Community Pick
No Bake Cookies Made With Chocolate Chips
photo by Christina Ann-Marie Bratton
- Ready In:
- 11mins
- Ingredients:
- 7
- Serves:
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36
ingredients
- 1⁄4 cup butter
- 1⁄4 cup milk
- 1 cup sugar
- 1⁄2 cup chocolate chips
- peanut butter (optional)
- 1 1⁄2 cups oatmeal
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
directions
- Put oatmeal, optional peanut butter, chocolate chips and vanilla in a mixing bowl.
- Combine butter, milk and sugar in a saucepan and heat over medium high until boiling. Let boil for 1 minute.
- Pour hot mix into the oatmeal mix and stir well. Drop spoonfuls onto wax paper and let harden before eating. Freeze to harden faster.
Questions & Replies
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So because it didn't say how much peanut butter to use I used a little over a 1/2 a cup but I also have doubled my recipe but now oatmeal mixture is kinda runny! Too runny to make droplet mounds will it thicken ad mixture cools or do I probably need to add more oatmeal wich I am out of! So what does any good baker out there suggest I do? Havnt people used rice before in these cookies?
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Reviews
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these are delicious, like melt in your mouth — amazing. i halved the recipe and used 1/4 cup peanut butter. i did end up having to cook a little more of the liquid (don’t know if i over cooked it originally or what but i just eyeballed it the second time around probs did about 1/2 of what i did originally) and it turned out perfect. i’d probably use a little less sugar next time, they’re pretty rich/sweet, but delicious. i will DEFINITELY be making these again.
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very good. have made these many times and followed the recipe pretty much exactly. i do use soymilk instead of regular - because that is normally what i have in the house. i also mix it all, over low heat, in a pot on the stove - that is just easier for me. these cookies are SO easy and they always turn out great. i recommend doubling the batch because these cookies go quickly.
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For those of your that didn't eat No-Bakes in the 80s and 90s- my elderly neighbor who was well into her 70s taught me a version of no bakes she has perfect over the years. My grandmother who owned a bakery also showed me a version of no bakes that was slightly different. No bakes never interested me because I was more into the technical precise chemistry part of baking(and we all know that regardless of chemistry, love needs to be an ingredient as well) The OP likely didn't put a measurement because they were giving everyone the opportunity to adjust the consistency as they see fit. Some people like more PB, some like less... I prefer cashew butter, since it's the closest to PB, but not many nut butter's are as smooth so therein lies a slight issue. But as far as measurements of PB, I would start with 1/4th cup, and check consistency, if it's not where you want it try doubling the PB. The no bake should taste more chocolate than PB, but some like a slightly different flavor, so I recommend tasting as you go.
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Tweaks
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Doubled the recipe. Reduced sugar amount by 1/2 cup. Omitted PB due to allergies and substituted vanilla extract with almond extract for a replacement nutty flavor. When prepping, I only added oatmeal (what the recipe calls for plus an extra 1/2 cup) and almond extract to bowl, mixed and set aside. I used a double boiler to melt my chocolate chips as I boiled the butter, sugar, and milk. I let this butter mixture boil for about double the time, then combined melted chocolate with butter mixture with a wire whisk. I then mixed the chocolate/butter mix into the oatmeal and added about a cup extra chocolate chips. I also used semi-sweet dark chocolate chips for a richer flavor. EVERYONE loves these! Made two dozen and they were gone in less than an hour!
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