Healthy No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies
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!
Servings: 18 cookies
Cost: $4
Ingredients
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- ¼ cup honey (or maple syrup)
- ¼ cup coconut oil (or butter)
- 2 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- ¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
- 1 cup quick cooking oats
- ¼ cup unsweetened coconut (shredded)
Instructions
- Line a cookie sheet with waxed paper, set aside.
- Combine peanut butter, honey salt and coconut oil in a saucepan and cook on medium heat, stirring continuously, until the ingredients are melted and the mixture is smooth.
- Stir in vanilla and cocoa powder.
- Add quick-cooking oats and coconut and stir until combined.
- Continue cooking over medium heat until the mixture is slightly thickened, 1-3 minutes.
- Drop 1 Tablespoon portions of the mixture onto the prepared baking sheet. Continue until you’ve used all the cookie mixture.
- Let cool in the refrigerator or freezer until hardened.
- Serve cold or at room temperature.
- Store in an airtight container in the refrigerator.
Video
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. Any nut or seed butter works 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 ¼ cup quick-cooking oats.
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