gluten-free vegan chocolate peanut butter oatmeal no-bake cookies

These super easy Gluten-Free Vegan Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal No-Bake Cookies take about 5 minute to prepare and then all you have to do is wait for them to harden up in the freezer to enjoy.

I am so excited to have finally taken the time to re-make these classic no-bake Christmas cookies that I have enjoyed since I was a child.

My mother has been making these every year for our family Christmas get-together for years and years and of all the desserts there were to choose from, I would always go for these.

And I don’t mean just go for one or two.  My obsession was so shameful, I had to wait until there was no one in the kitchen to grab 4 or 5 at a time so no one would see me.

Even though I eat clean desserts now, it doesn’t mean I’m never tempted by the S.A.D. (Standard American Diet) desserts, especially when you’ve grown up with them, like this one.

Now I don’t have to miss out on one of my favorite childhood dessert anymore.

All I did to clean this traditional, classic recipe up is substitute the butter with coconut oil, cocoa with raw cacao powder, the sugar with maple syrup (a natural, real food sweetener) and vanilla extract with 100% vanilla bean powder.  That’s it!

I also omitted the milk and salt because I didn’t feel like it needed it, and if I would have used it, I would have used homemade almond milk and Himalayan pink salt instead of regular dairy and white refined salt.

Here’s the ingredient list from my mother, which she got on a handwritten postcard many, many, many years ago (like way over 30+!) from a neighbor (I love the title she gave the recipe lol):

Ingredients

• 2 cups organic gluten-free quick rolled oats
• 1/2 cup organic coconut oil
• 1/2 cup organic peanut butter
• 1/2 cup organic maple syrup
• 1/4 cup organic raw cacao powder
• 1/4 teaspoon organic vanilla bean powder

Instructions

1. Add all ingredients (except the oats) to a small saucepan and gently melt on low heat, stirring until it is smooth and well combined.
2. Add the oats to a medium-sized bowl and pour the chocolate mixture in.
3. Gently stir everything together until it is evenly distributed.
4. Drop a spoonful at a time onto a baking sheet lined with parchment paper then place the pan in the freezer for approximately 15-30 minutes, or until they become hardened and firm.
5. Store in the refrigerator or freezer until ready to serve because they will get soft and lose their shape if left out at room temperature.
6. Enjoy!

Notes
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