These no-bakes are a good solution! The name is only slightly misleading, while you never have to bake them, you do have to heat some of the ingredients on the stove for a couple of minutes. This will not, however, heat up the house like turning on the oven, so I'm still thinking this is a win!
Anyways, lets get to it. For these:
You'll need:
2 1/2 cups oatmeal
1/2 cup of peanut butter (I prefer smooth)
1 tsp. vanilla
1 cup shredded coconut, separated
4 Tbsp. cocoa powder
2 cups of sugar (yes really)
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 cup of milk
The first step here is to put the oatmeal, peanut butter, vanilla, and 2/3 cups of the coconut into a medium to large sized bowl
And then stir it up a bit. It will not mix perfectly yet but you want to get the peanut butter and coconut into smaller clumps.
Next, in a saucepan, combine the cocoa powder, sugar, salt, and milk. Stir with a whisk and bring to just a boil.
Then pour the chocolatly mix over the oatmeal and stir it in. This will melt the peanut butter and make everything blend together more easily.
Line a casserole dish with wax or parchment paper and scoop the oat mix into the prepared dish. Then spread it out so it is fairly even.
Now we'll finally use that last 1/3 cup of coconut. Chop the remaining coconut fairly fine
And sprinkle it all over the tops of the bars.
Cover and put in the fridge for several hours until fully chilled and firm. Cut them up and enjoy!
You can make these as drop cookies too by spooning the mix onto parchment lined cookie sheets and chilling those in the fridge, but this casserole method takes far less time and is cleaner to boot!
Happy baking!
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