12 Quick & Easy No-Bake Cookies

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If you’ve ever done a search online for no bake cookies, you’ll likely find most featuring the same (or nearly the same) chocolate & oatmeal version. They’re so good and that’s why they’re popular, but the results aren’t helpful when you’re looking for new ideas. Here’s a bunch of ways you can mix things up a bit!

Today’s Recipe Hit List features a dozen different flavor & ingredient ideas that I’ve handpicked from around the ‘net…you’ll find banana, peanut butter, cranberries, fruit & nut, almonds & dates, orange flavored, coconut and more (including the popular chocolate & oatmeal), some are even tweaked so they’re a little healthier too. Enjoy!

*Note: Descriptions below are quotes from the sources

By marthastewart.com

1. Peanut Butter: (as seen in picture) Creamy peanut butter works best in this recipe. If you prefer, the melted chocolate can be drizzled onto the cookies instead of piped. From Martha Stewart.
2. Banana: Let the kids help make these easy Chiquita Banana No Bake Cookies with bananas, quick-cook oats and nuts. From Chiquita.
3. Chocolate-Hazelnut Oatmeal: Makes 6 Dozen. From Quaker Oats.
4. Chocolate Oatmeal: These things are so simple and fast to make, and it’s impossible to mess them up. From Back To The Cutting Board.
5. Fruit & Nut Drops: These cookies are entirely guilt-free, actually good for you, and so satisfying in the sweet tooth department. Plus they are very festive with the addition of rum! From The Leftover Queen.
6. Apricot Gems: Shape up these no-bake apricot cookies with only four ingredients – ready in just 20 minutes! Substitution ideas: dried apples for the apricots and walnuts for the hazelnuts; dried cherries for the apricots and slivered almonds for the hazelnuts; dried cranberries for the apricots and pistachio nuts for the hazelnuts. From Pillsbury.
7. Low Country Bars: Ingredients include chopped pecans, graham cracker crumbs and shredded coconut. From Paula Deen.
8. Almond Date Coconut: Either direction, these yummy little morsels satisfy. I like them because they don’t require baking, they’re healthy, quick, and they’re a great little something to get me through the afternoon. From Berlin’s Whimsy.
9. Fudgy Snow Balls: No oil, no butter, no baking required. There’s much to love about these no-bake cookies, they are healthy, dairy-free, egg-free, gluten-free, vegan, and they taste great too. From Gina’s Skinny Recipes.
10. Coconut Orange Juice: These coconut-covered balls are intensely orange with a cookie dough consistency. From The Cooking Photographer.
11. Cranberry Nut: No baking needed! Just a few minutes of stove-top prep and you’re on your way to a cookie packed with cereal, fruit and nuts. From Eat Better America.
12. Healthy No-Bake Version: Peanut butter-graham treats. From Eating Well.