Chocolate No Bake Cookies Recipe (Naturally Vegan & Dairy Free!)

Updated! This recipe for chocolate no bake cookies was an entry in the March Recipe Madness Contest we hosted a few years ago for So Delicious. It was created and submitted by Maria Gentry as a sweet, 8-ingredient or less recipe. We’ve updated Maria’s instructions for clarity and added a less sweet option based on our own trials.

Maria says, “These chocolate no bake cookies are super easy to make and so yummy!” Her recipe reminds me of the No Bake Oatmeal Cookies recipe at Gluten Free on a Shoestring, but with a peanut butter chocolate twist.

Special Diet Notes: Chocolate No Bake Cookies

By ingredients, this recipe is dairy-free / non-dairy, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free, optionally peanut-free, soy-free, vegan, vegetarian, and optionally top food allergy-friendly.

4.3 from 8 reviews

Vegan Chocolate No Bake Cookies

Prep time

5 mins

Cook time

2 mins

Total time

7 mins

These fast cookies are kid-friendly, deliciously sweet, and take just minutes to make!

Author: Maria Gentry

Serves: about 3 dozen cookies

Ingredients

½ cup coconut oil
2 cups organic sugar (see Sugar Note below)
½ cup unsweetened dairy-free milk beverage
¼ cup cocoa powder
½ cup creamy peanut butter or sunflower seed butter (for peanut-free)
3½ cups quick-cooking oats (use certified gluten-free, if needed)
2 teaspoons vanilla extract

Instructions

Put the sugar, coconut oil, milk beverage and cocoa powder in a 4-quart saucepan and whisk until no lumps remain.
Place the pan over medium heat and bring to a rolling boil. Boil for 1 minute.
Remove the pan from the heat and stir in the peanut or seed butter, oats, and vanilla until combined.
Drop the dough by the tablespoonful onto wax paper.
Let cool until set. Enjoy!

Notes

Sugar Note: This recipe is a riff on traditional chocolate no bake cookies, which are notoriously sweet! If you find the original too sweet, reduce the sugar by 25% (1½ cups). If you go lower, they will be more crumbly.