Never an Empty Cookie Jar

Every time I walk by and see my cookie jar looking like this: I feel a little sad for it!

Shouldn't a cookie jar always have cookies in it! I mean, that is it's job:)

So whenever my cookie jar is empty, I just have to make something to fill it up with! This time I tried my hand at an old favorite that my mom used to make.

Chocolate Oatmeal No Bake Cookies

Ingredients

2 cups white sugar
3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
1/2 cup margarine
1/2 cup milk
1 pinch salt
1/2 cup peanut butter
1 teaspoon vanilla extract

3 cups quick cooking oats

Mix the sugar, cocoa, milk, margarine, and salt together in a pot. Bring it to a rolling boil and let it boil for about 2 minutes {some recipes say 1 minute, but wait until the end of the post to see why I say 2 instead}.

Stir in the peanut butter and vanilla until mixed well. Then mix in the oats.

Drop the mixture by heaping tablespoons onto wax paper or aluminum foil.
Make sure to scrape the pot clean, because you don't want to waste any of this yumminess!
After the cookies have cooled and set, you are ready to fill up that empty cookie jar.
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Unfortunately, my cookie jar still looks like this:
In my impatience, I only boiled the sugar/cocoa mixture for a little over a minute. So instead of beautiful No Bake cookies, I still have an empty cookie jar...and a big pile of choco-goo {that tasted great anyway}!

I will be trying this recipe again soon, so my poor cookie jar won't be empty for long:)