My dear blogging friend from Girl Unwinding inspired me to make these damn good cookies. Not because they looked so awesome (which they did) but I totally loved her tea and cookies photo. Coolest teapot ever! She found the recipe at Shugary Sweets.
I know I know… Another no bake cookie? The day I made these I felt pretty silly making a summer cookie on a cold day. It was 15C and dark and dreary but I do know there are some people on this planet still sweltering so why not?!
I only made half the recipe but will write it in full for you. You are going to need 2 cups sugar, 1/4 cup cocoa, 1/2 cup milk and 1/2 cup butter (recipe calls for margarine but I used butter).
Over medium heat, bring to a boil for one minute. Remove from heat.
Add 1/4 cup of peanut butter and 1/4 cup of Nutella. I had a giant jar of Nutella that had kind of hardened so I added that first to melt in.
Then add 1 tsp of vanilla, a pinch of salt and 3 cups of quick oats. It was a little runny so I added some additional oats. Stir until combined.
I used an ice cream scoop to drop the cookies onto parchment paper. I wanted big cookies. You were supposed to refrigerate these but I didn’t.
Wow!!!!! I LOVED these cookies! Now you know I like this style of cookie in general but what surprised me about this one is it is really super fudge-y.
I was not sure if I was going to like the peanut butter/Nutella combo but it just made it chocolatey and nutty. I may add just Nutella next time since I am crazy about that hazelnut flavour and always want more. Still, I thought these were perfect. I give them five out of five wooden spoons.
Reg tends to like crispier cookies more than I do but he did like these, probably because they were almost more like fudge than cookie. And with all those oats and zero gluten, maybe that balances out all the butter?
Yes, the weather is definitely shifting and you can feel summer coming to a close. The good news is that means we will be able to turn on our ovens soon. But not quite yet. I am not ready to trade salads and smoothies for roasts and stews.
I will remain in denial over the change in seasons for as long as I can.
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Nutella goes hard eventually? Who knew? It never lasts long enough around our place for that to happen!
Whoa Nutella heaven! I’m sure I’d love these with the PB, but an all Nutella cookie sounds pretty darn good to me too. I bet you could always add some Rice Krispies and cut back the oats a bit to make them somewhat crispy and Reg friendly lol.
YUMMY! I’ve made a very similar version of these with peanut butter, but we LOVE Nutella, so these are going on my list of treats to try 🙂
OMG! Suzi those look insane! I gotta make some of these , and me too! I love that Nutella stuff ! yum ! you should be thinking about a recipe book gurl , cuz your good! : )
I hope your feeling better these days : )
Debra, I know, can you believe I had some that long?! I can’t.
Ava, oh yes, Rice Krispies would work great too and then Reg would get some crunch, LOL.
Tammy, an all peanut butter one would be good too. I think you would like these! They end up very chocolatey.
M, if you love Nutella, totally give these a shot. Oh one day it would be nice to make a cookbook, especially with support like that. Thank you and I am doing my best! You are so sweet.
They look great. I’m looking for snacks to take to my night classes. Do you know approximately how long they keep once they are done ? Did you keep them on the counter or in the fridge ?
Thanks !
Mélodie, the recipe says to store them in the fridge which will help them last longer. I don’t like cold cookies and mine have been on the counter two days and were still pretty darn good. Three days at the most at room temp I guess! After that they will definitely dry out. You could try freezing them until the night before your class and then letting them the thaw the next day? Hope that helps!
Thanks, it helps. I’ll do a batch and try all three ways: on the counter, in the fridge and in the freezer (I would not have thought about it, good idea!). I’ll see what I prefer 🙂 I bought the Nutella yesterday. I’m ready!
Oh good, glad to help Mélodie! And wow, good for you for trying all those different ways of storing them to see what you prefer. Enjoy!
Oh my gosh, YUM! 😀
I’m nuts over Nutella. I so do have to try this. I’ll do it with the peanut butter, not a big fan of pb.
Big shout out and Congrats Suzie! Your Nutella cookies got the honourable “pic of the week” spot on Food Network site. Well deserved my foodie friend!
Thank you Ava! I had no idea the pic was chosen, thank you so much for letting me know. 🙂
Suzie, how much does one full serving make of these cookies? They look so good. I want to make them for a cookie exchange and need to make 4 dozen cookies.
Oh man, I don’t remember and the original recipe seems to have disappeared. Wow, that is a lot of cookies. I would definitely double it and see. You wouldn’t want to do more than doubling the first time because I am not sure how well everything would come together in a pot with that many ingredients and you want the right texture.