NO BAKE CHOCOLATE OATMEAL COOKIES
These no-bake chocolate oatmeal cookies with peanut butter are a classic for a reason. They are so easy to make and always a hit.
If you love no-bake recipes you must give these Avalanche Treats a try.. so easy and so good! Perfect for any occasion, these chocolate oatmeal cookies go great with them.
❤️WHY WE LOVE THIS RECIPE
We love the combination of chocolate and peanut butter and we also love how easy these are to make. They are delicious and keep well too. We just store them in an airtight container. You can also make these smaller for a bite size cookies.
🍴KEY INGREDIENTS
- White sugar
- Butter
- Peanut butter I use the crunchy
- 100% cocoa
- Evaporated milk
- Vanilla
- Quick cooking oats uncooked
🍽️HOW TO MAKE
These cookies are really easy to make which is one of the things we love about them. Then you have to wait for them to set and that’s the hardest part!
COOKING STEPS
Step 1
Mix sugar, milk, and butter in saucepan. Bring to a rolling boil and then boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat and stir in peanut butter and vanilla. Fold in cocoa and rolled oats.
Step 2
Drop from tablespoon onto waxed paper and let cool. No baking is necessary.
⭐TIP
You can make these whatever size you want! We have made them bite size which is great for a gathering.
If they are not getting hard, you probably didn’t boil the mixture to a roiling boil. It needs to be really boiling for one minute.
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STORING & SERVING SIZE
We store these in an airtight container and they will keep for over a week. This recipe makes abut 3 dozen if you make them tablespoon size.
No Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients
- 2 cups white sugar
- 1 stick of butter or 8 tablespoons or 1/2 cup
- 1/2 cup peanut butter I use the crunchy
- 2 Tablespoons 100% cocoa
- 1/2 cup carnation evaporated milk
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 3 cups quick cooking oats uncooked
Instructions
- Mix sugar, milk, and butter in saucepan. Bring to a rolling boil and then boil for 1 minute. Remove from heat and stir in peanut butter and vanilla. Fold in cocoa and rolled oats.
- Drop from tablespoon onto waxed paper and let cool. No baking necessary.
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Thank you ladies for giving out your NO Bake recipe of No Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies. I made them and was delighted with the outcome and immediately
made them again as it was so easy, with the left over milk and oats I had.
I found one cup of sugar was enough and used ordinary rolled oats.
This recipe has now become my all time favourite.
Thank you ‘one hundred times’ or more!
Grace. 7/4/2026.
Yay! We are so glad this recipe is working so well for you!!
Do you think cookie butter or Nutella would work in this recipe
I have never tried it, so I can’t say.
I’m allergic to peanut butter any suggestions for substitutions
You could use almond butter.
These are so good!
I made them yesterday and then made them again today! So easy and so delicious!! Thank you for the wonderful recipe!!!
YAY! So glad they were a hit!
They make a version of this at Sprinkles of Hope Bakery and Cafe in Maysville, KY. My son works there and it’s his favorite treat there. Sprinkles was started by a mom with a child with severe autism and they employ people with disabilities. I made these when my four children (now in their 40s and 50s) were little, but my son does not remember that.
This sounds like a wonderful place! Thank you so much for sharing.