Description
🍫 Rich, glossy, and irresistibly crunchy! These no-bake chocolate peanut butter cookies come together in minutes with a smooth fudgy coating and plenty of peanut crunch. A nostalgic, bakery-style treat perfect for quick sweet cravings, holidays, or cookie trays
Ingredients
1½ cups granulated sugar
½ cup whole milk
½ cup unsalted butter
¼ cup unsweetened cocoa powder
¾ cup creamy peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
2½ cups roasted peanuts (or peanut halves)
Pinch of salt
Instructions
In a medium saucepan, combine sugar, milk, butter, and cocoa powder. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until the mixture reaches a rolling boil (about 5 minutes). 🍫
Once boiling, continue to boil for exactly 1 minute, stirring nonstop to ensure the cookies set properly (1 minute). ⏱️
Remove the saucepan from heat and immediately stir in peanut butter, vanilla extract, and salt until smooth, glossy, and fully combined (2 minutes). 🥜✨
Fold in the roasted peanuts, mixing until evenly coated with the chocolate mixture (2 minutes).
Drop spoonfuls of the mixture onto parchment or wax paper, gently shaping into round cookies (5 minutes). 🍪
Let the cookies set at room temperature until firm, or refrigerate to speed up the process (20–30 minutes). ❄️