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Mom made these cookies a few months ago for the first time, but I totally forgot to take pics or write down the recipe… so I had to try to find them again.  This recipe is the FIRST one that comes up on google, and there is totally a reason:  they are awesome.

They rock for a few reasons:

1.  They take under 15 minutes to make

2.  They are less than 130 calories a piece 

3.  You probably already have all of the ingredients at home

4.  They’re addictively delicious

Chocolate Peanut Butter No Bake Cookies

Recipe based on:  Food Network

Makes:  24-30 cookies (I halved their recipe)

1 cup sugar
2 Tablespoons cocoa
1/2 stick butter
1/4 cup milk
1/2 cup peanut butter
1/2 Tablespoon vanilla
1.5 cups oatmeal

1 handful Salted Peanuts

Waxed paper or Silpat

Directions:

1.  In a saucepan, boil the sugar, cocoa, butter, and milk.  Keep an eye on it, you don’t want the sugar to burn.  Let boil for 1 minute then add peanut butter, vanilla, peanuts, and oatmeal.

2.  On a sheet of waxed paper, drop mixture by Tablespoon, until cooled and hardened.  Or you can make them smaller for an even cuter, lower calorie little bite-sized snack!