No bake cookies are such a time saver and are easy to make for any event. Try this quick stove top Chocolate and Peanut Butter No Bake Cookie recipe! You’ll love the wholesome goodness of chocolate, peanut butter and oatmeal in this cookie.
When you think about it there are so many varieties that people enjoy, for instance you might like my Peanut Butter and Corn Chip No Bake Cookies. For those who need to avoid gluten, you might enjoy my gluten free Chocolate No-Bake Cookies.
My family enjoys no bake cookies so much that just yesterday my son begged for them. So what else could I do except pull out my family’s tried and true recipe. Just like my son these cookies have been a long time favorite of mine because my mom and grandma made them for me.
This treat is one of the first desserts many learn to make because it is simple and quick to make. While it is a sweet treat it also provides nutrients your body needs such as fiber and protein from the whole rolled oats and peanut butter. Thus the reason for their wholesomeness.
What do you need for this sweet and “healthy” No Bake Cookie?
You might recognize that the majority of ingredients used in this recipe make up the base for many cookies and desserts.
No bake Cookie base
- Sugar: As noted previously, sugar is a base component to most cookies adding the sweetness we all love.
- Cocoa powder: There are so many varieties of cocoa powder that you can use in this recipe, one I like to use is Nestle Toll House Cocoa Powder.
- A stick fo butter (1/2 cup): I prefer to use unsalted butter since additional salt will be added.
- Kosher salt: The reason I use Kosher salt is because it is not as salty as table salt.
- Milk: Milk and butter help create the creamy sauce that will be coating the oats.
no bake cookie Add-ins
- Peanut butter: Creamy peanut butter works best in this recipe, but if you can use crunch]y peanut butter if you prefer.
- Vanilla extract: When making a chocolate sauce vanilla extract can enhance the chocolate flavor while smoothing out the bitters of the cocoa.
- Old-fashioned rolled oats: Use old-fashioned rolled oats because they are a larger grain and hold their form when coated.
Equipment
- Waxed paper or parchment paper: Drop by the cookies mixture by teaspoon fulls onto a cookie sheet lined with wax paper or parchment paper. The wax and parchment papers provide a non-stick surface that you can easily remove the cookies from once set.
Tips:
Sugar Free No Bake Cookies: Many people have special diets that limit sugar in take. To make these cookies sugar free use a granulated sugar substitute like Swerve instead of sugar.
Dairy Free No Bake Cookies: If you would like to make dairy free no bake cookies substitute coconut milk and oil for the milk and butter. The same measurements would be used when substituting nondairy products for dairy products.
Do you have a favorite recipe? Take a look at mine.
For another easy no-bake recipe try these peanut butter chocolate crunch treats!
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CHOCOLATE, OATMEAL AND PEANUT BUTTER NO BAKE COOKIE RECIPE
Equipment
- Medium size heavy sauce pan
- Wooden or bamboo spoon
- Teaspoon or teaspoon sized cookie scoop
- Metal cookie sheet
- Waxed paper
Ingredients
- 2 cups sugar
- 1/4 cup cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter
- 1/4 teaspoon Kosher salt
- 1/2 cup milk
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- 3 cups old fashioned rolled oats
Instructions
- In a heavy saucepan mix the sugar, cocoa, butter, salt and milk over medium heat until combined.
- Bring the mixture to a boil and let boil fro 1 minute.
- Remove the pan from the heat and quickly add peanut peanut butter stirring until just combined.
- Next stir in vanilla and oatmeal until oat is completely coated.
- Drop mixture by the teaspoonful onto a cookie sheet lined with a sheet of waxed paper.
- Allow cookies to cool. Once the cookies are cool they will harden.
Notes
Nutrition
I literaly just made theese for the first time….
Still waiting for them to cool! Yum!
I have made the nobake chocolate cookies for a lot of years.
I have a question ?
What am i doing wrong, sometimes they turn out gooey, sometimes they dry out withing an hour. we prefer the gooey ones but I don’t know how to make them like that all the time.
I try to make them the same way each time but have problems when they are spooned out.
hope someone out there can help me.
Thank you!
Joan.
My family loves these, but we always eat them warm! :o)
@Heidi
I am also allergic to peanuts. We recently tried this recipe and to me, it came out wonderful. We use Soy Butter. I’m pretty sure if you try Soy Milk in the recipe, it will work out fine as well. The only way to truly know is to test is out! Good Luck..
These are amazing! I don’t think they’ll get a chance to cool before I eat them all! 🙂
I grew up eating these, but we call them “Dinosaur Food”! I got the recipe in my kindergarten class because we made them when we were studying dinosaurs! The recipe was pretty much the same, only it read like this:
1/8 cup dirt (cocoa)
1/4 cup swamp water (milk)
1 cup crushed bones (sugar)
1/4 cup fat (butter)
1 cup grass (uncooked oatmeal)
1/4 cup squashed bugs (peanut butter)
So fun!! They are delicious!!! I still make them today!!! 🙂
I have never made these type of cookies! It looks like I have a new recipe to try this week 🙂
Thanks!
I am so excited about these cookies! We recently moved to Mexico City and are now living at 8400ft above sea level and, well, let’s just say my cookies are not baking very well. I may have to switch to no bake! This look yummy!
We use almond butter because the kids don’t like peanuts and we watch a friend’s son who has peanut and macadamia allergies but not almond.
This is my family’s favorite holiday cookie. I don’t even keep track of how many dozens of these I make anymore.
We make these often at our house. I have my original “worksheet” recipe from 7th grade. I keep meaning to write my Jr. High Home Economics teacher to let her know I still use it. Thanks Mrs. Eichler. lol
I grew up on these cookies! My mom got her recipe from her sister and we always called them energy cookies. Sometimes we use chucky peanut butter for a little extra crunch. Watch out – their addictive!
I remember these from years ago, at bake sales. Wow I love your site, so much to taste and so much to make, it is my granddaughters heaven when she comes over and I have something new to try with her. Thanks soooo much.
Probably my favorite cookie! Love them while they are still warm…yum!
Oh yes, these are the BEST! I had gestational diabetes with my last pregnancy, and what I craved most was these. Needless to say, my friends knew it and as soon as baby was born I had 3 plate fulls of these gifted to me. =) YUM!