No Bake Cookies are a delicious and fudgy cookie that you don’t have to bake in the oven! Sugar, milk, butter, vanilla, cocoa, peanut butter, and quick oats are mixed together on the stove top and then dropped onto parchment paper to cool. This is an easy nobake cookie recipe that only takes a few minutes to make!
Tips for Making Fudgy No Bake Cookies
There are a few things to remeber to get the best results when making these cookies:
- Prepare all your ingredients ahead of time. This recipe goes FAST and you don’t want to be fumbling for ingredients.
- Prepare two baking sheets with parchment paper before you start cooking. Once everything is mixed it sets up very quickly.
- Drop the no bake cookies onto the parchment AS SOON as the ingredients are mixed. The mixture will set up quickly and if you don’t drop them into cookies immediately your cookies will not stick together correctly and they will be dry and brittle.
- By dropping them quickly they also spread into a perfectly shaped no bake cookie!
- Use a small scoop like the one pictured below, if you have it. It will make the process go quickly and all the Chocolate No Bake Cookies will be uniform.
How to Make No Bake Cookies
Start by prepping all your ingredients. Here is what you need:
- 1 stick of butter (salted or unsalted)
- 2 cups white sugar
- ½ cup milk (any kind)
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- 2 ½ cups quick cooking oats
- Prep 2 baking sheets with parchment paper and grab the utensil you will use to drop the cookies.
In a large pot over medium/medium-high heat bring the 2 cups sugar, ½ cup milk, and butter to a boil. Boil for 2 minutes.
Turn the heat off and quickly stir in the vanilla, peanut butter, cocoa powder, and oats.
AS SOON AS IT IS COMBINED move on to dropping the cookie batter by the spoonful onto the sheets of parchment.
Let them set up at room temperature, about 15 minutes, and then enjoy!!
Storing No Bake Cookies
Store your Chocolate No Bake Cookies at room temperature in an airtight container for up to 5 days. But, they probably won’t last that long- they are GOOD!!
Chocolate No Bake Cookie Recipe
Chocolate No Bake Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 cups white sugar
- ½ cup butter salted or unsalted
- ½ cup milk any kind
- 2 ½ cups quick cooking oats
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- ¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- This recipe goes fast and you want to be ready for the next step before you get there! Prep and measure all your ingredients so they are ready to go.Prep two baking sheets lined with parchment paper and the spoon or scoop you will drop the cookies with.
- In a large pot over medium/medium-high heat bring 1 stick of butter, 2 cups of sugar, and ½ cup of milk to a boil. Boil for 2 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- Turn the heat off and stir in the ¼ cup cocoa powder, ½ cup creamy peanut butter, 1 teaspoon vanilla, and 2 ½ cups quick cooking oats.Stir just until everything is mixed together.
- QUICKLY drop the hot chocolate/oat mixture by the spoonful onto the parchment paper. It will slightly spread and then harden.(do this step quickly bc the mixture will set up FAST and you want to have all the cookies dropped before it sets!!!)
- Let cool for about 15 minutes and they are ready to eat. Store at room temp. for up to 5 days.
If nutrition facts are provided they are calculated as an estimate to the best of our knowledge.
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Emily Bruno
These were so easy to make and so good!
Tawnie K Kroll
You had me at NO BAKE!! My kind of cookie!!
Lauren Grant
These bring back so many childhood memories! So much peanut butter goodness!