No Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies with Peanut Butter are super simple to make! If you're looking for awesome no bake oatmeal cookies, you've come to the right place. This no bake oatmeal cookie recipe is as easy as 1,2,3.

In case you couldn't tell, we love whipping up easy recipes around here. Which is why you'll find a lot of no bake desserts like Snickers Cheesecake Parfait, Smores Icebox Cake, and Hazelnut Cheesecake Layered Dessert on Zikug. We love simple, and we love recipes that taste great!

I love exploring my favorite no bake cookie recipes, and have found a lot of good ones in No Bake Cookies by Camilla V. Saulsbury.

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No Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies with Peanut Butter: A Perfect Mix of Chocolate and Peanut Butter

These no bake oatmeal cookies are the perfect mix of chocolatey and peanut buttery goodness. They certainly look like no bake chocolate oatmeal cookies, but the ½ cup peanut butter they contain can't help but peek through the chocolate flavor. The peanut butter also gives them a softer, creamier texture... heaven!

Even better, No Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies with Peanut Butter are amazingly easy and inexpensive to make. I couldn't believe how simple and delicious they were, and I didn't even have to turn on the oven!

Step #1: Mix the butter, sugar, milk, vanilla, peanut butter, and chocolate chips on the stove over low until melted. (If you would like to use less than 1 cup sugar, see my note below in the "tips" section.)

pot containing no bake chocolate oatmeal cookies ingredients including butter, chocolate chips, and peanut butter

Step #2: Next, mix in 3 cups of oatmeal and stir until mixed. (If you'd like, you can add a bit more oatmeal.)

no bake chocolate oatmeal cookies batter with oatmeal being stirred in with a wooden spoon

This is what your mixture should look like when all the ingredients are combined:

closeup of no bake chocolate oatmeal cookies batter in a blue bowl

Step #3: Drop cookies on wax paper in spoonfuls to firm up.

no bake chocolate oatmeal cookies dropped by spoonfuls onto wax paper

Tips for Making These No Bake Oatmeal Cookies

Tip #1. You can experiment with reducing the sugar content. The original recipe (from Food.com) called for twice as much sugar (of course it didn't use chocolate chips either), and at one cup, my version was plenty sweet. Next time I might reduce it to only ¾ cup of sugar, so feel free to try that too.

Tip #2: Instead of running to the store for one or two ingredients, see if there is something you can substitute it for. You will not only be saving on the 1-2 items you needed for the recipe, but the countless other things that might seem appealing at the store.

Case in point with this recipe... I didn't have cocoa powder or quite enough quick oats. I used chocolate chips and ended up throwing in ½ cup of non-quick oats to get the job done. The no bake oatmeal cookies recipe turned out GREAT and we will make it (or another version depending on what we have on hand) again soon. Never be afraid to experiment in the kitchen!

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No Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies with Peanut Butter

Yield Servings 24
Prep Prep Time 10 mins
Total Total Time 10 mins

Ingredients

½ cup butter
1 cup sugar
½ cup milk
2 teaspoons vanilla
½ cup peanut butter
½ cup chocolate chips
3 cups oatmeal, I used quick oats

Instructions

1
Mix first 6 ingredients on stove top over low heat until melted together.
2
Mix in 3 cups of oatmeal and stir until mixed. You can add a little more oatmeal if you want. 3 cups worked perfectly for me.
3
In spoonfuls, drop cookies on wax paper to cool and firm up.

Notes. Adapted from Food.com. Reduce to ¾ cup sugar if desired.