Chocolate Peanut Butter No-Bake Cookies
This chocolate peanut butter no bake cookie recipe is soft, chewy, and loaded with chocolatey peanut butter flavor! Made with oats and ready in minutes—no oven required for this easy classic treat.
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 1 hour 20 minutes (including cooling)
- Yield: 30 cookies
- Category: Dessert, Snack, No-Bake Treats
- Method: No-Bake, Stovetop
- Cuisine: American
- Diet: Vegetarian
Ingredients
3 cups quick-cook oats
¼ teaspoon salt
½ cup unsalted butter
1⅔ cups granulated sugar
½ cup milk
¼ cup cocoa powder
1 cup peanut butter
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Instructions
In a large bowl, stir together oats and salt. Set aside.
In a saucepan over medium-high heat, whisk butter, sugar, milk, and cocoa powder.
Bring mixture to a rolling boil for 1 minute, then immediately remove from heat.
Whisk in peanut butter and vanilla until smooth and fully combined.
Pour the hot chocolate-peanut butter mixture over the oats. Stir until fully coated.
Line a baking sheet with wax paper. Using a medium cookie scoop, drop spoonfuls of the mixture onto the paper.
Let cookies cool on the countertop until set (about 1 hour).
Once firm, store in the refrigerator in an airtight container.
Notes
If using salted butter, omit the added salt.
Prep ingredients ahead of time to avoid overcooking the chocolate mixture.
Don’t boil too long — it will make the cookies crumbly.
Always cool fully at room temperature before refrigerating to avoid gooey texture.
