Healthy No Bake Cookies

No bake cookies are one of those recipes that lives rent free in my memory from childhood. The classic version with butter, sugar, cocoa, oats, and peanut butter cooked down on the stove and dropped onto wax paper to set is genuinely one of the best things ever created and I have always loved them. This version keeps every single bit of that nostalgic chocolate peanut butter goodness and swaps in more nourishing ingredients that make them something I feel completely great about eating any time of day. Same cozy familiar flavor, just made with things that are actually doing something good for you.

Natural peanut butter, maple syrup, honey, and coconut oil melt together on the stove into the richest, creamiest base that smells incredible and tastes even better. The coconut oil replaces the butter and adds a subtle richness that works beautifully with the chocolate and peanut butter. Maple syrup and honey do the sweetening naturally and together they add a depth of flavor that white sugar just cannot replicate. A generous splash of vanilla and a pinch of salt go in off the heat and then the rolled oats and shredded coconut fold in and transform the whole mixture into something that looks and smells exactly like the no bake cookies you grew up with.

The shredded coconut is the detail that makes these feel a little different from the classic version and a little more interesting. It adds a subtle chewiness and a faint tropical sweetness that pairs with the chocolate and peanut butter in a way that makes you want to figure out exactly what is in them before you realize you have already eaten three. It also adds texture that makes these feel more substantial and satisfying than a standard no bake cookie which means one or two is genuinely enough to satisfy a craving.

Scoop them onto a lined baking sheet and let them firm up in the fridge for about thirty minutes and that is the entire process. No oven, no thermometer, no complicated technique. Keep them in an airtight container in the fridge for up to a week or the freezer for up to three months and you have a nourishing, satisfying, completely nostalgic treat ready to grab any time you need one. These are the no bake cookies that make everyone ask for the recipe.

Healthy No-Bake Cookies

Healthy no bake cookies made with natural peanut butter, maple syrup, honey, coconut oil, cocoa powder, rolled oats, and shredded coconut. Naturally sweetened, no oven required, and ready in thirty minutes including chill time. The nourishing version of the classic no bake cookie that tastes just as good as the original and keeps in the fridge all week.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Chill Time 30 minutes mins

Course Dessert

Cuisine American

Ingredients

  

• ½ cup creamy peanut butter
• 2 Tbs honey
• 2 Tbs maple syrup
• ¼ cup coconut oil
• 2 Tbs cocoa powder
• splash of vanilla
• pinch of salt
• 1 cup rolled oats
• ⅓ cup shredded coconut

Instructions

 

• In a sauce pan over medium heat combine peanut butter, honey, maple syrup and coconut oil. Stir until creamy and smooth.
• Remove from heat and stir in vanilla and salt.
• Add oats and shredded coconut and stir until everything is coated.
• Line a baking sheet with wax paper and using a 2 Tbs cookie scoop or spoon, scoop out balls of dough and place them on the baking sheet.
• Let these firm up in the refrigerator and ENJOY!!

Keyword cookies, no bake dessert