No-Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies

  • Prep 15 min
  • Total 30 min
  • Servings 42

Ingredients

  • 2 cups quick-cooking oats
  • 2/3 cup peanut butter
  • 1 1/3 cups flaked coconut
  • 1/4 cup unsweetened baking cocoa
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 2 cups sugar
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1/4 cup butter or margarine

Steps

  • 1
    Line cookie sheets with waxed paper. In medium bowl, mix oats, peanut butter, coconut, cocoa and vanilla; set aside.
  • 2
    In 1-quart saucepan, heat sugar, milk and butter to boiling. Boil 1 minute, stirring constantly. Pour over oat mixture; quickly stir to mix well.
  • 3
    Immediately drop by heaping teaspoonfuls onto cookie sheets; cool. Carefully remove from waxed paper to serve.

  • Set a timer for 60 seconds once your mixture really starts to boil to make sure you don’t overcook or undercook your cookie mixture. If you don’t boil long enough your cookies won’t set right and if you boil them for too little they will be dry.
  • Use a cookie scoop to make scooping your cookies easier and faster. If you don’t have a cookie scoop available, use an ice cream scoop instead.
  • When storing your no-bake oatmeal cookies, wait until your cookies have completely cooled and place them in an airtight container between sheets of wax paper to keep them from sticking together.
  • Add a light and nutty crunch by trying crunchy peanut butter instead of creamy!
  • We love the ease and simplicity of no-bake cookies recipes! Take a look at these recipes for No-Bake Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies and No-Bake Marshmallow-Butterscotch-Chex Cookies for more no-bake inspiration!

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size: 1 Cookie
Calories
90
Total Fat
4g
0%
Saturated Fat
1 1/2g
0%
Sodium
30mg
0%
Total Carbohydrate
13g
0%
Dietary Fiber
0g
0%
Protein
2g
% Daily Value*:
Vitamin A
0%
0%
Vitamin C
0%
0%
Calcium
0%
0%
Iron
0%
0%
Exchanges:
1 Other Carbohydrate; 1/2 Fat;
Carbohydrate Choice
1
*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.
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