Description
Irresistible chocolate no-bake cookies with peanut butter promise a quick dessert solution for chocolate and peanut butter enthusiasts. Rich cocoa and creamy peanut butter blend seamlessly, creating a delightful treat you can enjoy without turning on the oven.
Ingredients
Scale
- 3 cups (720 ml) quick oats
- ½ cup (120 ml) creamy peanut butter
- 2 cups (400 g) granulated sugar
- ½ cup (120 ml) milk
- ½ cup (113 g or 1 stick) unsalted butter
- ¼ cup (25 g) unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
- Prep Station: Line a baking sheet with parchment paper, establishing a clean workspace for assembling no-bake cookies.
- Create Chocolate Base: In a medium saucepan, blend butter, sugar, milk, and cocoa powder over medium heat, whisking continuously until the mixture transforms into a glossy, uniform liquid with a rich chocolate aroma.
- Boil and Develop Flavor: Bring the chocolate mixture to a robust boil, stirring constantly to prevent burning. Maintain a rolling boil for exactly one minute, then immediately remove from heat to halt the cooking process.
- Enhance and Integrate: Swiftly stir in peanut butter, vanilla extract, and salt, creating a silky, homogeneous mixture that combines all flavor elements seamlessly.
- Combine Oats: Gently fold rolled oats into the chocolate mixture, ensuring complete and even coating of each oat, resulting in a cohesive and textured blend.
- Form and Set Cookies: Using a spoon or cookie scoop, carefully drop uniform mounds onto the prepared parchment-lined sheet. Allow cookies to rest at room temperature, giving them time to solidify and develop their characteristic no-bake consistency, which typically takes 20-30 minutes.
Notes
- Prevent Scorching: Constantly stir the mixture while boiling to avoid burning chocolate and sugar, which can create bitter, unpleasant flavors.
- Timing is Critical: Boil the base exactly 60 seconds to achieve the perfect consistency; too short results in soft cookies, too long creates dry, crumbly texture.
- Quick Mixing Technique: Add peanut butter and vanilla immediately after removing from heat, stirring rapidly to create a smooth, glossy finish without separating ingredients.
- Room Temperature Setting: Let cookies cool naturally at room temperature for even solidification; refrigerating can cause unwanted moisture and change the cookie’s delicate texture.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Snacks, Desserts
- Method: Mixing
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 25
- Calories: 200
- Sugar: 8 g
- Sodium: 50 mg
- Fat: 9 g
- Saturated Fat: 3 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 4 g
- Trans Fat: 0 g
- Carbohydrates: 28 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 4 g
- Cholesterol: 5 mg