No-Bake Chocolate Coconut Peanut Butter Cookies

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½ cup honey or maple syrup
¼ cup coconut oil
¼ cup cocoa powder
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
½ cup peanut butter
1 cup quick oats*
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Combine first 4 ingredients in a small pot and bring to a boil. Boil 3 minutes and remove from heat. Stir in peanut butter, oats, and vanilla.

Drop by spoonfuls onto waxed paper. I like to store mine in the freezer, but the fridge also works if you don’t want them quite so hard. Makes about 12 cookies.

*You can substitute some dried coconut for the oats, especially if you want gluten free.

Recipe submitted by Joy, Lobelville, TN

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Published on March 11, 2009

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12 Comments

Holly December 18, 2015 at 8:56 pm - Reply

I loved the idea of this recipe but didn’t have oats so I changed it up a bit. I chopped up 1/2 cup pecans, 1/2 cup walnuts, and 1/4 cup dried cranberries to replace the oats…also I used half virgin coconut oil and half expeller pressed, and I heated it only enough to melt and mix it (no boiling). I left out the cinnamon, added a pinch of salt, added a little vanilla powder and little ground vanilla bean…put it in parchment paper on a pie sheet, and stuck it in the freezer to harden. Oh my! I did good! Thanks for the inspiration!

Holly December 21, 2015 at 8:45 pm - Reply

Also I used 1/4 c honey and 1/4 c maple syrup as the sweetener.

Renee May 4, 2012 at 4:30 pm - Reply

I just made these as the recipe states and all I can say is OMGosh!  Thanks for sharing.

Sarah:) September 23, 2011 at 12:43 am - Reply

Melanie: You need the sugar to melt down and crystallize, making a candy-like syrup that will help the cookies to firm up.

melanie September 22, 2011 at 1:40 pm - Reply

I’m curious why you have to boil the tarnation out of it?  It seems like you would lose some of the health benefits of the raw honey and EVCO.  I may try a batch at low heat and see if the flavors and ingredients blend together okay.

Michelle September 5, 2011 at 3:59 pm - Reply

I have made these twice…the first time, I followed the recipe using coconut pulp after making coconut milk (rather than oats) and substituted cashew butter for peanut butter…it was sooo yummy!!  The second time, as well as the 2 changes above, I used only 1/4 cup of honey and a tsp of Stevia powder, then added a little more coconut oil.  They came out great!!  Perfect for us, since we are grain-free!

wv October 25, 2010 at 6:31 pm - Reply

I made these today with honey. I think I cooked the part on the stove a bit too long, but it seemed to make it extra yummy- it made the final cookie taste like chocolate caramel coconut peanut butter cookies. Sooo yummy!

I doubled the recipe as I was bringing them somewhere, but I only ended up with one cookie for myself. Now I know to make extra.

Definitely a keeper!

Kelly April 29, 2010 at 6:05 pm - Reply

These are the tastiest healthy cookies I’ve ever had! I made these with the dark organic cocoa from this web site, all natural peanut butter, and raw cinnamon honey, so no extra cinnamon was added. Way better than regular sicky sweet no bakes! These are surprisingly filling too, so 2 was enough for me. I will make again & again. Awesome healthful cookies!

Sarah April 28, 2010 at 12:56 pm - Reply

You don’t have to use the cinnamon if you don’t want to, it’s just a flavoring. Some people like the chocolate+spices flavor, and others don’t. It’s always good to try something new, you just might like it. ;) But it’s really personal preference; taking it out won’t ruin the recipe or anything.

Charity April 27, 2010 at 8:19 pm - Reply

This looks delicious, except for the cinnamon.  I have never put cinnamon in peanut butter cookies before.  Does it really taste good, and is it a crucial part of the recipe?

Sarah March 15, 2009 at 11:56 am - Reply

That’ll depend on what type of coconut oil you use. If you use virgin coconut oil, definitely. If you use expeller pressed, probably not. Let me know what you think if you try this.

megan March 15, 2009 at 9:01 am - Reply

These sound good. Can you really taste the coconut from the coconut oil?

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