Healthy No-Bake Cookies

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Healthy no-bake chocolate peanut butter cookies! Made with 8 nutritious ingredients, these healthy no bake cookies are gluten-free, dairy-free, vegan & refined sugar free!

front view of a stack of 4 healthy no bake cookies

I remember the first time I ever triedย no bake cookies…I was in heaven. I hunted down the maker of those cookies and begged for the recipe. They were 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!

7 healthy no bake cookies on a marble surface

 Healthy No-Bake Cookies: Ingredients & Substitutions

Here are a few potential substitutions for this recipe!

overhead photo of the labeled ingredients in this Healthy No Bake Cookies recipe
  • Peanut butter.ย Any nut or seed butter works well in this recipe.
  • Coconut oil.ย Butter or ghee are great substitutes for coconut oil.
  • Honey.ย Use maple syrup for a vegan version of this recipe.
  • Shredded coconut.ย If you donโ€™t care for coconut, simply replace it with an extra 1/4 cup quick-cooking oats.ย 
7 Healthy No Bake Cookies

How to Make Healthy No-Bake Cookies

These healthy no bake cookies are so easy to make! Start by melting together the coconut oil, peanut butter and honey! 

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Stir or whisk the wet ingredients together over medium-low heat until the mixture is smooth. 

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Add the dry ingredients – cocoa powder, quick-cooking oats and coconut. 

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Stir until the mixture is homogenous (uniform throughout).

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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. 

photo showing a cookie scoop portioning out a healthy no bake cookie

Serve

These healthy no bake cookies are best served cold because the coconut oil is soft at room temperature. 

Store

Store these cookies in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to one week, or in the freezer for up to 2 months.

5 Healthy No Bake Cookies

Healthy No Bake Cookies FAQs

How do you salvage No bake cookies?

If you over-cook these healthy no bake cookies, simply add a TBS of each: honey, peanut butter and coconut oil by melting them together and then mixing them into the dry cookie batter. This should help. If you burnt them, you will have to start over.

Why didn’t my No Bake Cookies Harden?

If your no bake cookies don’t harden it means you didn’t cook the mixture long enough.

front view of a healthy no bake cookie with a bite taken out of it surrounded by other cookies

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Healthy No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies

Laura
Healthy no-bake chocolate peanut butter cookies! Made with 8 nutritious ingredients, these healthy no bake cookies are gluten-free, dairy-free, vegan & refined sugar free!
4.98 from 218 votes
Course Dessert, Snack
Cuisine American
Servings 18 cookies
Calories 80
Prep Time5 minutes
Cook Time5 minutes
Chilling time20 minutes
Total Time30 minutes

Ingredients  

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 youโ€™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

These cookies are best served cold. Coconut oil becomes soft at warm temperatures!
Store
Store these cookies in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 1 week, or the freezer for up to 2 months.
Ingredient Substitutions
  • Peanut butter.ย Any nut or seed butter works well in this recipe.
  • Coconut oil.ย Butter or ghee are great substitutes for coconut oil.
  • Honey.ย Use maple syrup for a vegan version of this recipe.
  • Shredded coconut.ย If you donโ€™t care for coconut, simply replace it with an extra 1/4 cup quick-cooking oats.ย 

Nutrition

Serving: 1cookie | Calories: 80kcal | Carbohydrates: 9g | Protein: 3g | Fat: 4g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 1mg | Sodium: 75mg | Potassium: 74mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 11IU | Calcium: 14mg | Iron: 1mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

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  1. 5 stars
    Iโ€™ve made this twice. The second time I used half honey and half maple and added a mashed ripe banana. Love this recipe. Will definitely make again!

    1. 5 stars
      Had a sweet tooth but I didn’t feel like turning the oven on. These are delicious and so easy to make! I didn’t have coconut oil so I used unsalted butter. The coconut pieces add an extra crunch! Will definitely be making again!

  2. 4 stars
    Made these with maple syrup and butter. I liked them but they seemed salty to my family. We don’t use a lot of salt so not sure if that’s why or if it was because I used butter and not coconut oil. I will cut back on the salt or eliminate it altogether next time. Otherwise my family likes the taste and they are easy to make on a hot day when you don’t want to start the oven.

    1. Try with coconut oil, so creamy! Then try refrigerated or frozen. I’ve made these so many times and my whole family loves them!

  3. 5 stars
    Excellent!!! I was worried that they were too crumbly when I was rolling them together but after cooking in the refrigerator they are the perfect texture! What a great treat!

  4. 5 stars
    LOVE BAKING GRANDMA BORN 1886 BECAME A CHEF OWNED OWN INN IN 54 AND MOM AND ALL OF US LEARNED EVERYTHING FROM HER TY LOVE YOUR PAGE GOING TO VAKE SOMETHING TODAY YUMM

    WHEN I BAKE LEARNED OLD SCHOOL AND FROM GRANDMA’S AND ALL AUNTS PUT A PIECE OF WHITE BREAD INSIDE WITH COOKIES AND THINGS LIKE THAT KEEPS THEM SOFT AND ALWAYS HAVE FRESH SOFT COOKIES AND BAKE GOODS

  5. 5 stars
    Made these delicious cookies with our daughters 7 & 10. They were was so easy to make and so yummy!!!

    My husband and are watching what eat to prepare for a spartan race so to have a sweet treat like this, every so often is a lifesaver. ๐Ÿ˜Š