I love those Ferrero Rocher chocolate hazelnut candies, so I thought why not make some cookies that taste like that? There was also something else that helped spark this idea!
Introducing Chocolate Hazelnut Oatmeal from My Oatmeal.
1. First you choose what oats you want. Steel, rolled, 5 grain, Gluten free, and organic are just a few of the choices.
2. Secondly, choose your flavors. This was literally the hardest part. There are SO many flavors that sound good. Just a few examples are Snickerdoodle, Pistachio, Strawberry shortcake, Key lime pie, Tiramisu, You seriously have to go check it out. It's making me hungry just looking at the list.
3. Next you get to choose if you want any added fruit.
4. You also get to pick if you wanted any added nuts or seeds.
5. Finally, you get to choose how you want to sweeten it ( white sugar, brown sugar, etc).
If you find this process a little overwhelming you can leave it up to the oatmeal experts and choose one of their special blends of the month. The month of April is Carrot Cake! Yum! ( and I saw the month of March is Chocolate Shamrock)
For my first bag I did the Chocolate Hazelnut rolled oats. For my second and third bag I did the Vanilla Cream rolled oats and added cranberries and almond slices. I will be using the Vanilla oats in a cookie recipe as well ( as soon as I can find the recipe I have in mind).
How I made the no bake cookies with this awesome oatmeal blend.
( I did not make a full batch because I wanted to see how it turned out first. The amounts I used made 10 cookies, but mine were rather thick. I could have probably got a dozen out of the batch had I been more consistent in the sizing of each of them)
Bring to a slight boil in a sauce pan:
About 3/4 cup of sugar ( remember there is already sugar in the oatmeal mix)
1 1/2 TBSP of cocoa ( this probably isn't needed but I wanted my cookies to be a brown color)
Dash of salt
1/2 stick of butter
1/4 cup of milk ( I used Vanilla Almond Milk)
Once all Ingredients are heated and blended together, remove pan from heat and add Peanut butter (1/4 cup) and Vanilla ( 1/2 tsp). Stir till Peanut butter has melted.
Add Oats: I added 1 3/4 cups of the chocolate hazelnut oats. Let cool ( or put in fridge).
Let me just say these cookies are AMAZING! I admit that I started eating them before they were completely hardened ( and I had a hard time stopping)!
Do you like no bake cookies? Have you ever taken a classic recipe and put your own spin to it?
* I was provided this custom oatmeal from myoatmeal.com and Fit Approach at no cost to me. However, all opinions are my own.