Chocolate Peanut Butter No-Bake Cookies

After watching yesterday’s video of the chocolate covered corn flakes, I got a craving. Sadly, we have no corn flakes in the cupboard (yet!) so my mind wandered to the next closest thing: chocolate peanut butter no-bake cookies!

I’ve loved no-bake cookies since I was a kid, especially because we always had everything we needed. As a teenager, I discovered no-bake cookies with peanut butter and there was no looking back!

Chocolate Peanut Butter No-Bake Cookies

2 cups sugar
4 Tb cocoa
1 stick butter
1/2 cup milk
1 cup peanut butter
1 Tb vanilla
3 cups oatmeal

In a heavy saucepan bring to a boil sugar, cocoa, butter and milk. Let boil for one minute and add peanut butter, vanilla and oatmeal. Drop by tablespoonfuls onto waxed paper or aluminum foil until cooled and hardened.

These are good with chunky or creamy peanut butter, and I let mine sit in the pan for just a few minutes after everything’s mixed so it hardens a bit before I scoop it out. If it’s too hot it’ll spread out quite a bit and won’t hold much of a shape.