No-Bake Chocolate-Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies

Name: No-Bake Chocolate-Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies
Total time: 25 min
Ingredients: 1.5 cups granulated sugar; .5 cup whole milk; 6 tablespoons unsalted butter; 1 teaspoon vanilla extract; 2.5 cups uncooked quick-cooking oats; .75 cup dry-roasted, lightly salted peanuts; .67 cup creamy peanut butter; .25 cup unsweetened cocoa

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Step away from the oven.

By Jasmine Smith

Published on September 13, 2021

No-Bake Chocolate-Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies — Photo: Greg DuPree; Food Styling: Rishon Hanners; Prop Styling: Prissy Lee Montiel

Active Time:

10 mins

Total Time:

25 mins

Yield:

3 dozen

For those days when you want to bake cookies, but you just don't have the energy to get the oven going, these no-bake cookies are here for you. Yes, you read that right: There's no baking involved in these nutty cookies. Our No-Bake Chocolate-Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies are the simpler, healthier dessert solution you'll come back to again and again.

Satisfy cravings between meals with this tasty no-bake treat. Made from just a few simple ingredients (oats, lightly salted peanuts, peanut butter, along with a few baking staples), these cookies couldn't get much easier to throw together. Did we mention that this recipe only requires one bowl? These healthy no-bake peanut butter chocolate oatmeal cookies are rich, soft, and chewy; peanuts add a nice bite to the cookies.

If you're the type who likes to eat raw cookie dough straight from the mixing bowl, you might even prefer these no-bake cookies to the regular kind. This is a great treat to make with the kids, though be warned, it can get a little messy. You want to work with the dough while it's still warm, as the cookies are easier to shape when the mixture is still pliable.

Ingredients

1 ½ cups granulated sugar
½ cup whole milk
6 tablespoons unsalted butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2 ½ cups uncooked quick-cooking oats
¾ cup dry-roasted, lightly salted peanuts
⅔ cup creamy peanut butter
¼ cup unsweetened cocoa

Directions

Stir together sugar, whole milk, butter, and vanilla extract in a large saucepan; bring to a boil over medium-high. Boil 1 minute, stirring constantly. Remove from heat; carefully stir in oats, peanuts, peanut butter, and unsweetened cocoa until well combined.
While mixture is still warm, use a 1-tablespoon cookie scoop or rounded measuring spoon to drop tablespoons of the mixture onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Let stand at room temperature until completely cool, about 15 minutes. Store in an airtight container at room temperature for up to 1 week.