tricks to ensure they are perfect every time.
- Boil for 1 minute. Add your sugar and cocoa powder to a medium, heavy-bottomed saucepan. Whisk until thoroughly mixed. Add milk and butter and cook over medium-high heat. Bring to a rolling boil and boil for 1 minute. This rolling boil and boiling for 1 minute is the key! Otherwise, your cookies will not set properly.
- Add remaining ingredients. Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla, salt, peanut butter, and oats.
- Spoon cookies onto parchment. Drop cookies by tablespoons onto parchment paper.
- Allow cookies to dry. Allow to dry for about 10-15 minutes until the no bake cookies have become firm.
How to Store No Bake Cookies
To store. Place cookies in an airtight container and store at room temperature for up to 3 days.
Here’s the recipe for these chocolate no bake cookies. Grab some parchment paper and make them soon!
Chocolate No Bake Cookies Recipe
Ingredients
- 1¾ cups (346.5 g) granulated sugar
- 3 tablespoons (15.75 g) unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ cup (113.5 g) milk
- 8 tablespoons (113 g) butter, cut into large pieces
- 1 teaspoon (4.7 g) vanilla extract
- ¼ teaspoon (0.65 g) kosher salt
- ½ cup (135 g) peanut butter
- 3 cups (267 g) quick cooking oats
Instructions
- Add sugar and cocoa powder to a medium heavy-bottomed saucepan. Whisk until thoroughly mixed.
- Add milk and butter and cook over medium-high heat. Bring to a rolling boil and boil for 1 minute.
- Remove from heat and stir in vanilla, salt, peanut butter and oats.
- Drop cookies by tablespoons onto parchment paper.
- Allow to dry for about 10-15 minutes until the no bake cookies have become firm.
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Enjoy!
Robyn xo
From the Add a Pinch recipe archives. Originally published 2012.
These cookies just look so divine and are perfect for this warm weather we are having so we don’t have to heat up the oven. Cheers!
Nothing better than a good no-bake cookie! And chocolate too!!!
These have been my favorite (and my whole family) as long as I can remember! And so easy to put together! Matter a fact, I think I need
to make a batch tonight…thanks for reminding me!
I know these are good. Thanks Robyn. Have a Swell Day!
Love the story behind these cookies! So sweet!
My mother made these cookies for my sister and I as well. Always a favorite! I made them for my kids and now, they make them in their own the homes. Thanks for sharing!!!
World’s best cookies – actually more like fudge with oatmeal inside!! Amazingly easy – just be prepared to work fast in dropping the cookies onto the paper because the mixture dries fairly quickly! You might want to have a couple of feet of paper spread out because the recipe makes a lot.
This has been one of our family’s go-to quick (the ingredients are always on hand) candy recipes since 1976! Every other year I make these for Christmas goodies! (Did I just date myself??)
These look yummy! I don’t have any quick oats in my pantry. Could they be made with regular oats?
I’ve found that regular oats cause the cookies to not set as well. They end up more of a mess than as a firm cookie. I’d recommend waiting for the quick-cooking version. Sorry, but they are so worth the wait!
In a pinch – in this sort of situation, couldn’t you put the oats in a food processor?
My mom always used regular Quaker Oats – and NO peanut butter! Also we have made these since the 1950’s with the boy scouts.
I don’t remember using peanut butter either. And we used quaker oats also. Do you know if it is the same recipe as this just without the peanut butter? I would live to make them for my grandbabies
Went by the directions, taste wonderful but will not harden..what did I do wrong?
We have always used regular oats. The trick is that you only boil the chocolate mixture for 1 minute. Longer and as you mentioned they do not hold together. Boiling for only 1 minute also ensures that the dry cookies have a beautiful glossy appearance.
Boil an extra minute, or only boil one minute?
Boil for 1 minute only
The only difference between old-fashioned and quick cooking is that the oats in quick cooking have been chopped finer. You can do this with a couple of whirls in a food processor.
I made them with regular oats, the only thing was that the oats were still crunchy in the cookies instead of soft like they would of been if they cooked quicker like the quick oats do.
There are oats so they must be healthy! Yum..even if they aren’t!!!