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No need to heat up the oven, these No Bake Chocolate Candy Cookies come together in minutes, and are so delicious. Just a few simple ingredients, and you have amazing little candy cookies of deliciousness.
You might want to call these No bake chocolate oatmeal cookies without peanut butter as well. I’ve also heard that they are called frogs, Raggedy Robbins, fiddle diddles, or chocolate macaroons. The names are so interesting to me!
But I love these cookies because they are delicious, and no peanut butter needed!
I’m really excited to share today’s recipe for No Bake Chocolate Candy Cookies with you, for many reasons!
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Favorite treats!
First, this recipe for No Bake Chocolate Candy Cookies is one of my favorite dessert treats, and has been since I was a kid.
My mom used to make these No Bake Chocolate Candy Cookies. I love sharing my mom’s recipes. She took good care of me and taught me lots about cooking. Want to check out more of her recipes? She often made Crescent Chicken Squares, Salad Dressing, Strawberry Shortcake, and Party Punch.
I remember being a kid and coming downstairs sometimes on Sunday mornings and there would be lots of cooled chocolate candy cookies that she had made the night before.
Oh that was such a special treat.
Candy cookie!
These No Bake Chocolate Candy Cookies are like a chocolate praline. More candy than cookie, I’d say.
But, with that oatmeal, oh my. And, yes, I ate them for breakfast, and still will!
Try all my No Bake Candy Cookie Recipes
I love these candy cookies so much I experimented with different flavor combinations. Give them all a try! Peppermint Mocha Candy Cookies, Vegan Chocolate Coconut Candy Cookies, Chocolate Covered Strawberry No Bake Candy Cookies, and Pumpkin Spice Candy Cookies.
And if you’re looking for the recipe that has peanut butter, check these no bake peanut butter cookies out.
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It’s the Good Cookie Food Bloggers Valentine’s Event.
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I’m excited to support C4KC in their tenth anniversary year.
This is the second year for this Good Cookie Food Bloggers Valentine’s Event, and my first year participating in the fun!
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No Bake Chocolate Candy Cookies ingredient notes
Cocoa
This was one of the first recipes I learned how to make.
And, I remember asking my mom what the ingredient for “cocoa” was; if it was the unsweetened cocoa, or did it mean like the drink mix, like Nesquik. She told me that either was fine.
And, yes, I’ve made these No Bake Chocolate Candy Cookies with either unsweetened cocoa or sweetened chocolaty drink mix.
And, you know, it comes out either way; it’s just sweeter with the drink mix!
I decided to write the recipe as the unsweetened stuff because I think it’s better that way.
Also, I used Hershey’s Special Dark cacao for the cookies you see in these pictures (isn’t that a pretty color!).
Want to read more about cocoa? I have a nice quick post about Dutch process cocoa and natural cocoa – Take a look here.
Oatmeal
My mom’s original recipe calls for quick cooking (instant) oatmeal.
I generally stock Old-fashioned oatmeal in my cupboard, and I prefer the Old-fashioned oatmeal. So, I call for that in my version.
If you only have instant oatmeal, go ahead and use that.
Instant oatmeal will have a little softer texture, whereas old-fashioned will be a little more toothsome.
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No Bake Chocolate Candy Cookies Recipe
No Bake Chocolate Candy Cookies
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter
- 2 cups granulated sugar
- ½ cup milk
- ½ cup unsweetened cocoa
- 3 cups old-fashioned oatmeal uncooked
- 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
Instructions
- In a heavy bottomed saucepan, melt the butter. Add sugar, milk, and cocoa. Bring the mixture to a boil, and let boil 2 minutes. Remove from heat. Add oatmeal and vanilla. Stir to combine. Drop by large spoonfuls onto aluminum foil or use a cookie dough scoop to form mounds. Allow cookies to cool.
Nutrition
Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations, and should be considered estimates. Actual nutritional content will vary based on brands used, measuring methods, portion sizes, and more.
michele
My grandma used to make something like this…. and I never had the recipe. Definitely going to try them…. they sound amazing!
Jennifer A Stewart
It’s still so hot and sticky here in Atlanta I am always open to a no bake dessert!
Rhonda
The recipe originally calls for unsweetened cocoa powder not hot chocolate mix and it’s quick cooking oats not old fashioned. I’m 61 and been making this since I was about 10.