Chocolate oatmeal cookies are a great option for warmer weather when you don’t want to use your oven.
My mom used to make a chocolate oatmeal no bake cookie that I loved. She hadn’t made them in years and I couldn’t find the recipe in her box of recipes. I reached out on social media to ask if anyone had such a recipe. To my surprise and delight, my friend Janet Wisner generously texted me a copy of a recipe from her husband’s grandmother’s recipe box. I tested the recipe and it turned out wonderfully.
My first time making the recipe, I used Trader Joe’s unsweetened cocoa. The flavor was decent but the color was much lighter than I would have liked. My second go around, I used Ghiardelli cocoa which had much better flavor and color. The oats should be the quick cooking oats, which are smaller and will cook more completely.
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Chocolate Oatmeal No Bake Cookies
A fabulous and rich cookie you can make without an oven.
Ingredients
Instructions
- Line two cookie sheets with wax paper. Measure oats and peanut butter in advance so they can be added immediately.
- In a sauce pan, add sugar, cocoa, milk and butter over medium heat and bring to a soft boil and boil for one minute, stirring throughout. Remove from heat and immediately add vanilla, salt, peanut butter and oats.
- Stir well using a wooden spoon and drop by the spoonful onto lined cookie sheets. Allow to cool and serve.