Healthier No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe (2024)

This recipe is a healthier and wonderfully delicious take on the popular No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies. These cookies have all the flavor and satisfaction of the original, but these Healthier No-Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies will leave you feeling guilt-free!

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I honestly love peanut butter and chocolate recipes, and even better when you can call the recipe HEALTHY! This will become another favorite in your house as it is in mine.

These healthier no-bake chocolate peanut butter cookies are also super simple to make. Which is good since they will disappear quickly since they are extremely delicious, so there’s no doubt you will have to make more. But, just in case they aren’t eaten right away, they can be stored up to 2 weeks in an airtight container.

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INGREDIENTS needed for healthier no bake cookies:

  • Coconut oil
  • Natural creamy peanut butter
  • Honey
  • Salt
  • Unsweetened cocoa powder
  • Vanilla
  • Old-fashioned oats
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How to make healthy no bake cookies:

To begin, use a large saucepan (I like the nonstick pans because they are easier to use with these sometimes sticky recipes). Turn the burner to medium-low heat and then add the coconut oil, peanut butter, honey, and salt to the pan.

Consistently stir slowly all of the ingredients while they begin to melt to avoid burning the mixture. Continue to stir until they mix together completely bringing them to a boil.

Next, add in the cocoa powered and vanilla to the warm mixture. Make sure to keep stirring the ingredients until completely combined and to avoid overheating the chocolate and peanut butter goodness. If they are boiled for too long you will end up with dry cookies.

Once everything has melted evenly together, remove the saucepan from the heat. After removing the pan from the burner add the oats to the mixture. Mix everything together until all of the oats are covered evenly with the chocolate peanut butter mixture.

TIP: You could use quick oats instead of old-fashioned oats, but I prefer the texture that old-fashioned oats give to these cookies. Either will work great.

Now that everything has been combined its time to finish up the cookies! Yes, we’re already to that part. I told you they are simple!

Use either wax paper or a silicone liner over a large cookie sheet and drop the healthy no-bake chocolate peanut butter cookie mixture on the silicone liner. Each cookie should be a spoonful, roughly about 1 ½ Tablespoons of the chocolate peanut butter goodness.

After finishing all of the cookies onto the cookie sheet, move it to the fridge or freezer to allow the healthy chocolate peanut butter cookies to set up completely. This recipe makes about 14 cookies, more or less depending on how big they are made.

It shouldn’t take longer than an hour or two after they are put in the fridge, then just pull them out and enjoy!!

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TIPS and TRICKs:

  1. If you don’t have coconut oil, you can use butter instead.
  2. Almond butter is a great substitute for the peanut butter. Chunky peanut butter adds a different (but still delicious) texture).
  3. Coconut oil is soft at room temperature, so if you keep these cookies out, they will be very soft. I prefer to keep these cookies in the fridge or even the freezer.
  4. This recipe is made healthier with a couple of key ingredients swaps like coconut oil and honey instead of butter and sugar. Most people didn’t notice a difference and loved them just as much! Looking for the not so healthy version of these (our Mom’s famous “gorilla poop” recipe), check them out H7ERE!

MORE NO-BAKE RECIPES to try:

  • Nutella No-Bake Cookies
  • Skinny Chunky Monkey Cookies Recipe
  • Chocolate Mint No Bake Cookies
  • No Bake Cookie Butter Cookies
  • No Bake Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies

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Serves: 14

Healthier No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe

This recipe is a healthier and wonderfully delicious take on the popular No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies.

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Ingredients

  • ¼ cup coconut oil not melted
  • ½ cup natural creamy peanut butter
  • ¼ cup honey
  • dash of salt
  • 2 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • cups old fashioned oats

Instructions

  • In a large saucepan over medium-low heat, add coconut oil, peanut butter, honey, and salt. Slowly stir as the ingredients melt and mix until they are completely combined and bring to a boil.

  • Add in the cocoa powder and vanilla; mix until completely combined.

  • Remove the saucepan from heat and stir in the oats until all of the oats are coated in chocolate.

  • Line a large cookie sheet with wax paper and drop the cookie mixture on by the spoonful (each cookie was about 1 1/2 Tablespoons of mixture).

  • Place cookie sheet in the fridge or freezer to allow these cookies to set up completely, then enjoy.

Notes

  • You could use quick oats instead of old-fashioned oats, but I prefer the texture that old-fashioned oats give to these cookies. Either will work great.

Nutrition

Calories: 141 kcal · Carbohydrates: 13 g · Protein: 4 g · Fat: 9 g · Saturated Fat: 4 g · Polyunsaturated Fat: 2 g · Monounsaturated Fat: 3 g · Sodium: 43 mg · Potassium: 106 mg · Fiber: 2 g · Sugar: 6 g · Vitamin C: 1 mg · Calcium: 10 mg · Iron: 1 mg

Equipment

  • Large Saucepan

  • Cookie Sheet

  • Wax Paper

Recipe Details

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Recipe adapted from JoyFoodSunshine

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  1. Sonya Goff says:

    Looking for a peanut butter balls recipe

  2. Kami Bahnmiller says:

    Does anyone know if Maple syrup would work instead of honey? I'm not a fan of the flavor of honey in baking recipes

  3. Taylor Hanberry says:

    It probably would, but I would say probably use less than the 1/4 that it calls for since it’s so thin.

  4. Taylor Hanberry says:

    Like this one? https://www.sixsistersstuff.com/recipe/easy-chocolate-peanut-butter-balls/

  5. Christine says:

    So do you actually boil the mixture? If so, how long?

  6. Cyd says:

    You just bring it to a boil then remove from heat.

  7. Adams Sunnie says:

    We really liked these no bake cookies. Ours were runny so I put them in a muffin tin. I’ll make sure to let it boil next time!

  8. Chris says:

    Found this recipe from getting the meal plans! It is a fave at our house and no one notices the differences with the healthy swaps :)

  9. Kim says:

    How many calories per cookie?

  10. Melissa says:

    Does this have a coconuty taste to it? Not much of a fan of coconut

  11. Momma Cyd says:

    You can substitute the coconut oil with butter.

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