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No-Bake Peanut Butter Turtle Cookies

5 from 2 votes
Fudgy, no-bake, addictive, and nutritious peanut butter cookies! What else could you want?
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Cook Time:10 mins
Total Time:2 hrs 10 mins
Course: Dessert, Snack
Keyword: after-school, dessert, easy, healthy, peanut butter, snack, snacky snack
Servings: 10
Author: Gabriella Fletcher

Ingredients

  • ½ cup peanut butter can sub a nut-free butter!
  • ¼ cup refined coconut oil
  • ¼ cup maple syrup
  • 1 tsp vanilla extract
  • 1 cup old-fashioned rolled oats can sub GF!
  • 5 Medjool dates optional, but recommended for the "turtle" look!
  • ¼ cup chocolate chips to fill the dates with;)

Instructions

  • Over a medium pot, mix together the peanut butter, coconut oil, and maple syrup. Once it starts bubbling for about 30 seconds, remove it from the heat. Make sure to be whisking constantly as it gets closer to the boiling point.
  • Next, whisk in the vanilla extract into the peanut butter mixture.
  • Finally, add the oats right into the pot (off of heat still) and fully combine the oats with the peanut butter carmel.
  • Scoop the mixture into about 10 cookies with a cookie scooper on a parchment-lined baking sheet.
  • Now the best part,, the decoration! Make these no-bake peanut butter cookies "turtle" cookies by adding a juicy date half and filling the crevasses with a few chocolate chips. Move fast, as the cookies will begin to set up as they cool.
  • Place the cookies in the refrigerator for about 2 hours, or until set.*
  • Enjoy, and serve! These should be stored in the refrigerator. These will last for about 1 week, stored in an airtight container.

Notes

*Depending on the size of cookies you choose, your refrigeration time will shift. If you make mini cookies (say 20), you will only need about 1 hour in the fridge. Alternatively, you could place the cookies in the freezer for an hour (for 10 cookies). Either way, refrigeration will only enhance the flavor and texture of these babies.