Healthier No-Bake Cookies
These healthier no-bake cookies have no butter or sugar, and are oil-free! They taste great made with peanut or almond butter.
Servings 14 cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup peanut butter (or almond butter)
- 1/4 cup honey or maple syrup (use double the amount for more traditional sweetness level)
- 1/4 cup milk of choice
- 2 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1/8 tsp salt (optional)
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/4 cup unsweetened shredded coconut (can be omitted)
- 1 cup quick oats (can sub 1/2 cup with cereal like rice crispies, chex, or corn flakes for more crunch)
- 1/4 cup chopped peanuts (optional)
Instructions
- To a small pot, add peanut butter, honey, milk, cocoa, and salt. On medium (NOT high) heat, stir until completely melted and smooth. Once melted, cook and stir about 1 minute longer, constantly stirring to avoid burning.
- Remove from heat and stir in vanilla. Then add coconut and oats, and optional peanuts. Stir until well-combined.
- Scoop out 1 tablespoon-fulls and drop onto wax paper. Let chill in refrigerator at least 30 minutes before serving. Store in refrigerator. Makes about 14 cookies.
- For nest cookies, make an indentation in each cookie and put 2-3 candy eggs, almonds, or berries in each one.
Notes
For a fudgier, more traditional cookie, you could add 1/4 cup coconut oil with the cocoa and peanut butter. You'd add 300 calories to the batch, though. These are delicious without!
