5-Ingredient Peanut Butter + Chocolate Crunch Cookies {aka Special K or Scotcharoo Cookies with No Syrup or Sugar Additives}!

Crispy, crunchy, yet ooey and gooey peanut butter + chocolate crunch cookies {aka special k or Scotcharoo cookies} made with only five, wholesome ingredients; no syrup or sugar additives! 

Two weeks ago I posted these easy, 3-ingredient cookie dough dessert bites and I stated that they are my favorite no-bake, healthy treat. Now, as I write this post, I need to retract that statement. If I am to be 100% honest I must admit that these 5-ingredient peanut butter and chocolate crunch cookies, better know as special k or Scotcharoo cookies, officially take the cake when it comes to no-bake desserts.

Honestly, I can’t believe I didn’t come up with this recipe sooner. Or maybe I should be glad it’s taken me this long because they are so easy to make, but so hard not to eat the entire batch.

I think my first batch of these cookies lasted two days in our house. I mean I did share one of them with a friend so there’s that…but the other 11 cookies, yea, that was all me and the hubs. I’m not saying we’re proud of it, but we have a weakness for special k bars, also known in Minnesota as Scotcharoo bars {is that a nation-wide term or just a Midwest term?!}.

To give you a better picture of how much we love Scotcharoos I must share this photo from our wedding {I can’t believe this was almost two years ago already}.

Yes, instead of cake we served gigantic Scotcharoo bars at our wedding. And to this day whenever a friend brings up our wedding they always mention the massive Scotcharoo bars, so clearly it was a great idea.

But I’ve always struggled with all the unnecessary syrup and sugar additives in Scotcharoo bars. So I was on a mission to create a healthier version. Then my mission ran short on time and I decide to try making them a no-bake cookie instead of a bar. And that’s how these utterly-delicious, crispy, crunch, yet ooey and gooey peanut butter and chocolate crunch cookies were created.

5-ingredient peanut butter + chocolate crunch cookies

Only five, wholesome ingredients in these no-bake cookies — peanut butter, honey, corn flakes, chocolate chips and coconut oil. I accomplished my goal of removing the unnecessary corn syrup and sugar!

And I used Love Grown Foods Bean Flakes instead of standard corn flakes to remove any additional unnecessary additives {like sodium ascorbate and ascorbic acid}. Unlike traditional corn flakes, Love Grown Bean Flakes are made with navy beans, lentils, garbanzo beans, brown rice, white rice, dried cane syrup, salt, and vitamin E.

So now you can enjoy a healthier, and even more delicious {in my opinion} version of special k and scotcharoo bars. The best part, they are no-bake and take only 10 minutes make. Although they are best when served after being refrigerated for 30 plus minutes.

5-ingredient peanut butter + chocolate crunch cookies {aka special k or scotcharoo cookies}

 

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Prep time

10 mins

Total time

10 mins

 

Crispy, crunchy, yet ooey and gooey peanut butter + chocolate crunch cookies {aka special k or Scotcharoo cookies} made with only five, wholesome ingredients; no syrup or sugar additives!

Author: lindsey, nourish move love

Recipe type: dessert

Serves: 12

Ingredients

• 1 c creamy natural peanut butter
• ⅓ c honey
• 3 ½ c Love Grown Bean Flakes {or corn flakes}
• 1 c dark chocolate chips
• ½ tbsp coconut oil

Instructions

1. In a large bowl, use a spoon or your hands to mix together the peanut butter, honey and corn flakes. Mix well until the corn flakes are fully coated.
2. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. Make cookies with your hands out of the cereal mixture and transfer to the baking sheet. Set aside.
3. Bring a pot of water to a boil. Combine the dark chocolate chips and coconut oil in a glass bowl slightly larger than the pot with the water. Set the glass bowl over the boiling water, and stir until the chocolate chips are melted into a smooth chocolate.
4. Drizzle the melted chocolate over the cookies.
5. Place cookies the fridge until set {30-60 minutes}. Enjoy!

Notes

*Note cookies are best served cold as they will hold together better when cold.
**Store leftover cookies in fridge or freezer.

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And now I’m really curious, is scotcharoo just a Midwest thing or that commonly used everywhere for this treat? Non-Midwesterners, tell me in the comments below if you’ve heard of Scotcharoos!

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