No Bake Chocolate Cookies

  • Prep Time: 10 mins
  • Total Time: 15 mins
  • Yield: 24cookies

    • About This Recipe

    “These are my husband’s favorite cookies. My Mom taught me to make them. They were her favorite too.”

    Ingredients

  • 1/4 cupcocoa
  • 2cupssugar
  • 1/2 cupmilk
  • 1/2-1cupmargarine
  • 1/2 cuppeanut butter
  • 3cupsquick-cooking oatmeal
  • 1teaspoonvanilla
  • 1/8 teaspoonsalt

    • Directions

  • Bring first 4 ingredients to a boil.
  • Cook for 1 minute.
  • Remove from heat.
  • Add remaining ingredients.
  • Mix well and drop by teaspoon onto wax paper.
  • Let cool.
  • Note: After I have let them cool, I put them in the fridge.
  • They seem to harden better, plus they taste good that way.

    • Reviews

  • “We made a double batch exactly as written and it came out perfectly. Great recipe!Thank you for posting.”

  • “These were very easy to whip up.They would be a great addition to a last minute holiday cookie tray.After you have made them and they are cooling you have time to get ready yourself before the party starts.Made forZaar Cookbook Tag game 2010”

  • “Raised in a family of 9 this recipe was as much a staple as bread.Exactly as I remember except I also added the coconut.Thanks for sharing, my kids will have this treat on their lunches tomorrow.”

  • “I remember having these cookies as a kid and wanted to find a good recipe to make them for my children.This is exactly how I remember them tasting.So delicious and so so easy.Thanks for posting!”

  • “this recipe was amazing!! this is the first time i personally made these and they turned out perfect!! i used crunchy pb for the extra peanuty taste…all i have to say is yummy!!!”

  • “This is one of the best cookies, so easy so fast.”

  • “This is the best recipe ever!It came out perfect.”

  • “No bakes are my fiance’s favorite! So, I have tried and tweeked quite a few recipes.This is my top choice so far! It’s easy and requires few ingreadients.Plus, you incorporate the vanilla which IS A MUST! Love it!”

  • “This is the best recipe I’ve found since losing my own recipe when I moved. My kids love them and my nieces are begging me to make them some more. Big hit in our house!”

  • “Eight years ago this recipe got lost when we moved. I am so glad to find it posted here. My grown kids were thrilled that mom made “those” chocolate squares again. You see, I don’t do the drop method; instead I pour the hot mixture in an 8″x8″ pan and let it cool in the refrigerator. Later, it gets cut into small squares. Just seems much easier when you are short on time. Great flavor, almost like a chewy little piece of fudge. Thanks!”

  • “This is the RIGHT recipe! I grew up eating these and couldn’t find the recipe anywhere! This is it!Thanks, I can’t wait to share them with my son. YUM.”

  • “These were so good.I was out of milk so I used a can of evaporated milk and it seemed to make them creamier.”

  • “I have made these twice. The first time they were wonderful but the second time something was wrong. Oh, well they were good anyway! Thanks for posting!”

  • “this is a great recipe. i have trouble making no-bakes and this was an easy one to follow. i like to make these as a healthy alternative to chocolate candy. thanks for posting this.”

  • “These taste delicious, but they never did set up for me.I put one set on wax paper and left it on the counter, another set on wax paper and put it in the fridge.They are gooey, not at all like I expect this kind of cookie to be.I used 3/4 cup of margarine, so next time I may cut that down.”

  • “There are SO MANY no back cookie recipes on this website it was so hard to choose.. but I’m glad I picked this one. I followed the recipe but added a half cup more oatmeal– turned out PERFECT!!!! LOVE NO BAKE COOKIES!!!!”

  • “Love these!I realized after I made my first batch (a double, for a potluck) that I forgot to add the butter.They were still good!I am not suggesting that anyone completely omit the butter, but it’s good to know.I would not substitute baker’s sugar for the regular sugar in this recipe, as the crunch is definitely missed.I was in a pinch and it just didn’t do.Anyway, after much desperate searching for the recipe again (I didn’t bookmark it and hadn’t joined zaar yet), and many failed attempts at perfection, I can safely say this is the best!DH is now addicted and has forbidden me from making more for at least two weeks!Thanks!!”

  • “My husband LOVES no bake cookies and after searching through a few recipes I found this one.The flavor was good, but called for too much Oatmeal I think.I would have maybe done 2-2.5 cups instead.Other than, it was good.”

  • “This was a great recipe and the results are just fantastic! They fulfilled all my cravings for something fudgy, chewy, oaty, decadent but under a billion calories! I did make a few changes to suit my taste. Reduced the sugar to 1 cup, Increased the cocoa to 1/2 cup, and I only use chunky peanut butter to give the cookies a little extra nutty flavor with no extra work!”

  • “Yummy!!! Made these tonight and they are incredible!”

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