This was my very first blog post when I first started blogging years ago and it became my most popular on my early blogs. I have a big sweet tooth, especially when it comes to chocolate. After a busy day, I don’t want to spend tons of time baking, especially during the summertime. This recipe has been a family favorite for generations and is quick with only 6 ingredients.
No Bake Oatmeal Cookies
1/2 cup (1 cube) butter or margarine
2 cups sugar
1/4 cup baking cocoa
1/2 cup milk
1 tsp. vanilla
4 cups oatmeal (I use quick)
Melt butter in a saucepan. Add sugar, cocoa, and milk and mix well. When mixture comes to a rolling boil (below), time for 1 minute and stir constantly. Remove from heat after one minute and stir in vanilla. Stir in oatmeal until well coated.
Immediately drop cookies by the spoonful onto a sheet of tin foil. Depending on the size of the cookies, you should get 18-24 cookies from a batch. Allow to cool for a few minutes if you like them gooey like my family does. They will get harder the longer they sit. If they stay too soft, then increase your cooking time to 1 1/2 minutes next time. Some recipes out there tell you to boil the mixture for 3 minutes. If you like your cookies rock hard, then you can cook the mixture longer. Like I said before, my family prefers them soft and gooey, so we stick to 1-1 1/2 minutes.
Craving chocolate and peanut butter? Try adding a big spoonful of peanut butter when you stir in the vanilla. Stir until peanut butter is melted into chocolate mixture, then add the oatmeal. Enjoy!
- ½ cup (1 cube) butter or margarine
- 2 cups sugar
- ¼ cup baking cocoa
- ½ cup milk
- 1 tsp. vanilla
- 4 cups oatmeal (I use quick)
- Melt butter in a saucepan. Add sugar, cocoa, and milk and mix well. When mixture comes to a rolling boil, time for 1 minute and stir constantly.
- Remove from heat after one minute and stir in vanilla. Stir in oatmeal until well coated.
- Immediately drop cookies by the spoonful onto a sheet of tin foil. Depending on the size of the cookies, you should get 18-24 cookies from a batch. Allow to cool for a few minutes They will get harder the longer they sit. If they stay too soft, then increase your cooking time to 1½ minutes next time.
- Craving chocolate and peanut butter? Try adding a big spoonful of peanut butter when you stir in the vanilla. Stir until peanut butter is melted into chocolate mixture, then add the oatmeal.
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Great recipe! I have celiac disease and have to eat gluten free. I’m wondering if the recipe can be modified to use GF oats? I have some, but they’re not quick-cook ones.
My oldest daughter is gluten intolerant. We haven’t tried GF oats yet, but I think they would be ok with these. I would love to hear how they turn out!
These look sooo good. I can’t eat sugar (#diabetic), but my kids would probably like these a lot.
Me too Emily. I wonder if Splenda would work in place of the sugar?
Yummmmm!!!!
You had me at “no-bake”. Seriously, though, these look amazing. Can’t wait to try them.
This looks really good! These seem really similar to the cookies we made in junior high home ec. I need to make these so I can stroll down memory lane! We maybe not. It was junior high. But I would like to make these!
These look delicious!
My mom used to make these when we little kids. They were always a big hit.
Oatmeal cookies are my favorite! I’m looking forward to trying this recipe (just as soon as I finish the tray of zucchini brownies!)
I was just thinking about this recipe today. I’ve made this in the microwave and added pecans. It is so good.
What’s not to love about chocolate and oats? And the PB option at the end…great idea! Nom Nom Nom!
These look great. Will definitely have to try this.
We LOVE nobake cookies here. We’ll have to give this recipe a try!
Those look delicious! I’ll have to try this out sometime!
I LOVVVE no bake cookies!! This is such a great recipe. They look delicious!
Katie, these look so good. My kids are going to make them tomorrow!
These are some of my very favorite cookies. I can’t make them because I will eat half the batch in one day! They’re so good. When I moved south, I found out that they don’t know what “No Bake Cookies” are. Here they call them “Preacher Cookies” and they’re very popular!
Hmmmm looks super yummy. Will try it.
This recipe sounds so good! I’m going to have to give it a try!
Thank you all for your comments! These are one of my favorites and I hope you all enjoy trying them!
oh my goodness these look so good!
My mother made these, and added shredded coconut. Sooooo good. I haven’t had them in years. I’m going to make some for the holidays!