Tis the season to be giving. This story touched our hearts and I am encouraging you to read the article of a 6 month old little boy currently being denied coverage for an almost $500, 000 surgery that could save his life. Please read the article HERE and follow to the fundraising website! Help make a difference. If you have a blog and voice, post this today!
I’m particularly excited about this coming weekend because tonight we are hosting our 3rd annual white elephant christmas party! I hope to one day Martha Stewart my way to being an excellent host, but while we are still apartment living, I can only handle so much. Last night I needed to make a treat for the party and after browsing through the blogosphere all week, I settled on a no bake peanut butter cookie recipe from Jessica at How Sweet It Is. Why? Because it was simple, looked amazing, and contained chocolate AND peanut butter!!
If you are stressing this holiday season and looking for a no fuss, quick, and easy recipe this hectic time of year, these are it. Within about 10 minutes my task was complete and I could move on to cleaning the rest of the apartment!
Hope everyone has a fun weekend and stays warm!! Thanks again for the recipe Jessica!!
No Bake Peanut Butter Cookies
Makes 20 cookies
- 1 1/4 cup graham cracker crumbs (I found a brand with no HFCS but there were still some junk ingredients, I might try oat flour next time)
- 1/2 c + 1 T natural peanut butter, room temperature for easy mixing
- 1/3 cup pure maple syrup (rice syrup may be substituted)
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1/4 cup sugar
- 1/2 tsp cinnamon (or I used pumpkin pie spice)
- pinch of ginger, optional (I left ginger out because it’s not my favorite flavor in sweets)
- 1/4 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 2-3 T almond or coconut milk
Just in case you forgot...one last glimpse
Directions:
Combine all ingredients, mixing well. Roll in to 1″ balls and press down with a fork (cross press). We had an assembly line going, something fun for the kids to take part in!!
Combine chocolate and milk in saucepan, melt and drizzle over cookies with spoon. Refrigerate 30-60 minutes before serving! Enjoy!
Nutritional Profile: 90 calories, 4.8 g fat (1 g sat), 9.3 g carbohydrate, 0.7 g fiber, 4.5 g sugar, 2.3 g protein
ps. Just don’t use these to take the stress away!
I am making these cookies ASAP! YUM! I’m a huge fan of flourless PB cookies, and have no doubt that I’ll like these just as much. Thanks for sharing the recipe!
Yummy
Chocolate and peanut butter is one of my favorite combinations. My problem with no bake cookies, bars, etc is the wait time in the fridge or them to harden. Cookies only bake for 10-12 minutes while you have to wait for 60+ minutes for no bake cookies to harden…and I’m very impatient when it comes to chocolate!! But typically you can steal a bite or two of the batter without worrying about raw egg.
These look wonderful and super-simple! Although I have to admit–it’s truly hard to beat the chocolate peanut butter cup recipe you recently posted!
Hope the party was fun
What a heartbreaking story
Thanks for the link.
The cookies sound WONDERFUL. I just got off the phone with my mom and we both decided we want to bake together tonight. So….more chocolate waffle cones it is!! Yep, we made one batch already but we want more. These cookies may have to be on our list too, but sadly neither of us can eat coconut
These look delicious and easy. Exactly what we need this holiday season. I am always happy with chocolate and peanut butter! I may have to make a batch this afternoon
Thank you so much for sharing with me today. I am heartbroken about that poor little boy and his family, and I so want to help! I hope you have a joyful weekend!
Pretty!
A big plate of those could do wonders for my stress levels! Haha…just kidding
oh those cookies look amazing and would definitely make any day better!
YUM These sound great. THanks for sharing the article of the little boy. Working in the hospital is so rough these days as more and more people are getting denied coverage.
These are incredible! Graham crackers make such an awesome addition- grahams and PB are one of my favorite combos
and then you go and add chocolate..you’re a genius!
These look great! And I like having the nutritional info, thanks!
These sound great! I love no bakes! I usually make them with oats but I’ll have to try graham crackers now!
Yum! Jess has a pretty extensive collection of cookies! Those look fabulous! =)
I made these cookies the other day too subbing NuNaturals Stevia Baking blend in lieu of sugar and didn’t use the chocolate drizzle. They are SO good and SO easy (the best part).
I love peanut butter cookies! Next week I’m hosting a potluck/white elephant Christmas party – I love them!! I hope you have a great night
They came out great girl!