Chocolate No Bake Cookies Recipe (Dairy-Free, Nut-Free) (2024)

For years, many of us have enjoyed Enjoy Life’s classic cookies and treats. And now, they’re challenging me and you to share our all-time favorite dessert recipes for their Generations of Inspiration campaign. In honor of this, I’m sharing my naturally dairy-free, nut-free, and gluten-free chocolate no bake cookies recipe, and the story behind it, in this post. You can share your recipe via this Generations of Inspiration Entry Page for achance to be featured on Enjoy Life’s website and inspire a new product!

Chocolate No Bake Cookies Recipe (Dairy-Free, Nut-Free) (1)

My mother was always in her element during the holiday baking season. Every year she would whip up pristine mini pumpkin loaves for gifting and pies with perfectly crimped homemade crusts. But what I truly treasure is those non-specific times of year when we would make cookies together. Usually chocolate chip or oatmeal raisin (my dad’s favorite), but the first ones she taught me to make on my own were no bake cookies.

Back in the day, we didn’t add peanut butter or cocoa powder to no bake cookies. They were simply a mixture of dairy-free margarine, sugar, liquid, vanilla and oats – naturally allergy-friendly. But one day I wanted chocolate chip no bakes, so I stirred some morsels into the hot oat mixture. I was young, and didn’t anticipate the chocolate melting. But what resulted was wonderfully cohesive, fudgy, almost foolproof chocolate no bake cookies.

Like my mom, I love to bake. I didn’t inherit her artistic perfection, but ever since those early experiments, I embraced the science of baking. I still experiment with different cookies regularly, but these chocolate no bake cookies are a tradition that I keep.

Chocolate No Bake Cookies Recipe (Dairy-Free, Nut-Free) (2)

Going Teal

Enjoy Life is honoring their allergy-friendly promise by changing their product packaging to a pretty teal hue. Teal has become the unofficial color of food allergy safety, and is a comforting hue for many of us. It’s also easy to spot in stores!

All of Enjoy Life’s tasty products are free-from gluten and 14 common allergens, including dairy, egg, wheat, peanuts, tree nuts, soy, sesame, sulfites, lupin, mustard, fish, and shellfish. They are alsoverified by the Non-GMO Project.

Chocolate No Bake Cookies Recipe (Dairy-Free, Nut-Free) (3)This post is sponsored by Enjoy Life Foods in honor of their “Generations of Inspiration” campaign. For more delicious campaign recipes, enjoy these Espresso Chocolate Chip Cookies by Petite Allergy Treats and these Brownies by Gluten-Free Palate. Like mine, both recipes are vegan, gluten-free, and allergy-friendly!

Sugar Notes & Options:Chocolate No Bake Cookies

These wonderful treats are meant to be quite sweet. This recipe has less added sugar (I use organic cane sugar) than most traditional versions, but is still on the sweet side. We like them this way for little fudgy hits. But I can offer the following suggestions if you want reduce the sugar a smidgen.

Use Dark Chocolate Chips – This is the option I recommend most. Simply use Enjoy Life Dark Morsels instead of their Semi-Sweet Mini Chips.

Other Sweeteners – I did test these chocolate no bake cookies with lower-glycemic coconut sugar in place of the cane sugar. The texture is wonderful, and the taste is rich, less sweet, and a bit coffee like. I didn’t love them at first (I’m not a coffee fan), but the deep flavor grew on me. I think most granulated sugars will work well in this recipe (except sugar-free ones), but will influence the taste. I haven’t tested this recipe with any liquid sweeteners or sugar-free sweeteners, so I can’t guarantee good results with either.

Reducing the Sugar – As mentioned, these already have less sugar than most similar recipes. Reducing the sugar will cause results that are a little more oat-y and possibly more crumbly. The sugar does provide cohesion.

Seed Butter – You can stir 1/4 cup sunflower seed butter (or peanut or nut butter if not allergic) into the hot liquid with the vanilla extract to cut the sweetness a touch. However, this will make the chocolate no bake cookies a bit softer.

Chocolate No Bake Cookies Recipe (Dairy-Free, Nut-Free) (4)

Special Diet Notes: Chocolate No Bake Cookies

By ingredients, this recipe is dairy-free / non-dairy, egg-free, gluten-free, nut-free, peanut-free, soy-free, vegan, vegetarian, and top food allergy-friendly.

4.4 from 5 reviews

Dairy-Free Chocolate No Bake Cookies

Chocolate No Bake Cookies Recipe (Dairy-Free, Nut-Free) (5)

Print

Prep time

Cook time

Total time

These sweet treats are a delicious allergy-friendly tradition, adapted over time from one of the first dessert recipes my mother taught me to make.

Author: Alisa Fleming

Serves: Makes 30 no bake cookies

Ingredients

  • 2½ to 3 cups quick oats (certified gluten free, if needed)
  • ½ cup dairy-free chocolate chips (I use Enjoy Life Semi-Sweet Mini Chips)
  • 1 cup sugar (see Sugar Notes & Options in the post above)
  • ⅓ cup coconut oil (can sub palm oil for coconut-free)
  • ½ cup unsweetened dairy-free milk beverage (I use flax milk)
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Instructions

  1. Place the oats in a large bowl and make a well in them. The full 3 cups makes them a bit more oat-y and drier, but we like them that way, too.
  2. Pour the chocolate chips into the well of the oats.
  3. Put the sugar, milk beverage, oil, and salt in a medium saucepan and whisk to combine.
  4. Place the pan over medium heat and bring the mixture to a boil. Let it boil, stirring occasionally, for exactly 3 minutes.
  5. Remove the pan from the heat and whisk in the vanilla.
  6. Pour the hot mixture over the chocolate chips and stir to melt the chips. Then stir to fully combine the liquid with the oats. Like most no bake cookies, the mixture is a little crumbly, but should press together.
  7. Scoop the dough by the level tablespoon and space the scoops out just a little on a sheet lined with parchment paper.
  8. If desired, gently flatten and shape the cookies.
  9. Let sit for 10 minutes at room temperature, then refrigerate the cookies for 30 minutes, or until firm.
  10. These chocolate no bake cookies can be stored at room temperature, but we prefer to store them in an airtight container in the refrigerator (for up to 1 week) or the freezer (for up to 3 months).

Key Pantry Ingredients: Chocolate No Bake Cookies

Pin these Dairy-Free Chocolate No Bake Cookies for Later!

Chocolate No Bake Cookies Recipe (Dairy-Free, Nut-Free) (6)

Chocolate No Bake Cookies Recipe (Dairy-Free, Nut-Free) (2024)

FAQs

Why are my chocolate no-bake cookies dry and crumbly? ›

Why Are My No-Bake Cookies Dry and Crumbly? This means you boiled the mixture too long. The sugar got too hot (above 200°F) so it began to harden.

What is no-bake cookies made of? ›

No-Bake Cookie Ingredients

Milk: Milk gives the cookies more moisture and richness. Cocoa powder: Unsweetened powder is essential for the deep chocolate flavor. Peanut butter: This recipe calls for crunchy peanut butter, but you can use smooth peanut butter if you prefer. Oats: Make sure to use quick-cooking oats.

How to cook cookies without a baking sheet? ›

If you don't have a baking sheet, you can use a parchment paper-lined or greased baking pan, a cast iron skillet, or even a pizza stone to bake your cookies.

How to thicken up no bake cookies? ›

  1. Most no-bake cookies have some sticky ingredient to hold it together.
  2. If you used something sticky like butter, peanut butter, melted marshmallows or melted chocolate I would pop them in the fridge, so they firm up.
  3. If that doesn't help, I would completely dip them in melted chocolate and let them harden in the fridge.
Oct 29, 2016

Why don't my no bake cookies get hard? ›

Boiling too long will cause the cookies to be dry and crumbly. However, if you don't boil long enough the cookies will not set and will be runny. Some folks say bring the mixture to a rolling boil and then count to 60, while others swear by counting to 90.

Why are my chocolate cookies so dry? ›

There are several reasons why the cookies may have become dry and crumbly but the two most likely are that either the cookies were baked for too long or too much flour was added to the dough. The cookie should be baked only until the edges are slightly golden and the top looks a little wrinkled.

Why are my chocolate cookies dry? ›

Possible causes: (1) you don't use enough liquid, (2) you don't use enough fat/oil, (3) you over mix them, (4) you cook them too long, (5) you cook them at too low a temperature. Every time I bake chocolate chip cookies, the cookies are either too soft or crunchy. What's the best way to make the cookies soft and chewy?

Why are my chocolate chip cookies crumbling? ›

Adding too little butter can cause the cookies to be tough and crumbly. You should use unsalted butter to control the salt content, but if you only have salted on hand, reduce the amount of added salt accordingly. Sugar sweetens the cookies and makes them an enticing golden brown.

How do you fix dry crumbly cookies? ›

Dry – “Dry” or “Crumbly” dough is a product of over-mixing or using too much of any ingredient during the mixing process. This can be reversed by adding one to two tablespoons of liquid (water, milk or softened butter) to your mix.

Top Articles
What is Cisco’s Competitive Advantage (Moat)? | Value Investors Central
Top 11 SEO Experts To Follow In 2023 (SEO GURU)
Wetterrückblick für Ihre Stadt – Hilfe
Cache County Incident Blotter
Crailo State Historic Site
Ex Wife Ben And Christine Domenech
Hac Saisd
619-354-3954
Umn Pay Calendar
Ana Maria Gonzalez Angulo Husband
Mr Benson Avancemos
Craigslist Neworleans
Michelle_Barbelle
Fox News 10 Mobile Al
Nick Jr Tv Passport
Word Cookies Pepper 17
Universal Orlando opens ‘DreamWorks Land’ with Shrek, Kung Fu Panda soon. What to know
Fine Taladorian Cheese Platter
Sweetberry Weekly Ad
Closest Dollar Tree Store To My Location
Terry Flannery Net Worth
Samsung 9C8
Will Certifier Crossword Clue
Top Songs On Octane 2022
2000 Ford F-150 for sale - Scottsdale, AZ - craigslist
Second Chance Maryland Lottery
Fortune House Southbury Menu
X2 Aspen Everett Ma
Zodiac Sign Lip Chart
Craigslist Hunting Land For Lease In Ga
Olde Kegg Bar & Grill Portage Menu
Wv Mugshots 2023
Meriwest Login
2013 Chevy Cruze Cooling System Diagram
10 Funniest Non Sequitur Comics, Ranked
Nizhoni Massage Gun
Police bust global cyber gang accused of industrial-scale fraud
Halloween showing of Hocus Pocus on Thirsks Outdoor cinema, Station Road,Thirsk,YO7 1QL,GB, Northallerton, 11 October 2024
PRISME LIBRE PIMER & MIST
Aircraft Registration
Wys Meaning Snapchat
What is 9xflix com: Dual Audio Movies and Web Series to Download – Review of Guide and Alternatives in 2023-LDPlayer's Choice-LDPlayer
The Whale Showtimes Near Cinépolis Vista
Weilers Gentle Giants
Inyo Crime Graphics Bishop
Appian Community
Hmnu Stocktwits
Espn Sirius Radio Schedule
Myhrconnect Kp
Kwik Trip Okta App
9 Best Things To Do In Charming Surprise, Arizona
12445 East Caley Avenue
Latest Posts
Article information

Author: The Hon. Margery Christiansen

Last Updated:

Views: 6310

Rating: 5 / 5 (50 voted)

Reviews: 89% of readers found this page helpful

Author information

Name: The Hon. Margery Christiansen

Birthday: 2000-07-07

Address: 5050 Breitenberg Knoll, New Robert, MI 45409

Phone: +2556892639372

Job: Investor Mining Engineer

Hobby: Sketching, Cosplaying, Glassblowing, Genealogy, Crocheting, Archery, Skateboarding

Introduction: My name is The Hon. Margery Christiansen, I am a bright, adorable, precious, inexpensive, gorgeous, comfortable, happy person who loves writing and wants to share my knowledge and understanding with you.