Description
Quick and fudgy no-bake chocolate peanut butter cookies made with oats, cocoa, and creamy peanut butter, ready in about 20 minutes without using the oven.
Ingredients
- 3 cups quick-cooking oats
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup unsalted butter
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- 1 cup whole milk
- 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Instructions
- Line a baking sheet with parchment paper or wax paper and set aside.
- In a medium saucepan over medium heat, combine butter, sugar, milk, and cocoa powder.
- Stir constantly until the butter melts and the mixture begins to boil.
- Allow the mixture to boil for about 1 minute while stirring frequently.
- Remove the saucepan from heat.
- Stir in peanut butter, vanilla extract, and salt until smooth.
- Add the quick-cooking oats and mix until fully coated.
- Drop spoonfuls of the mixture onto the prepared parchment paper.
- Let the cookies sit at room temperature for 15–20 minutes until firm.
- Serve once the cookies have set.
Notes
- Boiling the mixture for about one minute is important so the cookies set properly.
- Quick oats create the best texture, but old-fashioned oats can be used for a chewier cookie.
- Let the cookies cool completely so they firm up.
- Add chocolate chips, coconut, or nuts for extra flavor and texture.
- Sunflower seed butter can replace peanut butter for a nut-free version.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 5 minutes
- Category: Dessert
- Method: No-Bake
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 cookie
- Calories: 170
- Sugar: 14g
- Sodium: 70mg
- Fat: 9g
- Saturated Fat: 4g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 21g
- Fiber: 2g
- Protein: 3g
- Cholesterol: 15mg
