No-Bake Chocolate, Peanut Butter & Oatmeal Cookies

These classic no bake cookies can be made in minutes and are the perfect after-school treat, a must for holiday cookie trays, and the best “just because” cookie.

This seems like if you get it right it would be a badass cookie! I did some things differently and they ended up sorta weird and I want to share my experience. To start, I halved the recipe, ending up with 15 cookies, I think I made them a little smaller. From here I started substituting, but I thought it would work out! Salted butter, “organic cane sugar” (which has much larger sugar crystals than granulated), cacao powder, “natural” peanut butter (no hydrogenated oil), and this one I didn’t realize was different until I had finished, old fashioned oats (which I would have thrown the blender for a few pulses had I realized in time! The large chewy oat pieces did not bite nicely. Did everything to the instructions. My cookies taste just like a pretty nice peanut butter fudge, but with an UNpleasant chew. I sorta think if I used quick-cook oats it would be more pleasant.They are dull, there is no shine to them as in the photos above, telling me that the sugar didn’t set up the same. Might also say something about the kind of peanut butter. It was pretty different from what I imagined from the recipe. But I should have expected it as I used different ingredients.Anyway thanks brown eyed Baker, I am going to try again. I think you got the recipe right, I just deviated too much. All that said I can’t stop eating them.

Just made these.. last spoon from the pot tasted really good. Mine don’t look like the picture tho. I think, even tho I followed the recipe, 3 C of oats may have been too much. The pic almost look like they flowed out of the scoop & mine were kinda dry & had to be formed into rounds… not shiny either.. any suggestions??

First time making no bakes, they are my favorite cookie. I can tell before they even set that these will be amazing. Tastes just like i remember, and already i can tell these will crumble perfectly with the best texture. Ill be making these again!

This recipe is the perfect combination! It has just the right amount of butter, peanut butter, and cocoa. These are my favorite cookies and I’ve been looking for a great recipe and this is it!

excellent for someone with a massive sweet tooth. came out well and very easy to make. in the future i would make as small candy mold bites,keep refrigerated(taste great very cold),and use as quick energy bite. for a cookie,though i haven’t tested yet,i’d like to cut sugar in 1/2 , and butter in half and increase the oats by half and perhaps use old fashioned oats to up the chewy factor and decrease the candy texture. overall a good recipe for 2 uses.

I used this recipe for a special ESL class where I showed large groups of elementary students how to make no bake cookies. They turned out wonderful every time and the kids just loved them! I got sprinkles for them to decorate the cookies which made them cute as well. Thanks for sharing!

This seems like if you get it right it would be a badass cookie! I did some things differently and they ended up sorta weird and I want to share my experience. To start, I halved the recipe, ending up with 15 cookies, I think I made them a little smaller. From here I started substituting, but I thought it would work out! Salted butter, “organic cane sugar” (which has much larger sugar crystals than granulated), cacao powder, “natural” peanut butter (no hydrogenated oil), and this one I didn’t realize was different until I had finished, old fashioned oats (which I would have thrown the blender for a few pulses had I realized in time! The large chewy oat pieces did not bite nicely. Did everything to the instructions. My cookies taste just like a pretty nice peanut butter fudge, but with an UNpleasant chew. I sorta think if I used quick-cook oats it would be more pleasant.They are dull, there is no shine to them as in the photos above, telling me that the sugar didn’t set up the same. Might also say something about the kind of peanut butter. It was pretty different from what I imagined from the recipe. But I should have expected it as I used different ingredients.Anyway thanks brown eyed Baker, I am going to try again. I think you got the recipe right, I just deviated too much. All that said I can’t stop eating them.

Just made these.. last spoon from the pot tasted really good. Mine don’t look like the picture tho. I think, even tho I followed the recipe, 3 C of oats may have been too much. The pic almost look like they flowed out of the scoop & mine were kinda dry & had to be formed into rounds… not shiny either.. any suggestions??

First time making no bakes, they are my favorite cookie. I can tell before they even set that these will be amazing. Tastes just like i remember, and already i can tell these will crumble perfectly with the best texture. Ill be making these again!

This recipe is the perfect combination! It has just the right amount of butter, peanut butter, and cocoa. These are my favorite cookies and I’ve been looking for a great recipe and this is it!

excellent for someone with a massive sweet tooth. came out well and very easy to make. in the future i would make as small candy mold bites,keep refrigerated(taste great very cold),and use as quick energy bite. for a cookie,though i haven’t tested yet,i’d like to cut sugar in 1/2 , and butter in half and increase the oats by half and perhaps use old fashioned oats to up the chewy factor and decrease the candy texture. overall a good recipe for 2 uses.

I used this recipe for a special ESL class where I showed large groups of elementary students how to make no bake cookies. They turned out wonderful every time and the kids just loved them! I got sprinkles for them to decorate the cookies which made them cute as well. Thanks for sharing!