I want to send tribute to Something’s Burning who reminded me of these cookies. She’s another Southern girl with two grown children who admits to being a geek and likes recipes and photography, so you can just imagine why I’ve been stalking her website. She’s the one person that got me to stop looking through recipe books for new stuff and go back to my tried and true recipes from back in the day. She’s posted several things that I grew up eating yet haven’t made in a long time. I would just go “Aawwhh! I used to eat that all the time!” So I’ve started going through my oldies but goodies.

Now she already posted about these cookies here, but I wanted to share too. And to thank her for sending me back to my treasure box of recipes handed down from my mama. She doesn’t even know she’s responsible for that. Thank you!

Now about these cookies. . . These things are SO easy that I think even my sister could make them. Maybe. It DOES require a pot, but you don’t have to bake them. You can make them as an afterthought, when you’re running late for something, or just because you want some chocolate. What I’m trying to say is that they’re EASY. Oh! And tasty too! Here you go!

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Chocolate No-Bake Cookies

2 cups sugar
1/4 cup cocoa powder
1 stick butter
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup peanut butter
3 cups oatmeal
1 tsp vanilla

In a saucepan, mix sugar, cocoa, butter and milk. When it comes to a boil, let it boil for one minute stirring constantly.
Remove from heat and add peanut butter, oatmeal and vanilla. Mix well. Drop by spoonful onto waxed paper. Cool and eat.

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I probably should just go ahead and glue them to my gut cuz that’s where they’re going to end up.