Healthy Valentine’s Day No-Bake Peanut Butter Coconut cookies [refined sugar free]
Taking these classic no bake cookies to a whole new Valentine’s Day level. Made with whole ingredients and a lot of love:)
- Prep Time: 5 min
- Cook Time: 15 min
- Total Time: 20 min
- Yield: 24, 3 in cookies 1x
- Category: Cookies
- Method: No-bake
- Cuisine: Dessert
- Diet: Vegan
Ingredients
- 1 cup peanut butter
- 1/2 cup unsweetened vanilla almond milk *
- 1/4 cup honey
- 1/4 cup coconut sugar **
- 1/4 cup butter, softened or melted ***
- 2.5 cups oatmeal
- 2 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 3–4 Tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder [start out with 3 tablespoons and you can always add more]
- 1/4 cup unsweetened coconut {optional}
- heart cookie cutter
Instructions
1. Melt butter + milk + peanut butter + cocoa powder + coconut sugar + honey over medium heat until smooth and shiny…approx 2 min. [Add unsweetened coconut if using] Stir until combined.
2. Add oats to the wet mixture and stir thoroughly until every oat is coated in chocolate. Let sit while you prepare the parchment paper lined sheet or pan.
3. Place cookie cutter on pan and scoop batter into the cutter. [As opposed to rolling out and cutting out the shapes]. Press batter down firmly WHILE STILL in the the cookie cutter. Then gently lift the cookie cutter off, leaving the cut shape on the pan.
4. Refrigerate until firm. Keep chilled for best texture.
Notes
*Can sub regular milk or coconut milk
** Can sub white sugar OR all honey. I like the texture the coconut sugar gives.
*** Can sub coconut oil