Oh, man, do I love a good no bake cookie. It seriously brings me back to elementary school days. So delicious and chocolatey. Yum!
The only problem is minus the oats and peanut butter they aren’t very good for you. The other day I was staring at the ingredients trying to talk myself out of making and eating the whole batch (nevermind saving any for the trip that was coming up) when I got the idea to use coconut oil and add some ground flaxseed to make them a little healthier (I’m sure I’m not the first one to do this).
I’m not one to fiddle with recipes but this just sounded so perfect and that it couldn’t fail so I decided to give it a shot. The cookies did not disappoint, I was worried they wouldn’t firm up but they actually did a little better than using butter (or margarine-gross). And you can’t taste or tell there is flaxseed at all because it’s ground up. The kiddos definitely gave their approval as well.
I like to throw mine in the freezer for an amazing random snack or just to help firm them up for airplane and road trips.
Coconut Oil No Bake Cookie with Flaxseed
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup coconut oil
- 1/2 cup milk
- 2 cups sugar
- 3 tbsp cocoa powder
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 3 cups oatmeal
- 1/4 cup ground flaxseed
Instructions
- Combine coconut oil, sugar, milk, and cocoa in large saucepan. Bring to full boil on medium heat, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat and add peanut butter, flaxseed, oatmeal, and vanilla. Mix thoroughly and quickly.
- Spoon drop out on wax paper. Let cool and set.
Notes
Other Recipes:
Peanut Butter Trail Mix Cookie
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yummmm these are good! Great idea to bring them in the car for a road trip snack!
I found this post on pinterest! Yum thanks for sharing!
Oh. My. Yum! Pinning this! 🙂
I’m pinning this too! These look fantastic and so easy
they look so delicious!
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I love these things!
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These taste just like the original recipe no bake cookies and I like that they’re healthier. But, they turned out dry and crumbly for me… very disappointing. Is it maybe because I used a combo of liquid and solid coconut oil? I didn’t have enough of the liquid coconut oil so I comprised. All other ingredients I had.