These no bake chocolate oatmeal cookies are the classic ones childhood dreams are made of. They're the easiest cookie to make...and one of the most delicious.
Prep Time5 minutesmins
Fridge Time25 minutesmins
Total Time30 minutesmins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: chocolate oatmeal, no bake cookies
Servings: 24cookies
Ingredients
1 ½cupssugar
½cupmilk
½cupunsalted butter (1 stick)
¼cupunsweetened cocoa powder
pinchof salt
2teaspoonsvanilla extract
⅔cupcreamy peanut butterdon't use the natural kind because it's too greasy
3cupsquick cooking oats
Instructions
Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
Place the oats in a big bowl to be used in a few minutes
In a medium-sized saucepan over medium heat, combine sugar, milk, butter, cocoa powder, and salt until butter has melted. Bring to a boil for one minute. Remove from the heat and add vanilla extra and peanut butter. Stir until combined. Pour the chocolate/peanut butter mixture over the oats and stir until combined.
Using a spoon or cookie scoop (I use this one to make them all uniform), drop cookies onto the prepared parchment paper-lined baking sheet.
Refrigerate until firm.
Notes
The cookies will stay fresh in an air-tight container in the fridge for about a week!