no-bake haystacks

ingredients

• servings: 6
• 3 cups quick cooking oats
• 1 cup flaked coconut
• 1 cup roasted peanuts, chopped
• 1 cup raisins (optional)
• 2 cups white sugar
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1/4 cup butter
• 1/4 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
• 1 teaspoon vanilla

recipe

preparation time: 10 mins cook time: 5 mins ready time: 30 mins


• mix the oats, coconut, peanuts, and raisins together in a large bowl.
• stir the sugar, milk, butter, and cocoa powder together in a saucepan and bring to a boil; boil for 1 minute and immediately remove from heat. stir the vanilla into the cocoa mixture; pour over the oat mixture and stir to coat. scoop heaping tablespoonfuls of the mixture and drop into haystack-like piles waxed paper; allow to cool completely before serving.