Truth time – my oldest boy could live on chocolate and peanut butter. I think there’s a lot of people out there who could say the same thing. The other day, I had promised him that I’d make him cookies after school as a treat but the day got away from me. I’m not sure what happened but I had less then an hour and the boys were going to be in the door.
Now, I typically wouldn’t stress about this and I’d just tell him that I’d make them tomorrow but sadly I had been saying this for a few days. So, I decided to make a quick No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies for them. These are one of their favorites because they are so delicious and I love them because they take minutes to make! Check out the recipe below!
How to Make Chocolate Peanut Butter No Bake Cookies
Ingredients You Need
- 2 Cups Sugar
- 4 Tablespoons Cocoa Powder
- 1 Stick Butter
- 1/2 Cup Milk
- 1 Cup Peanut Butter
- 1 Tablespoon Vanilla
- 3 Cups Oatmeal
Instructions
Step 1 – Line a baking sheet with Silpat or parchment paper
Step 2 – In a large pan combine sugar, cocoa, milk and butter
Step 3 – Bring the cocoa mixture to a boil
Step 4 – Add in the peanut butter, vanilla and oatmeal and mix well
Step 5 – Remove the mixture from heat and drop spoonfuls onto your cookie sheets and let them cool before eating!
You could had a 1/2 cup of peanuts too if you want a little more crunch and texture in your no bake chocolate peanut butter cookies. My boys like them without the nuts but I prefer them with but both ways are delicious!
I hope you and your family love these as much as we do!
- 2 Cups Sugar
- 4 Tablespoons Cocoa Powder
- 1 Stick Butter
- ½ Cup Milk
- 1 Cup Peanut Butter
- 1 Tablespoon Vanilla
- 3 Cups Oatmeal
- Instructions
- Step 1 - Line a baking sheet with Silpat or parchment paper
- Step 2 - In a large pan combine sugar, cocoa, milk and butter
- Step 3 - Bring the cocoa mixture to a boil
- Step 4 - Add in the peanut butter, vanilla and oatmeal and mix well
- Step 5 - Remove the mixture from heat and drop spoonfuls onto your cookie sheets and let them cool before eating!
These taste great but 1 minute is not enough time , they never got hard . So the 2nd time i used a cup of water and did the soft ball stage which they turned out perfect!
I’m not sure hat I did wrong I followed this recipe to a t and they didn’t get hard they have good flavor but they are soft I made them 15hrs ago
This has been my go to recipe for years! Some people use crisco in place of butter, but I usually use the butter like you. My kids love this recipe! One child prefers I omit the cocoa and just end up with peanut butter no bakes. The other prefers the chocolate. I have even substituted coconut for the oats. Awesome post:)
I wish I could make these right now 😉 Pinning so that when I go the store I can buy the ingredients!
These look incredible, Chrissy! Our babysitter gave my boys some similar no-bake cookies a few months ago and the kids devoured them. I’ve been trying to find a recipe to recreate them ever since, and I think this IS IT! So excited! They are definitely dangerous to have sitting around the kitchen, though. 🙂