These easy no bake cookies are a delicious and addictive treat! The combination of peanut butter and chocolate with the chewy oatmeal really make for a wonderful cookie.
These are easy to make, and absolutely scrumptious. If you don't believe me, try them for yourself!
Easy No Bake Cookies with Peanut Butter Ingredients
Here's what you need to make no bake cookies:
- ½ cup salted butter
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- ¼ cup cocoa powder
- ½ cup milk
- ½ cup peanut butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 3 cups quick cooking oats
How to make these easy no bake cookies
- Combine the sugar, butter, milk, and cocoa powder in to a large saucepan. On medium heat, stir frequently until everything melts together.
- Next, add in your peanut butter to this melted chocolate sauce. Then, bring to boil stirring constantly so nothing burns.
- Once it reaches boiling, remove from heat and add your quick cooking oats to your sauce pan, and stir. Then, let them sit for 5 minutes so the mixture gets thicker.
- Finally, scoop these cooking onto a cookie sheet lined with wax paper to keep them from sticking. Let them set until hard, or you can speed this up by putting them in the refrigerator.
FAQ when using this recipe
Quick cooking oats are the best kind to use because they don't take long to get soft.
If you only have old-fashioned oats, you will want to add these to your boiling mixture and cook them for 5 minutes before removing them from the heat for another 5 minutes.
Place your cookies in a freezer bag and then into the freezer. When you are ready to eat them, let them defrost in the refrigerator for at least an hour.
More Delicious No Bake Cookies
Easy No Bake Cookies
These easy No Bake Cookies only need a few ingredients and are incredibly delicious. Filled with peanut butter, oats, cocoa, these cookies are hard to pass up.
Ingredients
Ingredients
- ½ cup salted butter
- 1 ½ cups granulated sugar
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- 3 cups quick cooking oats
Instructions
Directions:
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In a medium sauce pan, add the butter, sugar, cocoa powder, milk and vanilla. Turn the heat on medium heat. Stir frequently until everything has melted together.
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Stir in the peanut butter to this chocolate sauce. Then, bring to a boil (stirring constantly).
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Then, remove the saucepan from the heat and add in the quick cooking oats. Let them sit for about 3-5 minutes ensuring that the no bake cookies mixture will start getting thicker.
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Then, you can scoop these no bake cookies out onto a cookie sheet lined with wax paper. Let them cool in the refrigerator so they get hard faster.
Recipe Notes
- Place your no bake cookies in the refrigerator to set quicker.
- No bake cookies freeze well, just place them in a freezer bag. When you are ready to use them, let them defrost in your refrigerator or on the counter.
- Quick cooking oats works best!
Lucila Hayes
Thank u so much for sharing this cookies recipe.I wanted to make something like this for my baby.Then I followed your instructions and made these for my child and seriously its so yummy.My child liked it a lot.
Joanna Stephens
I'm so glad you and your little one enjoyed them Lucila! They are definitely some of my favorite. If my daughter had it her way, she would eat them all the time!
Jeremy Steinberg
I just made these cookies from your recipe. My daughter loves it.
Although, some cookies were soft on the top. I don't know to what extent that made an impact on the taste.Anyway, thanks a lot for your recipe.
Mom With Cookies
I'm glad you enjoyed them Jeremy! I had a few cookies that were soft on the top, but it seemed to help when I placed them in the refrigerator for a little bit longer.
Deola
Looks yummy. I should try them out
Mom With Cookies
Thank you Deola! I am sure you will love them as much as my family and I do. 🙂