Peanut Butter Chocolate No Bake Cookies

In less than 10 minutes I whipped up some of these delicious no bake cookies for my kids, and in less than that they ate them! Next time you have a sweet tooth and don't want to go through all the trouble of heating the oven, mixing, baking, and letting the cookies cool try this quick and easy recipe!

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 4 tablespoons cocoa
• 1 stick butter (vegan)
• 1/2 cup milk (soy)
• 1 cup peanut butter
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 3 cups oatmeal
• Waxed paper

Directions

In a heavy saucepan bring to a boil, the sugar, cocoa, butter and milk. Let boil for 1 minute then add peanut butter, vanilla and oatmeal. On a sheet of waxed paper, drop mixture by the teaspoonfuls, until cooled and hardened.

Recipe is from Food Network, Photos by Laura Spear 

Harry Potter Recipe Chocolate Frogs

Frog Mold Available from Amazon.com

Frog Mold Available from Amazon.com

(Makes 12 to 14 frogs) 1 (12-ounce) bag chocolate chips, or 12-ounce bar chocolate, broken into pieces. To make vegan use vegan chocolate chips

1 teaspoon grated chocolate To make vegan use grated vegan chocolate

1 plastic mold for bite-size chocolate frogs 

Place chocolate in a microwave-safe bowl. Microwave chocolate on high power for 2 minutes. Stir.

Continue microwaving in 15-second increments until chocolate is almost completely melted. Remove from microwave and grate 1 teaspoon additional chocolate over the melted chocolate; stir until smooth.

Fill mold with melted chocolate, reserving about 1 tablespoon melted chocolate. Refrigerate molds until chocolate is firm, about 2 hours. 

Remove frogs from molds. Store at room temperature or in the refrigerator.

Recipe from tikah.com, top two photos by Laura Spear, bottom 2 photos from amazon. 

Bon Appétit,