I really am not in the mood to take pictures tonight but I really wanted something sweet and fast and at the prompting of a friend of mine to please share the recipe, I'm blogging and am NOT going to take a picture. So there LOL! Not like they're all that great right now anyway. Maybe one day I'll have Martha Stewart quality shots but I wouldn't hold your breath waiting.
These are Chocolate Peanut Butter No-Bake Cookies. And I'll say right now, they are NOT healthy at all so these are going to be called our Sinful Delights. (Is that an oxymoron?) My first time making them was yesterday for our church's pot luck lunch and there was nothing to bring home to the hubby afterward. That made me feel good. I made them again tonight but made a few changes to try and make them a tad bit healthier. I'm sure there is some crazy healthy way to make them and if I get around to looking that up and if they are any good, I'll share it. But for now, why fix what's not really broken? All things in moderation as usual.
This is the original recipe I started with. And here is what I did different yesterday and then today.
Mix 3 and 1/2 cups of Old Fashion Oats together with 4 Tbsp. of cocoa powder and 1/4 tsp. of stevia powder (I get the pure white powder from Honey N Spice). Set that aside.
Instead of two cups of sugar, I went down to 1 and 1/2 and then down to 1. I put it in a sauce pan and turned the heat to med.-high. Let the sugar sit. Don't touch it. Just watch. It'll take a bit but soon you'll see liquid gold. No, not colostrum but almost as lovely *teehee* Once you start to see the golden syrup, you can start to gently fold the white crystals into the syrup but do it slowly, no need to rush. Once all of the sugar is liquid and gold, add in 1/2 a stick of butter (instead of a whole stick). Be careful because the butter will "fry" and molten butter and sugar may spit up at you. If it boils too rapidly, turn it down to medium for a bit. Once the butter is almost melted, add in 1/4 of a cup of coconut oil (see, that makes things healthier, right?), peanut butter (crunchy is really good) and then 1/2 of a cup of milk. Stir until all melted. I bet almond or coconut milk could be used in place of milk. If/when I try this, I'll update with that and let you know how it comes out OR if you try it and it comes out yummy, please feel free to add that and/or any other changes you make below.
Turn off the heat and add the dry ingredients in and mix until all of the oats are fully coated. You can spoon this out but I prefer to just oil a cake pan with some coconut oil (rubbing it into my hands when I'm done) and then patting it firmly into the pan and popping it into the refrigerator until set.
If you have a nut allergy, you can omit the peanut butter. It won't hold together as well but it is still good (yes, I forgot to add it in tonight). I bet dried cherries would be really good in here, or flaked coconut or.....I'm sure the possibilities are endless and the start of a healthy treat just around the corner.
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