Best Peanut Butter Chocolate No Bake Cookies

No hot oven is required to make this totally addicting Chocolate Peanut Butter No Bake Cookies recipe.  They’re rich, chewy, and loaded with peanut butter, oats, and gooey melted marshmallows.

If you love a great chocolate peanut butter combo, try our Peanut Butter Muddy Buddies, Buckeye Balls, and our Reese’s Peanut Butter Bars.

Chocolate Peanut Butter No Bake Cookies Recipe

These chocolate peanut butter no-bake cookies taste like childhood.  They’re soft and chewy, a little messy, and perfect for making at any time of the year for absolutely any occasion. Whether you need an afterschool snack, potluck dessert, or last minute bake sale cookie, these will be a guaranteed hit.

Another reason to love no-bake cookies is that they make the perfect kitchen project to work on with little ones.  Our kids always love mixing up melted marshmallows, peanut butter and sticky syrup, and you can have fun by letting them choose fun sprinkles or chocolate chips to add in.

Key Ingredients

• Butter – we prefer unsalted for this recipe but if you want to use salted, just cut back on the additional salt in the recipe.
• Cocoa Powder – the better the cocoa powder, the better the flavor of the cookies!
• Milk – either whole milk or 2% will work great.
• Sugar – use regular white granulated sugar to make the syrup that holds these cookies together.
• Peanut Butter – crunchy or creamy peanut butter will work.  We recommend using one of the “regular” brands, such as Jif or Skippy, however if you do want to use natural peanut butter, you’ll need to double the amount of marshmallows.
• Marshmallows – we suggest using mini marshmallows as they melt more easily.
• Oats – we like the texture of old-fashioned rolled oats in no-bake cookies.

How To Make Chocolate Peanut Butter No Bake Cookies

1. Boil butter and sugar mixture.  In a large non-stick pan, melt the butter, then add the milk, cocoa powder, sugar and salt and bring the mixture to a rolling boil.  Once the mixture comes to a boil, boil for 1 minute, then remove from the heat.
2. Add the rest of the ingredients.  Add the vanilla, peanut butter and mini marshmallows.  Stir well until the marshmallows are melted, then add in the salt and rolled oats and stir again to combine.
3. Drop, cool and serve.  Using two spoons, carefully drop small mounds of cookie mixture onto the prepared baking sheet (large baking sheets lined with parchment paper) and let them cool for at least 20 minutes at room temperature before either eating or storing in an airtight container.  Enjoy!

Tips for No Bake Cookies

• Using a cookie scoop instead of two spoons can help ensure that all cookies are the exact same size.
• Be sure and boil for exactly 1 minute.  It’s a good idea to even set a timer to be sure because if you don’t boil long enough, the cookies will not set up correctly.
• Use a non-stick pot to keep the cookie mixture from sticking and to make clean-up so much easier.
• Make sure and let your cookies set up for at least 20 minutes before trying to store them or else you risk them falling apart.

Frequently Asked Questions

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These Chocolate Peanut Butter No-Bake Cookies are soft and chewy, a little messy and perfect for any occasion.  Plus, they require no hot oven and can be ready in less than 30 minutes.