Vegan No Bake Peanut Butter Cookies Recipe
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Simple vegan no bake cookies featuring chewy and creamy peanut butter, quick oats, brown sugar, cocoa and vanilla. Almond butter, walnut and even tahini can be used instead of peanut butter if desired.
Vegan No Bake Peanut Butter Cookies
Fastest no bake freezer cookies you’ll ever make!
Because let’s be honest: who wants to crank up their oven right now ? Not me!
Here’s what to expect from these cookies:
Delicious rich caramel flavor
Chewy
Decadent
Quick + easy to make
Flourless, eggless + dairy-free
Vegan and gluten free!
FAQ:
- Can i make these cookies without peanut butter? You sure can, i’ve made them with almond butter and even walnut butter would be delicious.
- How can I make them nut free? Replace the nut butter with tahini and the coconut milk with oat milk and you are all set.
- Can I use coconut oil instead of butter? Yes you may swap the butter for equal parts of coconut oil.
- If i don’t have brown sugar can I just use granulated sugar? Yes any sugar is fine, I prefer brown for the caramel flavor but whatever you have is cool.
- No oats? No problem! Â Rice Krispies, corn flakes and even crushed (vegan) graham crackers can be used instead of oats.
Storage
Once set in the freezer for a couple of hours, the cookies can be kept frozen or refrigerated in a lidded container. Personally I prefer to think of these as freezer cookies as I love the chewy straight out of the freezer texture, so that’s where they live until gone.
More favorite desserts to try:
- Vegan Frozen Yogurt Bars
- Fruit Popsicles
- Pitaya Mango Banana Nice Cream
- Raw Chocolate Avocado Pudding
- Rainbow Chia Pudding
- No Bake Coconut Snowballs
- Best Baklava
- Vegan Christmas Cookies
- Vegan Shortbread Cookies.
As always, If you make these cookies make sure to come back here to rate them in the comments, snap a photo and tag me with #VeggieSociety on Instagram, it always makes my day ~ Florentina Xo’s
Vegan No Bake Peanut Butter Cookies
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup vegan butter i used Miyoko’s European butter
- 2 cup light brown sugar
- 1/2 cup coconut milk (or any plant milk of your choosing)
- 1/2 cup cocoa powder
- 1/2 cup creamy salted peanut butter or almond butter
- 3.25 cup quick cooking oats or whole rolled oats
- 2 tsp vanilla extract optional
Instructions
- Line a large baking sheet with parchment paper or one that will fit in your freezer.
- Add the oats to large mixing bowl and set aside.
- In a saucepan combine the brown sugar, coconut milk, butter and cacao powder. Bring to a simmer and whisk until the butter and sugar has melted, about 1 to 2 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in the peanut butter and vanilla until mixed in.
- Pour the mixture over the oats and use a spatula to combine everything. Allow to sit for 10 minutes or so for the oats to soak up as much of the liquid as possible.
- Drop a spoonful of the cookie mixture onto the parchment lined baking sheet a couple of inches apart from each other and flatten the ball with the back of the spoon. Make about 20 cookies.
- Freeze for 2 hours until set and enjoy.
Notes
- Storage: the cookies can be stored in the freezer in a lidded container or transferred to the refrigerator once set.
- Can i make these cookies without peanut butter ? You sure can, i’ve made them with almond butter and even walnut butter would be delicious.
- How can I make these cookies nut free ? Replace the nut butter with tahini and the coconut milk with oat milk and you are all set.
- Can I use coconut oil instead of butter ? Yes you may swap the butter for equal parts of coconut oil.
- If i don’t have brown sugar can I just use granulated sugar ? Yes any sugar is fine, I prefer brown for the caramel flavor but whatever you have is cool.
- No oats ? No problem! Â Rice Krispies, corn flakes and even crushed (vegan) graham crackers can be used instead of oats.
Nutrition
Can I make these without chocolate?
Yes, you can use a couple of tablespoons of maca powder instead, peanut butter powder or just omit and up the oats by a couple of tablespoons so the dough isn’t too wet.
These cookies were amazing! Thank you fo sharing!