These no-bake cookies are made with chocolate, peanut butter, pretzels, oats, and coconut. They’re delicious, easy, and, while they require refrigeration, they’re a great summer alternative to cookies that need a hot oven.
I’m probably the last one to discover this, but can you believe you can make cookies by just using the stove-top and refrigerator?! I’m so impressed, haha! And I’m also always the last one to get on any food trend, so it’s no surprise that it’s 2016, and I’m just now making no-bake cookies. But these days I’m hot, lazy, fat, and craving all the sweets, so these no-bake cookies kinda make perfect sense.
You can really make any variety of these, and I’ll probably try out some different ones as the summer progresses, but you can’t lose with chocolate, peanut butter, pretzels, oats, and coconut! My friend Ashley made these awesome Peanut Butter Pretzels Honey Balls last week, and I’ve been thinking about the flavor combination ever since!
How To Make No-Bake Chocolate Pretzel Peanut Butter Cookies
- Pretzels – I used 2 cups of chopped pretzels; you can use gluten-free pretzels if necessary.
- Oats – For this no-bake recipe, I used old-fashioned oats. Steel-cut will not work. Be sure to use certified gluten-free oats if needed.
- Chocolate – I melted dark chocolate chips for this recipe. If making this recipe vegan, ensure you’re using vegan chocolate. If you prefer a sweeter cookie, you can use milk chocolate or semi-sweet dark chocolate.
- Creamy peanut butter
- Shredded coconut – Both sweetened and unsweetened shredded coconut work in this recipe.
- Coconut oil – For this recipe, the coconut oil should be softened but not melted.
- Salt
How to Make These No-Bake Cookies
- Add all ingredients to a large pot and cook over medium heat for 3-5 minutes, until the chocolate has melted and the mixture is well combined.
- Cover a large cookie sheet with parchment paper and spoon heaping tablespoons of cookie mixture onto the parchment paper. You can make them bigger or smaller if you like.
- Place cookies in the freezer for about 20 minutes until they firm up. Store cookies in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. Recipe makes about 24 cookies.
Recipe Tips and Thoughts
- This recipe is gluten-free as long as you use gluten-free oats, and vegan if you use vegan chocolate.
- To make these super easy, delicious cookies, add your ingredients to a pot, melt, and then spoon the mixture onto parchment paper. Freeze or refrigerate until hardened. You do have to store them in the refrigerator because they melt pretty quickly, but you’ll probably want to eat them all before you leave the house anyway, so it’s no big deal. At least that was my experience š
- Store them in the fridge in an airtight container for up to 5 days.
Have a question about this recipe? Ask me in the comments, and I’ll get back to you ASAP.
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No-Bake Chocolate, Pretzel & Peanut Butter Cookies
- Total Time: 7 minutes
- Yield: 24
Ingredients
- 2 cups chopped pretzels, gluten free if necessary
- 1 1/2 cups old fashioned oats, gluten free certified if necessary
- 1 1/2 cups dark chocolate chips*
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter
- 1/2 cup shredded coconut, sweetened or unsweetened
- 2 tablespoons coconut oil, softened but not melted
- 1 pinch salt
Instructions
- Add all ingredients to a large pot and cook over medium heat for 3-5 minutes, until chocolate is melted and all ingredients have mixed together.
- Cover a large cookie sheet with parchment paper and spoon heaping tablespoons of cookie mixture onto the parchment paper. You can make them bigger or smaller if you like.
- Place cookies in the freezer for about 20 minutes until they firm up. Store cookies in the refrigerator for up to 5 days. Recipe makes about 24 cookies.
Notes
*If you like a sweeter cookie you can use milk chocolate or semi-sweet chocolate chips rather than dark chocolate.
- Prep Time: 2 mins
- Cook Time: 5 mins
- Category: Dessert, Gluten Free
I have made these twice. The first time, I didn’t have any pretzels so I used unsalted saltine crackers because that is what I had, added a little salt and they were divine. I keep mine in the freezer in a baggie. The second time I used Kashi original cereal (a little added fiber) instead of pretzels and added a little salt, again they were delicious. From start to freezer, including cleanup, they take me less than 20 minutes. You can’t beat that. Thank for sharing.
Awesome! So glad you enjoyed them! and I love the idea of using saltines!!
Hey does anyone have the nutritional breakdown?
I don’t, sorry! But there are a few websites you can use the calculate it. I usually use myfitnesspal.com
What other oil can you use besides coconut?
You want to use something that is solid when cold, so I’d suggest a type of butter maybe?
Are these cookies safe for a dibectic? They would just love these!
Hi Pam, unfortunately I don’t have any education on what would be safe for a diabetic to eat. sorry about that!
This is so easy for a quick no bake treat, I have made these 2 X’s and they seem to disappear quickly. Great snack
I am so glad to hear that you like them, Susan! Thank you!
“Fridge cookies” as I call them, are such a great easy treat. The addition of salted pretzels sounds delicious.
Fridge cookies are my new favorites!
I’ve made no-bake cookies before, but never with PRETZELS!! I can already tell these would be dangerous to have lying around the house š They look delicious!!
They are so good and crunchy with the pretzels! Oh so dangerous! I only have one left, haha š
Yay!!! You know I love this flavor combo! š haha It is the best! And these no bake cookies sound amazing. Plus, I still have everything on hand to make them! I see cookies in my future!
We both have really smart tastebuds, haha!!
Love the salty/crunchy/sweet play here! These no bake cookies look addictive š
I’m in love with the salty, crunchy and sweet combo too! Thanks, Medha š
I love no bake cookies, especially when there’s sweet and salty going on! These look incredible Izzy and I love the pretzel addition!
Me too, Marcie! I don’t think I will be making a regular cookie at all this summer!
Yes! No-bake cookies are the best. Especially when they combine peanut butter, chocolate and crunchy salty pretzels…YUM! I need to make these as soon as I finish the enormous batch of candy bars I just posted, lol!
How about I send you some cookies and you send me your candy bars?! Except my cookies would probably melt in the mail, ha!
Aren’t no-bake cookies the best?! I especially love them during the summer…so much better than turning the oven on! These pretzel pb cookies look SO good! I think I could devour this ALL!
They so are, Gayle! I can’t believe I didn’t make them sooner! I’m already planning my next batch š
What can you replace coconut oil with? I never have coconut oil.Mmp
I’d probably use butter or you could try just leaving it out and it would probably still work!
Are these freeze able?
I haven’t frozen them myself but I think that it should work š