Peanut-free! Frogs and Haystacks is another name for these no-bake chocolate macaroons. Since before I was born, my mother has been creating these, and she taught me how to do it. There are a lot of no-bake cookies available, but I like these. Keep cold and in an airtight container. You can freeze these.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 5 mins |
| Additional Time: | 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 30 mins |
| Servings: | 24 |
| Yield: | 24 servings |
Ingredients
- 2 ½ cups rolled oats
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- ½ cup flaked coconut
- 1 ½ cups white sugar
- ½ cup milk
- ½ cup butter
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Line a work surface with waxed paper.
- Stir oats, cocoa powder, and coconut together in a large bowl.
- Whisk sugar, milk, and butter together in a nonstick pot; bring to a boil and cook, stirring constantly, until sugar is completely dissolved, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat and stir vanilla extract into butter mixture.
- Stir oat mixture into butter mixture until well-combined. Drop mixture by the spoonful onto waxed paper and let sit until set, at least 15 minutes.
- Lay out your waxed paper beforehand; these cookies come together very quickly! You will want to get them portioned out fast before they set-up. I use a 1 tablespoon cookie scoop, and it goes quickly.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 129 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 20 g |
| Cholesterol | 11 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 g |
| Protein | 2 g |
| Saturated Fat | 3 g |
| Sodium | 35 mg |
| Sugars | 13 g |
| Fat | 5 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
This recipe has a lot of potential, but needs some tweaks to the ratios. I had the same issue as other reviewers; the cookies never fully set and remained gooey even after refrigeration.
YUMMO
These are delicious. I’ve made them twice and the first batch set well in the freezer. Second batch is sticky even after freezing. Will try upping the coconut or oatmeal next batch and reducing the sugar.
Awesome and easy.
Just like grandma’s! Awesome.
Yum! My almost 3 year old and I decided to make these today and he got to pour and stir the ingredients. We added a handful of chocolate chips at the end when we were stirring everything together. They melted in nicely. The macaroons look delicious. Definitely making these again.
Made according to directions. Did not set up and were not very flavorful. Will not make again.
wonderful piece of nostalgia! I used real butter, and about 1/2c more coconut just because we all love coconut and as result was able to cut back the sugar by 1/2c. They turned out perfect and set up well. so glad to have this recipe back, thanks
Delicious! My grandmother used to make these all the time while I was growing up, I’ve spent years trying to find a copycat recipe since she never had it written down! This will be my go to recipe from now on! Thank you.
Thank you for posting this! I remember making these in the kitchen with my mom when I was young. I make these every Christmas and everyone loves them. I add more coconut and sometimes a tablespoon more coco powder.
I added an extra 1/2 cup of oats and cut the sugar down to 1 cup. They set up great and taste delicious!
Great recipe, delicious. Not too runny, formed up into a soft, formed cookie in about half an hour.
Love this recipe! Worked out perfect for my little Easter treat! Easter Egg Nests!! They were ready in less than 25 minutes.
While this recipe is tasty, the resulting cookies never firm up. After refrigerating them overnight, they were still unable to hold shape.
Delicious and easy. They didn’t last the night in my house.