No Bake Peanut Butter Pretzel Cookies
No bake Peanut Butter Pretzel Cookie’s; they’re a little chocolaty, a little salty, a little peanut buttery, and lots of yummy! This is one of the easiest cookies I make and it’s still one of the most popular!
No Bake Peanut Butter Pretzel Cookies take just a few minutes to make. No rolling, no decorating, no baking, no cooling, no timers involved. About all you need is one bowl, a measuring cup, and a handful of ingredients. This is one of those cookie recipes I turn to time and time again when I’m in a hurry or have a million other things to do. Seriously, so good!
My boys had their piano festival and recital last weekend! Wrangling these boys into practicing the piano is about like herding cats. I keep convincing myself all the hassle will be worth it to them someday. It’s already worth it to me! Their piano teacher is the BEST! She asked me to bring cookies to their recital and I knew these were the cookies I wanted to make. Fast, easy, and always a hit! That’s my kind of cookie!
No Bake Peanut Butter Pretzel Cookies – The Steps
Measure rice crispy cereal and chopped pretzels. If you don’t have one of those huge measuring cups you need to get one! It’s easiest to measure the cereal and pretzels right in there.
Add sugar, light corn syrup, and peanut butter to a large pan.
Next, heat peanut butter mixture until smooth.
Once it’s smooth, remove it from heat and add vanilla and salt.
Next, add measured cereal and pretzels to peanut butter mixture.
Gently fold until cereal and pretzels are coated.
No Bake Peanut Butter Pretzel Cookies – The Tricks
My friends, this is the hardest, and most time consuming, part of making these cookies…we’re talking five minutes at the most.
Wait for a few minutes, 3-5 minutes if you can. You want to wait long enough to let the cookies cool enough that they don’t completely melt the chocolate chips when you add them. But you don’t want to wait so long that the cookies are already set up and firm.
Add chocolate chips. When you stir, try and stir as gently and as little as possible so the chips don’t get all melted together, which won’t taste bad, it’s just not as pretty.
Drop Cookies onto parchment lined baking sheet. Let cool. They will set as they finish cooling.
You had at no bake. You stole me at peanut butter.
Ha! We could be really good friends!
These cookies have all of my favorite ingredients. I wish I could have one right now!
Thanks! They are easy enough you could have one in just a few minutes if you had all the ingredients on hand!
These look easy and delicious! I can’t wait to make these!
I love a few super easy recipes for the holidays, well really any day!
I like to balance out the traditional cookies that are more time consuming with a few easy ones, so this is perfect! Love the flavor combo too!
Me too! I have to have a least a few easy ones for those super busy days!
Sweet and salty is the best! I love the idea!
Sweet and salty is the death of me!
Love sweet and salty. How do you store them ? Do they need to stay refrigerated? Thanks for this easy recipe.
I’m a complete sweet and salty addict! I store them at room temperature in an air tight container. They don’t usually last very long so I’m not exactly sure how long they keep. I’m guessing a few days. Happy Holidays!
Can these be frozen
I haven’t ever had them last long enough to get the chance to freeze them because I live with a house full of boys!
Hello, how many will this make?
It depends on how big of a cookie scoop you use. I use a two tablespoon scoop and get about 24-30 cookies.
How do you not give any exact measurements??
There are exact amounts in the box with the printable recipe on the second page. At the end of the page there is a box that reads “click here for recipe”. If you click on that box it should take you to the printable recipe! Sorry for the confusion. Let me know if you can’t find it!
OMG! I just made these for our family’s Christmas Eve gathering. I just had to taste one and they are SERIOUSLY delicious. I can’t even begin to tell you how good these are. Its a must try!
Yay! Thay are one of my favorites! Have fun at your family party! Merry Christmas!
You were right; timing is everything. Mine turned out chocolate through and through but still tasted great!
Haha! That chocolate will melt in a hurry if you don’t have time to wait for the cookie mixture to cool down just a little bit. But then again, having chocolate through and through never hurt anything and actually sounds pretty tasty! Have a great day!
Great recipe! First candy of the Christmas season. Love the PB and chocolate 🙂
Thanks! Bring on all the holiday baking and no baking! Merry Christmas!
I just made these today and they turned out great! I let them cool for 5-7 minutes but the chocolate chips still melted, which wasn’t a problem at all. I used a tablespoon cookie scoop and it made 42 cookies. Thanks for sharing!
Getting them mixed without the chocolate melting is the trickiest part of making these. And I’m with you, melted chocolate never hurt anything! I find I get the best results if I don’t over mix after I add the chocolate chips! So yummy though!
looks good, where can I find the recipe? thanks mary
At the bottom of the post there is a grey box that says Click Here For the Recipe. It should take you to a printable recipe. If it doens’t work let me know and I’ll be sure to get it to you!
Could you make these using Rice Chex cereal for those gluten free folks?
Yes! That’s a great idea! You could really substitute any add ins as long as they add up to the same amount of add ins listed in the recipe. Does that make sense?
I made these today. Super easy & SO GOOD! They didn’t last. Thanks!
I LOVE how easy they are to make and I think I’m even more in love with the salty sweet! Glad you enjoyed them as much as I do!
Hi there! Could you replace the corn syrup with brown rice syrup?
Hi Lil! I’ve never used brown rice syrup before so I can’t really give you advice on that. Sorry!
These are some of the best cookies I’ve ever had! Super easy to make… I didn’t even wait to stir in the chocolate, and they were still so tasty! My husband isn’t usually a fan of no-bakes, but the sweet & salty get us every time! Thank you for this unique and delicious recipe!
Hi Emily! These are some of muy favorite cookies too! I’m madly in love with salty sweet combos and cookies don’t get any easier than this! So glad you enjoyed them!
I’m going to make these, but will press them into a pan to make bars. I lost a lot of flexibility and strength in my dominant arm four years ago, so have to compensate any way I can, and bars will help a lot.
These do sound delicious, and I’m looking forward to sharing them with my beloved extended family 🙂
Your family is going to go crazy over them! Making them into bars is such a time saver, and deifinitely easier! Enjoy!