No bake cookies for Valentines Day
These heart shaped no bake cookies are not only easy to make, but are so fun with the brightly colored white chocolate.
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
- 1 cup white chocolate chips melted
- food coloring
Instructions
Directions:
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Melt the butter, sugar, cocoa powder, milk, and vanilla together in a medium sauce pan. Then, add in the peanut butter.
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Let this boil for about 3 minutes and then remove it from the heat. Pour the quick cooking oats into your peanut butter and chocolate sauce. Stir well and then let sit for about another 5 minutes.
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Lay wax paper on a cookie sheet and place a heart cookie cutter on it. Then, scoop the chocolate no bake cookies mixture into the cookie cutter.
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Place it in the freezer to let it sit for 5 minutes and then carefully remove the cookie cutter. Repeat for all the other cookies.
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Next, melt the white chocolate chips and then add in a couple drops of pink or red food coloring gel. While the chocolate is still warm and melted, carefully transfer it to a ziploc bag or pastry bag.
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Cut a small hole in the pastry bag/ziploc bag and begin decorating these no bake cookies. Then enjoy!