Make these peanut butter chocolate no bake cookies when you are in a pinch or when you need a fast easy treat. Love these but not interested in coconut? Make these: No Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies.
Ensuring Your Cookies Set
This is an incredibly simple cookie recipe, but it does have a very key step. It is very important that in step two you bring your mixture to a roaring boil. If you are seeing simmering, in other words small occasional bubbles, you are not quite there yet. You need to see really big bubbles that are nonstop. Once you to that point, then you can start your timer and boil the mixture for a minute. Doing this will ensure that the cookies will set. Or it could be that the holidays are just making me super emotional. The fact that I ate like 7 of these no bake chocolate peanut butter cookies without blinking might be supporting evidence.
Old Fashioned or Quick Cooking Oats
Both old fashioned and quick cooking oats work in this easy chocolate peanut butter no bake cookie recipe. I use old fashioned oats because it is what I tend to have on hand and also because I love the look and texture it gives these chocolate peanut butter no bake cookies. That being said, if you only have quick cooking oats on hand, then use those. You could also consider adding toasted coconut. It brings another element to this incredible recipe.
Storing
No Bake Chocolate Peanut Oatmeal Cookies can be stored at room temperature for up to two weeks. Store them in an airtight container. As with all recipes, use your best discretion when it comes to leftovers.
Freezing
These are amazing to freeze. Freeze them in a single layer for a few hours, in other words, flash freeze them. Then transfer them to an airtight container and store them in your refrigerator for up to three months. When ready to eat, allow them to thaw at room temperature. In a single layer, it will take less than 30 minutes for them to thaw.
