No Bake Cookies (Without Peanut Butter

3.40 from 5 votes

Need a recipe for no bake cookies without peanut butter? These are the best no bake cookies we've tried, and they're completely nut-free!

Prep Time10

Resting Time1

Total Time1 10

Course: Dessert, Snack

Cuisine: American

Keyword: no bake cookies

Servings: cookies

Calories: 143kcal

Line two baking trays with parchment paper or with silicone baking mats and set aside.
Add the brown sugar, white sugar, milk, butter and unsweetened cocoa powder to a large pot and bring to a boil over medium heat.
½ cup brown sugar, 1 ½ cups sugar, ½ cup butter, ½ cup milk, ⅓ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
Let the mix boil for about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally. It should get thicker and start bubbling slower after 5 minutes.
Remove the pot from the stovetop and stir in the vanilla and salt.
1 teaspoon vanilla extract, ¼ teaspoon salt
Add the oats and stir quickly, coating the oats completely in the chocolatey syrup.
3 cups quick cook rolled oats
Scoop the oat mix onto the prepared cookie sheet trays, making two tablespoon sized cookies. Do not worry about spacing them perfectly as they don’t need to bake! The size the cookies are now is the size they will be when they are done.
Let the cookies sit at room temperature for about an hour to harden. You can also pop the trays in the fridge to speed up the cooling process.
Enjoy!

Quick cooking rolled oats are also called instant oats or 5 minute oats. They are simply softer than regular old-fashioned oats and will make the cookies less chewy.
Scoop the cookie dough into one tablespoon sized mounds for smaller, bite sized cookies.