Two of your favorite desserts in one! Buckeye No Bake Cookies are the ultimate sweet treat for chocolate and peanut butter lovers.
Ingredients
For the buckeye:
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter 240 grams
- 1 cup powdered sugar 120 grams
For the no bake cookies:
- ½ cup salted butter 4 ounces
- ½ cup whole milk
- 1 cup light brown sugar 200 grams
- 1 cup granulated sugar 201 grams
- ¼ cup cocoa powder 20 grams
- ¾ cup creamy peanut butter 180 grams
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 3 cups instant oats 290 grams
- 3 1/2 ounces high quality dark chocolate cut into chunks
For the chocolate topping:
- 10 ounces Ghirardelli Dark or milk chocolate melting wafers
Instructions
Make the buckeye filling:
- In a medium bowl, use a hand mixer to mix together the peanut butter and powdered sugar, scraping the bowl as needed. Mix until well combined.
- Roll the peanut butter filling into 24 equal sized balls. Set aside.
Make the cookies:
- Combine butter, milk, sugars, and cocoa powder. Cook over low heat until butter melts, stirring occasionally. Do not turn up heat to make the process go by faster.
- Once boiling, turn heat up to medium, stirring constantly.
- Continue boiling for 1 minute and then take off heat. (Set a timer to prevent overcooking.)
- Add in peanut butter and vanilla extract and stir.
- Add in oats and stir again.
- Add in chopped dark chocolate and give a quick stir (Don’t mix it in completely. You want a little bit of a chocolate swirl.)
- Drop onto parchment lined sheet pan. I get 24 cookies.
- Place a peanut butter ball in the center and press down slightly.
Melt the chocolate:
- In a small microwave-safe bowl, melt the chocolate wafers in 20-30 second increments, stirring between each interval. This should take less than 2 minutes total to melt, but melt it slowly.
- Spoon melted chocolate overtop each cookie.
- Allow the cookies to rest until the chocolate is set.
- Store in an airtight container at room temperature.
Notes
The calories shown are based on the recipe making 24 cookies, with 1 serving being 1 cookie. Since different brands of ingredients have different nutritional information, the calories shown are just an estimate. **We are not dietitians and recommend you seek a nutritionist for exact nutritional information. The information in the nutrition box are calculated through a program and there is room for error. If you need an accurate count, I recommend running the ingredients through your favorite nutrition calculator.**
Nutrition
Calories: 369kcal | Carbohydrates: 41g | Protein: 8g | Fat: 21g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 8g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 11mg | Sodium: 129mg | Potassium: 306mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 28g | Vitamin A: 133IU | Calcium: 41mg | Iron: 3mg
