My son, Ethan, is home on leave. I think I’ve said before that I have three sons and a daughter-in-law in the military. Ethan has spent the last six months on the Iwo Jima and then got his two weeks leave time. I don’t know about y’all but when my kids come home I try to cook all of their favorites. Let’s face it, no one cooks like Mom.

One of E’s favorites is these easy, no-bake oatmeal fudgies. Before he left for the Navy he used to make them once in awhile and he got pretty good at it. I wanted to make sure that these got made at least once. There’s no real reason not to make them — they are just the easiest things ever. You boil sugar, evaporated milk, and butter in a pan for three minutes, add the rest of the ingredients, and spoon them onto waxed paper. You can even just press them into a 9″ x 13″ pan and make bars out of them. I have no clue where they got started but I am sure glad they did.

The recipe has been around forever.

These things are totally ugly and it is really hard to make them look as good as they taste. I added a teaspoon of peanut butter to the top, froze the cookies, and then poured some magic shell over the top so it was a little like an oatmeal cookie and a buckeye candy fused into one bite of amazing.

You’re welcome.

It totally made these oatmeal fudgies look better. You can choose to do that or just leave them plain — they’ll still be delicious. One warning, these tend to crumble so they are not great to pack in lunches or ship anywhere.

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No Bake Oatmeal Fudgies Cookies

Easy, no bake cookies that are a cross between an oatmeal cookie and the best fudge ever.

Course Cookies

Cuisine American

Servings 3 dozen

Calories 196kcal

Author Marye Audet

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1/2 cup unsalted butter
• 2/3 cup evaporated milk
• 3 tablespoons cocoa
• 1 tablespoon vanilla
• 1 cup peanut butter
• 1 cup chopped peanuts
• 1 cup milk chocolate chips
• 4 cups old fashioned rolled oats

Instructions

• Bring sugar, butter, and milk to a rolling boil.
• Boil for 3 minutes stirring constantly.
• Remove from the heat and stir in the remaining ingredients quickly.
• Drop by tablespoons onto waxed paper.
• Cool completely.
• Store at room temperature.

Variation

• Once the cookies are cool add a 1/2 teaspoon of peanut butter to the top.
• Freeze for 2 hours.
• Spoon Magic Shell over the top.
• Keep refrigerated.

Nutrition

Serving: 1g | Calories: 196kcal | Carbohydrates: 22.7g | Protein: 4.7g | Fat: 10.6g | Saturated Fat: 4g | Cholesterol: 9mg | Sodium: 61mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 15.1g

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