Healthy No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies! Made with only 8 good-for-you ingredients & ready in 30 minutes, they’re a delicious treat you can feel great about eating!
I remember the first time I ever tried No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies…I about died. I hunted down the maker of those cookies and begged for the recipe. They were super easy to make, but I wasn’t a fan of the nutritional profile.
Since my first encounter with these little bits of chocolate/peanut butter heaven, it became my mission to create a healthier version! I’ve made this recipe more times than I can count, which means I’m very glad that these Healthy No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies are gluten-free, dairy-free, refined-sugar free AND vegan-friendly!
These Healthy No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies are made with only 8 good-for-you ingredients, all of which you probably have on hand right now – yay!
How to make Healthy No-Bake Peanut Butter Cookies
These healthy no bake cookies are so easy to make! Start by melting together the coconut oil, peanut butter and honey!
Stir or whisk the wet ingredients together over medium-low heat until the mixture is smooth.
Add the dry ingredients – cocoa powder, quick-cooking oats and coconut.
Stir until the mixture is homogenous (uniform throughout). Then, use a 1 TBS measuring spoon or cookie scoop to portion out the no bake cookies, and place them onto a baking sheet lined with waxed paper. Let them harden at room temperature or in the refrigerator or freezer.
These healthy no bake cookies are best served cold because the coconut oil is soft at room temperature.
Healthy No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies: Ingredients & Substitutions
Here are a few potential substitutions for this recipe!
- Peanut butter. Any nut or seed butter should work well in this recipe!
- Coconut oil. Butter or ghee are great substitutes for coconut oil!
- Honey. Use maple syrup for a vegan version of this recipe!
- Shredded coconut. If you don’t care for coconut, simply replace it with an extra 1/4 cup quick-cooking oats. However, I think the coconut is one of the ingredients that makes this recipe extra special and delicious! 🙂
More easy, healthy dessert recipes
- If you’re looking for a way to make these healthy no bake cookies even more fun…you can turn them into nests at easter time! 🙂
- These Chocolate Peanut Butter Coconut Bars are so so good!
- Chocolate date energy bites are a healthy snack or dessert!
- Either of these delicious ice cream recipes: chocolate, vanilla! (dairy-free)
- Black bean brownies are one of my favorites!
- Also these healthy peanut butter blondies!
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Healthy No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies
Ingredients
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- ¼ cup honey (or maple syrup for vegan)!
- ¼ cup coconut oil measured in solid state.
- 2 TBS unsweetened cocoa powder
- ¼ tsp sea salt
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup quick cooking oats
- ¼ cup shredded unsweetened coconut
Instructions
- Line a cookie sheet with waxed paper, set aside.
- Combine peanut butter, honey salt and coconut oil in a saucepan and heat, stirring continuously, until melted and well-combined.
- Stir in vanilla and cocoa powder.
- Add quick-cooking oats and mix well.
- Add coconut and stir until completely combined.
- Drop 1 TBS portions of mixture onto your prepared baking sheet. Continue until you’ve used all your cookie mixture.
- Let cool in the refrigerator or freezer until hardened.
- Serve cold or frozen!
- Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator!
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Notes
Ingredient substitutions:
- Peanut butter. Any nut or seed butter should work well in this recipe!
- Coconut oil. Butter or ghee are great substitutes for coconut oil!
- Honey. Use maple syrup for a vegan version of this recipe!
- Shredded coconut. If you don’t care for coconut, simply replace it with an extra 1/4 cup quick-cooking oats. However, I think the coconut is one of the ingredients that makes this recipe extra special and delicious! 🙂
Nutrition
For some, summer is coming to a close…but I live in Utah where it stays hot well through September. I still try to avoid using my oven as much as possible, which is why this recipe is perfect! Delicious no-bake treats help us fall-lovers survive the extended hot weather!
These cookies are a fantastic after school snack to make for your kids too! They’re fast, easy, and taste like a treat {but are really healthy}! Your kids will think they are having dessert before dinner, when in fact they are fueling their bodies with protein, fiber, and healthy fats! #bossmom
If you don’t have kids, they are the perfect treat to refuel and reenergize your body after a great workout! Quick note: these cookies are best served cold. Coconut oil becomes soft at warm temperatures!
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Krystle
These are so good! Ive made these with and without the cocoa and they’re great both ways.
Lexi S.
Can I use old fashioned whole grain oats?
Laura
I recommend pulsing them in the blender or food processor before using in this recipe.
Ruth
Yes! I only use old fashioned oats, not breaking them into smaller pieces, and it makes no difference here since all the peanut butter and fat hold them together. I add extra 2 T of the coconut oil or melted butter, and they taste great this way. I had to add an extra 1/2 cup oats since they were too mucky, though, but I managed to get 14 nice size (not too large) cookies.
Jennifer
These were amazing!! The batch only made 17 though. I will double up next time.
Suzanne
This looks delicious, thank you for sharing!
Kari🐥 Kuipers (me)
Super yummy. My new favorite go to. Are the nutrition details accurate? And is the serving size per coookie?
Avani
I never comment on recipes, but this is comment worthy. SO easy and SO delicious!! I made one batch and then immediately made another! Thank you!
Laura
Wow thank you Avani!!! I’m so grateful you enjoyed them!
Rosita
Can I use old fashioned oats in the recipe?
Laura
You can pulse them in a blender to give them the quick-cooking texture.
Hannah
I used gluten free oats and they came out fantastic! A really good lower guilt dessert!
Laura
So glad you enjoyed them Hannah!
Cynthia
One question, the calorie content what are the calories in calories, not kcal? Thank you I look forward to making these.
Laura
KCal and Calories (big C) are the same unit of measurement.
Mary Jo J Jansen
I made these today after making homemade peanut butter and made three changes which I think brought this cookie to the next level. I toasted the oats and as well as the coconut. Added about a half cup of toasted pecans. The flavor was incredible.
Laura
Sounds amazing!
ZGF
I’ve been quarantined at home, and there’s very few things available right now had no coconut/coconut oil/cocoa. So I substituted with coconut milk (lucky to have had some at home from before), butter and hot chocolate mix. I’ve been eating healthy but still get dessert cravings from time to time. This was amazing!!! Thanks so much for putting it out there.
Kristyn
Super great!!! Changed out the coconut oil for unsweetened applesauce (1 to 1 ratio) & turned out great!
CJ
I have to say that even though I haven’t officially tried them yet, the kitchen smells amazing now after making these. Thank you for “cleaning up” our favorite recipes!!!
Muah!!
Heather
Does the coconut oil make this taste very strongly of coconut?
Laura
I don’t think so! But there is coconut in the recipe which does make it taste like coconut!
Seema
Made this twice since the pandemic has started…. I use the dark cocoa powder for the mix and then I melt some dark chocolate and drizzle on top after they have cooled and top with a little shredded coconut… maybe that defeats the ‘healthy’ part but it’s so good! Thanks for sharing 🙂
Christine
I have never left a comment for any recipe. But I felt I had to this time. WOW these were just absolutely delicious!!! I am so happy about this recipe!
Kyleigh
Really good but with this recipe it only made 9 not 24! Is that normal?
Laura
Did you use a 1 TBS measuring spoon to scoop out the batter? If so it should make more than 9!
Lauren
I’m with you! I think it made 9 or 10 and I used a measuring spoon. They are delicious but serving size is off, which means nutrition is off 🙁
Lin
These are delicious and quite flexible. I’ve made them with butter instead of coconut oil, with regular oats instead of quick oats, omitting the cocoa powder and/or coconut, substituted raw fiber for the coconut…even reduced honey to 2 tbsp (they were a little crumbly that time). Every time a winner.
Kimberly
So tasty! Thank you for a great alternative!
Alex
These are absolutely delicious! I’ve made 3 dozen in the past week alone! Also, instead of honey, I used some agave that I had. So delicious! I have this recipe bookmarked on every device in the house! Love it
Gruicia
Absolutely delicious! We ate most of the batter.
I would totally recommend!
Laura
LOL It’s hard to resist that batter!
Maria
LOVE these! Made a double batch yesterday and raved about them to my family. My sister just made a batch based off my rave review. I agree that they taste better than the original, unhealthy version.
I added 1/4 cup of collagen to my doubled recipe and they turned out deliciously!
Thanks for the fabulous recipe!
Laura
Thank you so much Maria! Love the addition of some extra protein too! 🙂