No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Pretzel Cookie

This month, Sarah from Maison Cupcake is hosting zero baking required where she challenges us to 

prepare and blog any treat which does not require baking. I love quick no bake recipes particularly for parties or when you are short of time or when your oven is out of action. I made these after a night out recently and they took all of 10 minutes to prepare. I did chill them overnight but you can eat them after a few hours or even straight from the pan. 

Initially I looked for a no bake chocolate and peanut butter creation.  I then got to thinking about the sweet and salty combination and decided to add some salted pretzels to the mix. The result - a delicious, gluten free, sweet and salty treat with the added bonus of oats to make you feel slightly less guilty about eating them. 

 melt butter, sugar, cocoa powder and milk 

 stir in peanut butter 

 stir in oats 

 my "eureka" moment 

 adding salted pretzels 

 scoop onto a baking sheet and chill 

 tasty, more-ish delights :) 

300g sugar (I would recommend 225-250g if you want it less sweet)

40g cocoa powder

125mls milk

113g butter

150g smooth peanut butter

300g oats

2 teaspoon vanilla extract

100g salted pretzels

• Place the sugar, cocoa powder, milk, butter and vanilla extract in a medium sized pan and bring to the boil.
• Remove from the heat and stir in the peanut butter. 
• Add the oats and stir.
• Crumble in the salted pretzels.
• Use an ice cream scoop or cookie scoop to scoop out round balls of the mixture and place on a baking sheet.
• Chill in the fridge overnight and serve. 
• You can also eat it directly from the pan if you can't wait!