Cocoa Drop Quickies - Microwave Version
By villageanne
@villageanne (8553)
United States
January 22, 2007 9:11pm CST
This is another one of those really quick no bake cookie recipes that are quickly made in the microwave. My family loves these also. They will harden better if you leave them overnight. I have also found that they do better if you do not put them in the refrigerator although you can do that to speed up the process.
I have also published a discussion with No Bake Cookies -microwave version. Check it out also.
Enjoy!
Cocoa Drop Quickies - Microwave Version
1/2 cup butter
1/2 cup milk
1/2 cup cocoa
2 cups sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/2 cup chopped nuts
3 cup quick cooking oats
Place butter in 3 quart microwaveable casserole dish.
Place in microwave oven and melt 1 minute.
Mix in milk, cocoa, sugar and vanilla
Place back in microwave and cook 5 -6 minutes, stiring after 3 min.
Mixture should be hot with sugar dissolved. Stir nuts and oatmeal into hot chocolate mixture. Drop by teaspoonfuls onto waxed paper. Let stand until set or put in refrigerator to rush setting. Makes 36 cookies
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22 responses
@brendalee (6082)
• United States
23 Jan 07
This one sounds like a keeper too. I've only seen the ones with peanut butter in them. I just recently ran out of propane to cook with so I have to depend on my microwave. What perfect timing you have. And I am pretty sure I have all those ingredients. But with all these recipes, I hope you have some good exercise tips as well.lol.
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@brendalee (6082)
• United States
23 Jan 07
Thats ok, chocolate makes it all better for a little while.lol
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@villageanne (8553)
• United States
23 Jan 07
I have lots of microwave recipes if you would like to have them. I must admit I have not tried them all and I usually dont publish recipes that I have not tried and trust.
@villageanne (8553)
• United States
23 Jan 07
Man, that is terrible. Winter is a bad time to run out of propane. Winter is for hot soups and other hot goodies.
@GardenGerty (157646)
• United States
23 Jan 07
I have a friend who was just diagnosed with a million allergies including wheat, corn, soy, and egg yolks. We are having a social time at choir tomorrow night, and looking at her allergy list I see that she can have everything in this cookie. Guess what I am making tonight? She gets really discouraged. Chocolate is our friend. :=) My hubby will love them too. We are trying to include more cocoa or dark chocolate in our diet because of the flavonoids.
@GardenGerty (157646)
• United States
25 Jan 07
It was great, the cookies were a hit. I actually stirred them up right before I went to work and then hubby spooned them out. He was good and stayed out of them. They taste soooo decadent with walnuts in them. I would love to have some black walnuts to use in them sometime.
@villageanne (8553)
• United States
24 Jan 07
Wow! that would be terrible to have all those allergies. I am allergic to MSG and the preservatives that they add in commercial mixes so I cook homemade with homemade mixes and it is so much better tasting too.Hope you and everyone else enjoy it.
@ElusiveButterfly (45939)
• United States
23 Jan 07
My husband will love the idea of no bake cookies. He really doesn't want me to light the oven to "waste" gas. Thanks my for giving me a great recipe.
@villageanne (8553)
• United States
23 Jan 07
Did you go make the No Bake Cookies yet? I see you are back. LOL
@villageanne (8553)
• United States
26 Jan 07
I made some of these for my husband to take to work. Everyone just loved them.
@cwgrlsarefun (1581)
• United States
23 Jan 07
I make these for my family all the time. They are my sons most favorie cookies. He is away at school and will call occasionally and ask for me to make them for him and send them to him. These are fantastic cookies.
@chaygylmommy (2470)
• United States
24 Jan 07
yummy yummy! thank you so much for this recipe. I am always looking for great fast easy and cheap recipes for my kids for snacks.
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@samsonskola (3357)
• United States
23 Jan 07
gee this sounds good...i love the fact that it's so quick and easy and i don't have to wait for the stove or oven to heat up and then cool down...thanks so much
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@bam001 (940)
• United States
23 Jan 07
Oh wow! I made no-bake cookies (same recipe except no nuts) last night for the first time. I wish I had this microwave recipe then. I made them on the stove top last night...the microwave would have been SO much easier for me. The cookies were great, but I could have avoided standing over the hot pan stirring the chocolate mixture.
Thank you for sharing...I am writing the recipe.
@sweetlady10 (3611)
• United States
23 Jan 07
This looks like time saving and not expensive. And ofcourse sounds testy too:). Thanks for sharing this.
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@miabellacandles (123)
• United States
23 Jan 07
wow no peanut butter in this one. I have not tried one without peanut butter.
I will have to give it a try and see how everyone likes it.
this one is probable better for a chocolate fix :)
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@jayperiod (870)
• United States
23 Jan 07
Sounds delicious. I love chocolate. I love my wife's chocolate oatmeal cookies, which sound very similar. I can't wait to try these. Thanks.
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@goldann (20)
• United States
23 Jan 07
Sounds yummy! I'm a stay at home mom and I try to bake a sweet treat at least once a week. My son has a peanut allergy so we have to make most of our own goodies. Speaking of nuts - do you think your "cocoa drop quickies" would set okay without the nuts?
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@forjosie (1544)
• Indonesia
23 Jan 07
Peanut Butter Kiss Cookies (for valentine days)
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1 cup creamy peanut butter
1 cup vegetable shortening
1 cup granulated sugar
1 cup packed brown sugar
2 eggs
1/4 cup milk
2 tsp vanilla
1 1/2 cups sifted all-purpose flour
2 tsp baking soda
1 tsp salt
1 package (11oz.) package of chocolate kiss candies
makes 7 dozen cookies
1. Preheat oven to 375'F
2. Cream together granulated sugar, brown sugar, shortening and penut butter.
3. Add eggs, milk and vanilla, beat well
4. Stir together flour, baking soda and salt; add to jif mixture. Beat well.
5. Shape into 1-inch balls; roll in additional granulated sugar
6. place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake for 8 minutes
7. Remove from oven, Press a milk chokolate candy into the center of each warm cookie.
8. Return to oven; bake 3 minutes longer.
Approximate nutritional information per-cookie:
94 calories; 6 g fat; 6 mg cholesterol; 81 mg sodium; 2 g protein; 12 g carbohydrates.
Happy cook!!!..:D:D:D
@miabellacandles (123)
• United States
23 Jan 07
oh that sounds good too.
I have made one similiar to this.
Taste Of Home "Quick Cooking" Magazine -- my favorite magazines.
they had a recipe where you take a peanut butter cookie mix and prepare as directed.
Then take the cookies out when hot and push an unwrapped candy kiss in the middle and it sets up real quick while they cool.
the kids loved them we made them for Girl Scout troop snack.
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@awesomehorizons (884)
• United States
23 Jan 07
Thank you again for another great recipe to add to my collection. This would be awesome to use when there isn't much time to bake.
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@PoeTalker (715)
• United States
23 Jan 07
Hey! I have been trying to make cocoa cookies for quite a while. I like brownies and I thought you could make a really great cocoa bronie recipe. All the ones I have tries have been really gross, if you can suggest a good one for me I'd love it! Cupcakes are good too!
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@Eisenherz (2908)
• Portugal
1 Feb 07
Thanks for the recipe, it sure sounds tempting. I'll add it to my "to cook" recipes list, MyLot seems to be an endless source of good recipes, thankfully!
@mshogrider67 (565)
• United States
13 Feb 07
these sound wonderful, never tried making cookies in the microwave
