Chocolate no bake cookies use simple ingredients and easy steps for a fun and delightfully delicious treat anytime.
Chocolate, coconut, and oats are the perfect combination for these gooey and chewy no bake cookies.
No-Bake Cookies You’ll Crave
- Chocolate cookies are so easy to make, even little bakers can help mix and drop the cookies to cool.
- These no bake chocolate cookies are made with simple, basic ingredients from the pantry. Add extras to make a new cookie creation every time.
- Bring a couple batches of these chewy cookies to share at picnics, potlucks, or sleepovers.
What’s in No-Bake Cookies?
- Oatmeal: Quick oats are preferred for this recipe as they’ll produce a chewier cookie when they soak up the sweetened butter and milk mixture. Rolled oats (AKA old-fashioned) will retain their shape for a firmer cookie, but you can experiment with any oatmeal you like.
- Coconut: The smaller the shred, the denser and chewier the cookie. Sweetened or unsweetened coconut works. For a little extra crunch, toast the coconut in a dry sauté pan until it’s barely browned and fragrant. This intensifies the flavor and makes the cookies a little crunchier.
- Cocoa: Any powdered cocoa powder works, but Dutch cocoa has a deeper chocolate flavor.
- Butter, Sugar, Milk, Vanilla: These ingredients when heated create a mixture that will hold the cookie together when cooled, but keeps it so gooey and delicious!
Chocolate Cookie Curveballs
These no bake drop cookies couldn’t be more perfectly suited for extras and add-ins. Caution: Do not add in too many extras, or the cookie will not stick together well.
- Try a little creamy or crunchy peanut butter added at the melted butter stage.
- Mix in’s like mini chocolate or peanut butter chips, raisins, dried fruit, chopped walnuts, pistachios, or almonds can help create a new cookie each time.
- Some homemade granola will add extra crunch, and for more nutritional punch, stir in a spoonful of chia or flax seeds.
- For more decadence, once the cookies have cooled, dip the bottoms in a hard chocolate shell or drizzle some spicy chocolate sauce on top.
How to Make Chocolate No-Bake Cookies
- Line a flat surface (like the countertop or a baking sheet) with parchment or wax paper.
- Mix oats, coconut, and cocoa in a large bowl. (Full recipe below)
- Bring sugar, butter, and milk to a boil. Cook for 2 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.
- Pour the boiled mixture into the oat mixture and stir thoroughly.
- Using a cookie scoop or two spoons, drop the cookies onto parchment paper and allow to cool completely.
Keeping Cookies Fresh
Keep no-bake chocolate cookies in a covered container at room temperature or in the fridge for up to a week. Or you can freeze the drop cookies on a baking sheet and then transfer them to a zippered bag for up to one month. This keeps them from sticking together while they’re in the freezer. Enjoy chocolate no-bake cookies as a frozen snack or let them thaw for a few minutes at room temperature.
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Chocolate No Bake Cookies
Ingredients
- 3 cups quick oats
- 1 cup shredded coconut choice of sweetened or unsweetened
- 5 Tablespoons cocoa powder
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- ½ cup butter
- ½ cup milk
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Spread parchment paper or wax paper on a flat surface (the counter or baking trays).
- In a large bowl, mix together oats, coconut, and cocoa. Set aside.
- In a medium saucepan on medium high heat, add sugar, butter, and milk. Bring to a boil and continue for 2 minutes (no longer). Remove from heat and add vanilla. Stir.
- Add boiled mixture to oat mixture. Stir well to combine.
- Use a 1 Tablespoon cookie scoop or a spoon to drop by the spoonful onto parchment paper. Cool completely.
Notes
- Nutrition calculated with unsweetened shredded coconut.
- Refrigerate for 1 week in a sealed container, or freeze for up to 1 month.
- Makes 50 – 1 Tablespoon cookies, or 38 with a size 50 scoop.
Nutrition Information
Nutrition information does not include optional ingredients or garnish and is an estimate. It may change based on actual ingredients and cooking methods used.
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Excellent! Perfect recipe. I grew up making these but was boiling for too long liken5 minutes and they would come out terribly. I couldn’t figure out what I was doing wrong, until I found this recipe. This is the exact one I grew up with. Yummy and THANK YOU!
Hello Lianna. I am happy to hear that you enjoyed these macaroons and that they turned out like you remember.