Holiday Cheer - Chocolate Peanut Drops

This easy, no-bake recipe makes a great little cookie. Aside from the melting of the butter, there's no cooking. Although my granddaughter couldn't help with the mixing of ingredients, she could help drop the cookies on to the pan.

Chocolate Peanut Drops

Ingredients

1 stick butter or margarine

1/3 cup unsweetened cocoa
1½ cups quick-cooking oats
1 (14-oz) can sweetened condensed milk
1 cup chopped peanuts
½ cup peanut butter

Directions

In a medium saucepan, melt butter. Stir in cocoa and bring to a boil. Remove from heat and stir in oats, sweetened condensed milk, peanuts and peanut butter. Mix well.

Drop by teaspoonfuls onto wax paper-lined baking sheets. Chill 2 hours or until set. Store loosely covered in refrigerator.

Note: I didn't have any peanuts in the house, but I did have cashews; so I used those instead and they worked just fine.

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Tomorrow's recipe: Peanut Butter Kisses

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Anna Kathryn Lanier

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