No-Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies are an old-timey favorite and one of the easiest and most delicious cookies you’ll ever make. I think pretty much everyone has had these cookies at one time or another and pretty much everyone loves them.
No oven needed for these cookies which have the most amazing texture and you likely have all the ingredients on hand. You’ll need butter, unsweetened cocoa powder, sugar, milk, quick-cooking oats, peanut butter, and vanilla extract.
The butter, cocoa powder, sugar, and milk are placed in a saucepan and brought to a boil. Let the mixture boil for 90 seconds. Set a timer and keep track becasue the cookies might not set up right if you boil the mixture too long or not long enough.
Then remove the mixture from the heat and stir in the remaining ingredients. So simple!
In less than 10 minutes you can have the ingredients measured, the batter mixed together and shaped into cookies. These No-Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies do need a little while to set, but you won’t have to wait long. They should only take about 30 minutes to set up. If they are still too wet at this point, try sticking them in the fridge.
This recipe makes a pretty large batch of cookies- about 24 cookies. They are dense and filling cookies so they will go a long way. That being said, it is hard to not go back for another. 🙂
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What readers are saying
Tastes like my childhood! My mom always popped them into the fridge for a really amazing treat. Try them on the counter but also can put some in the fridge! It’ll blow your mind.
Amazing recipe thank you for sharing! My kids adored these, and it brought me closer to my Mom and memories. This was the cookie my mom made every weekend in the summer.
More No-Bake Sweet Treats
- No-Bake Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies
- No-Bake Butterfinger Oatmeal Cookies
- No-Bake Butterfinger Oreo Icebox Cake
Watch the video below to see how to make these easy cookies!
No-Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter,, cut into 1-tablespoon pieces so it meltes faster
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 2 cups sugar
- 1/2 cup milk
- 3 cups quick-cooking oats
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a large saucepan, combine the butter, cocoa powder, sugar, and milk,
- Stir well and bring to a boil over medium heat. Boil for 90 seconds, stirring occasionally.
- Remove from the heat and stir in the oats, peanut butter, and vanilla.
- Drop by heaping tablespoonfuls onto baking sheets lined with wax paper or parchment paper. Let cool to set.
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Recipe Source: Bless Your Heart
These were so easy to make. My kids love it when I make them. Fantastic recipe.
My Mom used to make these for us when I was a kid (1961-1972 she died in 1972, 2 days after my birthday). I was even making, mixing and “cooking” these before I started school. She taught me how to read a measuring cup which meant I could read a tape measure too before I could even add and subtract. I didn’t think nothing of it until a teacher showed me the difference (ounces) and similarities (inches and foot) to a tape or ruler. We were doing fractions and she showed us how we got our answers and how to add and subtract numbers and fractions.
When I told her I used it, measuring cup, to cook before I started going to school she asked me to make something for her. I did. I made THESE cookies and enough for everyone in class plus a few extras to butter up my other teachers. I passed that math class with a 97 and it really surprised me. (Did I actually make that grade or did my cookies butter her up enough to add a few extra points. haha)
Best version of this oatmeal chocolate peanut butter no bake cookie
Easy and delicious! Thanks!
They turned out real good
I made this recipe it the best out there
I added a little extra vanilla extract and it is great
Left a comment, forgot the rating. Thanks again!
I just LOVE these cookies! My mom made them when I was little & I hadn’t thought about them I’m years. Thank you for the recipe! And it US especially important to boil them for 90 seconds-perfect time! I only made one adjustment. I never had them with peanut butter, so I left it out. Just a personal preference. They were absolutely delicious, thanks!!
good recipe but I put 1 cup coconut instead of peanut butter. Got it in Church cook book printed back in the 50’s
Good, but in my honest opinion, too much sugar. Could not taste the peanut butter.