These classic cookies from childhood are one of the first I learned to make when I stepped into the kitchen as a girl wanting to bake like my Mama. No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies are so fun, yummy and perfect for surprising your kids with as a great after school treat! This is one of our most popular dessert recipes, along with our decadent Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Cookies recipe and our delicious Cookies and Cream Fudge recipe too!
NO BAKE CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER OATMEAL COOKIES
INGREDIENTS
2 Cups Sugar
4 Tablespoons Unsweetened Cocoa Powder
1 Stick Butter
1/2 Cup Milk
1 Cup Peanut Butter
1 Tablespoon Vanilla
2 Cups Oatmeal
DIRECTIONS
- Line a baking sheet with was paper or parchment paper
- Combine sugar, cocoa, milk and butter in a large pan and bring to a boil.
- Add remaining ingredients, mix well and remove from heat.
- Drop spoonfuls of mixture on prepared sheet and allow to cool.
Make a double batch of these cookies and share with the neighbors or pack as a sweet treat in your kids lunchbox this week! These classic No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies are a great treat to enjoy on your first day back to school!
I have this recipe from my grandmother who had a different name for them (Sweet Little B_____) but after coming to a boil you boil them without stirring for 3 minutes. Her recipe was old as she died in 1968 and she was 60 years old.