These mini no bake cookies are both addicting and adorable. Because everything small is adorable, right? I have an unhealthy love for these no bake cookies. They are peanut buttery, chocolaty, and oatmeally. The texture of the chewy oatmeal and the smooth chocolate binding meld so well together. Keep these in the fridge for a sweet treat or take them to a party where they’ll be sure to please!
Mini No Bake Oatmeal Cookies
Ingredients:
1 stick butter
1 cup sugar
1/4 cup milk
1/4 cup cocoa
3 cups oats
3/4 cup peanut butter
1 tablespoon vanilla
pinch of salt
Instructions:
- In a small saucepan, add the sugar, milk, butter, peanut butter, and cocoa. Heat over medium heat and stir constantly to combined and to keep from burning.
- Boil for 1 minutes.
- Remove from heat.
- Add the oats to a large bowl.
- Add the cocoa and sugar mixture to the oats. Add the vanilla and salt, and stir.
- Form into small balls and place on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. We used a melon baller.
- 1 stick butter
- 1 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup milk
- 1/4 cup cocoa
- 3 cups oats
- 3/4 cup peanut butter
- 1 tablespoon vanilla
- pinch of salt
- In a small saucepan, add the sugar, milk, butter, and cocoa. Heat over medium heat and stir constantly to combined and to keep from burning.
- Boil for 1 minutes.
- Remove from heat.
- Add the oats to a large bowl.
- Add the cocoa and sugar mixture to the oats. Add the vanilla and salt, and stir.
- Form into small balls and place on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper.
How will you enjoy your no bake cookies? Let us know in the comments section!
Crystal is the founder of Simply Playful Fare. She has been in the kitchen for as long as she can remember. She has a degree in English with an emphasis in creative writing.
? It says mix sugar ect but doesn’t list the amount of sugar. How much sugar should I put in???
Oh my gosh, I am so sorry! The recipe calls for 1 cup sugar. Thank you for asking and bringing this typo to my attention. 🙂
Thank you Crystal, do you by any chance know if Splenda would work or if I really need to use sugar? Just checking if I have to just eat one as I’m a diabetic but my husband LOVES these and he is a diabetic but he doesn’t watch what he eats so I don’t make them very often so I was hoping your recipe doesn’t use as much sugar or that you would say Splenda would work. I haven’t tried it yet with Splenda.
Hi Melody! I actually wanted to cut the sugar down to a half cup, but the original recipe calls for 2, so I wanted to make sure it would taste ok. I have not tried it with Splenda, but I bet it would work. You could also try half Splenda, half Sugar. You might try it with Splenda and then taste the chocolate peanut butter mixture before you mix it with the oatmeal, in case you need to add more (or add some sugar). Please let me know how it turns out!
Thank you Crystal I will give it a try. BTW, I am a diabetic who lost 85 LBS and am not on ANY medication including insulin. I was on 64 units of insulin a day before I lost the weight. I did have gastric bypass about 4 years ago as I couldn’t lose it any other way and felt with renal insuffiency stage 3 caused by Metformin I needed to do something to try to get the diabetes under control. My husband on the other hand, doesn’t try to do anything, and his father died of diabetes complications after he had his leg amputated below the knee and then above the knee. He does take Metformin which his dad refused to take medication but I don’t think that will help him much in the long run with all the sugary things he eats. The doctor lectures him every time he goes so he cancelled his last appointment, it wasn’t a necessary appointment actually so I didn’t make him go. Doc was just going to yell at him again. He didn’t want me to reschedule him but I did for January (after hunting season). He would be due to go in December which is hunting season which is his only hobby).
Wow, congratulations! That is a HUGE feat! There is a history of type 2 Diabetes in my family, so I also need to be careful about what I eat. I have tried the 21 Day Sugar Detox, and I would recommend it. The only real downside to a lot of diets like that is you have to buy a lot of expensive ingredients and use very little of it for the recipe. The sugar detox does try and use leftovers well, which I appreciate. It’s hard to make such drastic changes when you live in a sugar world. I am finding the Fitbit and counting calories is working for me at the moment. I am sorry to hear about your husband. Hopefully he will find it in himself to make the changes he needs to make. I will be thinking about you.
Hi Crystal, I don’t see when to add the peanut butter? Am I just overlooking it?
Hi Karen,
The peanut butter is just under the oats, 3/4 cup. Most of the time, I forget to include an ingredient to the recipe. 😉
Thank you so much for your comment!
I see peanut butter as an ingredient, but is not even mentioned in the instructions. When is it added?
Hi Barbara! Sorry for that oversight! Add the peanut butter with the cocoa, butter, and sugar in the sauce pan.
Hi Crystal,
Glad the counting calories and the fitbit are working for you. Thanks for thinking of me! I haven’t had a chance to try the recipe yet. I haven’t been home much. I went to Cleveland Clinic to something called After Care all day Friday. It is a free program for people that have graduated the pain management program there. I was there for 5 weeks in 2006. It seems a lot like boot camp when you are in it, as the exercise you to the point of exhaustion. I mentioned it Friday that during the sit down classes I literally fell asleep and one teacher took offence and slapped me several times to wake me up and told me she did so and all I knew was she was standing in front of my chair, I had no idea she had slapped me. That is exhausted! I.don’t think Dan will ever change. We went on a diet together in that we were just avoiding candy when we were very young. He told me he hadn’t had any! I found some in is car under his car seat! When I told his mom he had lied to me, she turned to him and told him to hide it better. I could barely believe what I was hearing! That was the only bad advice she gave him as far as I know. As I grew to know her over the years, she actually was the nicest person I know. She did the church linens until she was around 80. She got the stains out, ironed the robes for 2 priests, all the table clothes, etc. God Bless her she had 11 children and raised 1 grandchild as well. And she stayed sane! I had 1 and said I would rather work, and made sure I stopped at 1! God Bless teachers and Good bus drivers, as well as good parents that don’t harm their kids. My parents should never have been parents, maybe that’s another reason I kept it simple with 1 along with daily migraines since childhood. How are you doing?
I am doing well, thank you. It sounds like you have been busy! No worries on the recipe. 🙂 Let me know if the substitutions work when you do get around to making it. 🙂
hi Crystal! Just wondering if the recipe can possibly be microwaved? just a thought. thank you in advance
Hi Patricia. I haven’t tried microwaving, but I can’t think of why it wouldn’t work. I might have to try it myself! Thanks 🙂
what kind of oats did you use
Hi Lora,
I used regular oats because they have more chew to them, but I don’t see why you couldn’t use the quick-cook oats.
Can I omit the cocoa or substitute it with something else??
Hi Marjorie, I’m sure you could just omit the cocoa. Thanks for visiting!