An easy to make, easy to disappear, chocolate macaroon-type cookie.
I read the recipe and something looked wrong. Here's what I did and it turned out yummy. Decrease the butter to 1/2 c. and I increased the cocoa and used tablespoons instead of teaspoons. With 1/2 c butter the ratio between butter, sugar and milk is what starts my regular fudge recipe. But you must decrease the butter.
Read MoreThis recipe is all wrong...don't use it...I have been making these cookies for 50 years...yes the recipe is that old...I made them for 4 H when I was 12..do the math...Anyway...Put in a 2 quart sauce pan --1/2 cup butter(one stick) 3 tablespoons cocoa, 2 cups sugar,1/2 cup evaporated milk..boil 3 minutes from a rolling boil..add 1 teaspoon vanilla, fold in 3 cups quick cooking oats and optional 1 cup coconut..drop by spoon fulls of desired size..onto wax paper and let cool..I make these at least once a week when my teen grandkids are in the area...A treat they beg for...
Read MoreI read the recipe and something looked wrong. Here's what I did and it turned out yummy. Decrease the butter to 1/2 c. and I increased the cocoa and used tablespoons instead of teaspoons. With 1/2 c butter the ratio between butter, sugar and milk is what starts my regular fudge recipe. But you must decrease the butter.
This recipe is all wrong...don't use it...I have been making these cookies for 50 years...yes the recipe is that old...I made them for 4 H when I was 12..do the math...Anyway...Put in a 2 quart sauce pan --1/2 cup butter(one stick) 3 tablespoons cocoa, 2 cups sugar,1/2 cup evaporated milk..boil 3 minutes from a rolling boil..add 1 teaspoon vanilla, fold in 3 cups quick cooking oats and optional 1 cup coconut..drop by spoon fulls of desired size..onto wax paper and let cool..I make these at least once a week when my teen grandkids are in the area...A treat they beg for...
These were good and easy to make. I did decrease the butter to 1/2 cup and increased the cocoa powder to 5 TBSP instead of tsp. Thanks for the tip from another review...Would absolutely recommend these yummy treats!
I didn't care for these myself. They didn't come out for me...maybe I did something wrong, but they wouldn't harden, and I even left them overnight...
Excellent recipe...only thing I changed was the cocoa, I prefer the "special dark" I think it gives it an enhanced chocolate taste.
Great recipe, I reduce the butter, and added 5 tablespoons. Glad I read the reviews, as this is one of my families favorite recipes.
I won't make this version of no bake again. They formed together ok, but I could taste the milk, which made them taste sour. Maybe not enough choc. was added.
Wish I'd read the reviews before going to the kitchen. Not a great texture to these cookies. Not sure what happened but the chocolate pooled around the bottom of the cookie, leaving a dry pile of oats & coconut on top.
This was the first time for me to make these. My mother made them a lot when I was young and I loved them. I'm definitely going to cut the amount of butter in half. Way too much buttery taste! Also, the cocoa mixture needs to boil more than 2 minutes. I followed the recipe according to these instructions and they were still gooey. I wish I had read the reviews first. My fault.
They fell apart a lot, and many people agreed and said that they were too sweet. I couldn't taste the chocolate either. I would have appreciated at temperature at which to boil the sugar, so the right consistency could be reached.
Easy and a nice candy type cookie. You can not taste the oats so you don't even know there are any in there. Has a fudge type yumminess.
These are pretty tasty and so easy to make. So easy, it is more time consuming to clean up than to make lol. I did the 5tbsp and less butter, but I ended up using regular milk b/c my evaporated milk expired (and didn't realize until I started making this). My own version, was I added 3 tbsp of peanut butter and added 100 grams of chopped peanuts. Delcious. I am sure I will make again.
my family LOVES these no bake cookies!! As long as you follow the directions verbatum, they turn out perfectly!(even if they don't harden, you can keep them cold in the fridge and they are still delicious!)
My mom used to make these but she lost her recipe so when i saw this I had to make them however they werent as good as I remembered these are a little to buttery and dont seem chocolatey enough so I will try I again changing the butter and the cocoa however this is an awesome starting off point
This recipe should read "5 Tbs unsweetened cocoa powder," not teaspoons. If you use 5 Tbs, the recipe turns out very good. If you use only 5 teaspoons, they don't set up, and they are not very chocolatey.
I was sooooo looking forward to making these cookies from my childhood days. I read the recipe, I always knew what was in them, but wasn't sure of amounts. So I read the reviews and followed the recipe from the lady who said she was making these for 50 years and makes them every week. I cut the butter to half (like so many reviewers said to do) and followed her instructions to the letter. Terrible. I have a crumbly mess. They won't stick together at all. I'll keep looking.
this is a good recipe. I used regular rolled oats and I think it would probably have been better with the quick cooking or 2 minute variety. Also reading the reviews certainly helped. I used the 1/2 cup butter and 5 tbsp of cocoa.
