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3 ingredient no bake cookies

3-Ingredient No-Bake Cookies

These 3 Ingredient No Bake Cookies are chewy, chocolatey, and made with just oats, dark chocolate, and peanut butter. A fast, wholesome treat perfect for busy families, lunchboxes, or sweet cravings—ready in just 25 minutes with zero baking required.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 25 minutes
Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American
Servings 16 cookies
Calories 122 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 1 ¾ cups old-fashioned rolled oats use gluten-free if needed
  • cup dark chocolate chips 70% cocoa recommended
  • ½ cup natural runny peanut butter

Instructions
 

  • Preheat the oven to 350 °F (180 °C).
  • Line a large plate or board that fit your freezer width as you will pop this in the freezer later. Cover with parchment paper, lightly oil paper. Set aside.
  • Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper and arrange the oats on the tray in a single layer.
  • Roast the oats for 12 minutes, stirring halfway. Let them cool down on the tray at room temperature.
  • Meanwhile, in a saucepan add peanut butter and your favorite chocolate chips. Make sure you pick the cocoa level that matches your tastebuds. I recommend 70% cocoa for a healthy treats, it's lightly sweet but not too sweet, not too bitter. Go for 85% cocoa for ultra-low sugar, not sweet cookies and health conscious palate. If you prefer the cookies sweet, try 55% cocoa chocolate.
  • Bring the saucepan over medium heat, warm, and stir with a rubber spatula until the ingredients are nicely melted. Remove from the heat.
  • Stir the roasted oats immediately and vigorously. It's okay if your oats it's still warm. Stir quickly, to coat fully with the mixture. It's important to be quick as the mixture dries out as you stir.
  • Use a small cookie dough scoop to scoop out some cookie dough mixture, press firmly in the scoop to compact the cookie mixture then release it on the prepared plate. Lightly oil your finger tips and press the top of each cookie to flatten.
  • Repeat until the whole mixture as been formed into cookies.
  • Freeze the cookies for 15 minutes to quickly set them or simply place them in the fridge for 3 hours to firm up.

Notes

Note 1: Quick oats work too. Pick gluten-free certified oats if needed.
 
Note 2: I am using 70% dark chocolate for this recipe as I like my cookies on the healthy side, but still sweet. For sweeter cookies, use 55% cocoa chocolate chips also called semi-sweet chocolate chips. For ultra-low sugar cookies, use 85% chocolate.
 
Note 3: You can also swap for almond butter, cashew butter, or sunflower seed butter for a nut-free option. Make sure your jar of nut-butter is fresh and runny, if it’s dry – not enough oil – the no-bake cookie dough will be super dry and never stick together.
 
Storage: Store the cookies in the fridge for up to 3 weeks in a sealed box, or freeze them for up to 1 month and eat them frozen or thaw them for 30 minutes at room temperature before serving. 

Nutrition

Serving: 1cookieCalories: 122kcalCarbohydrates: 12gProtein: 3.6gFat: 7.1gSaturated Fat: 3.1gPolyunsaturated Fat: 1.2gMonounsaturated Fat: 2.3gSodium: 43mgPotassium: 125.1mgFiber: 1.6gSugar: 3.5gVitamin A: 0.8IUVitamin C: 0.04mgCalcium: 31.3mgIron: 0.6mg

(Nutrition is estimated and will vary based on actual ingredients used)

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