Chocolate Peanut Butter no-bake cookies

Posted July 18, 2018 by Whitney in Review / 0 Comments

When starting Plastic-Free July  I promised to focus on my co-op’s bulk section when buying food and; if I wanted something sweet I had to make it myself.  Well, my sweet tooth struck and deemed it was time to put on my baking hat.

I looked in my refrigerator and compared its contents to that of my Baking Pinterest Board and settled on no-bake peanut butter cookies, because let’s face it, I can be a bit lazy. However, I wanted something with a little chocolate in it and grabbed a bag of semi-sweet morsels to add to the mix.

For a baking beginner, I was pretty impressed if I do say so myself.  In my biased opinion, I think they’re delicious.  These cookies are sweet, but not overly so and couldn’t resist trying one (or two) after they were done.  These easy, vegan cookies will become new go-to.

Peanut Butter Chocolate No-Bake Cookies

  • 1 cup rolled oats
  • 1/2 cup peanut butter ((For this recipe I used crunchy but creamy works great too))
  • 1/2 cup chocolate morsels softened ((I used semi-sweet but bittersweet would be fine too))
  • 3/4 cup medjool dates (chopped and pitted)
  1. add the oats to a food processor and pulse several times to create a flour

  2. add the dates to the mix until they are combined

  3. The chocolate morsels come next, if frozen or hard pop them in the microwave for 30-45 seconds.  I found they mixed in with the other ingredients better when softened.

  4. Lastly, add your peanut butter and mix until you have a dough.

  5. To form the cookies I used a tablespoon and if needed add another half. 

  6. refrigerate for ten minutes (I’ve found they keep their shape better when adding this step).

Notes:

*recipe adapted from Minimalist Baker

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