These classic no bake cookies are the quickest and easiest kind of cookie! Make these no bake chocolate oatmeal cookies in the summer or the winter. Everyone loves the chocolate peanut butter combination of these no bake cookies!
Prep Time5 minutesmins
Cook Time5 minutesmins
Total Time10 minutesmins
Course: Cookies
Cuisine: American
Keyword: classic no bake cookies, no bake chocolate oatmeal cookies, No Bake Cookies, no bake oatmeal cookies
Servings: 36cookies
Calories: 137kcal
Author: Nikki Gladd
Ingredients
½cupsalted butter
½cupmilk
2cupsgranulated sugar
¼cupunsweetened cocoa powder
1cuppeanut butter(creamy or crunchy)
1tablespoonvanilla extract
3cupsquick oats(not instant)
Instructions
In a large sauce pan, melt the butter over medium heat. Stir in the milk, sugar and cocoa. Bring to a rolling boil over medium heat and let boil exactly 1 minute without stirring. Remove from the heat and stir in the peanut butter and vanilla. Stir in the oats.
Working quickly, scoop mounds onto wax paper. (I use my medium cookie scoop.) Allow to cool completely. Store, covered, at room temperature for up to 5 days.
Notes
For a heartier cookie, use half quick oats and half old fashioned oats (1 ½ cups of each). Not not use all old fashioned oats.
These cookies are great for freezing. Allow to completely cool, then place in freezer bag in single layer. Store in freezer up to 3 months. When ready to eat, allow to set at room temperature until thawed.