I’m probably the last one to discover this, but can you believe that 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 trying 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!
To make these super easy, delicious cookies all you do is add your ingredients to a pot, melt, spoon onto parchment paper and then freeze or refrigerator until they harden up. 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
No-Bake Chocolate, Pretzel & Peanut Butter Cookies
- Total Time: 7 minutes
- Yield: 24 1x
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