Eggless Chocolate Muesli/Oats Cookies

Chocolate muesli cookies (eggless and vegan) are the easiest and healthiest cookies you can make for your family!! With just 4 ingredients, there is no excuse not to make these nutritious cookies and impress your family and friends or even treat your kids to a healthy snack.

The worldwide web is full of myriad of recipes for granola bars or energy bites. I had bookmarked a number of them to make some day.  Most of them use oatmeal, but I had half a box of muesli cereal lying around in the pantry and decided to use that instead of oats and make these chocolate flavored muesli cookies.

With cocoa powder, peanut butter and healthy honey instead of sugar, what is there not to like in this cookie!! Just mix the ingredients, make small balls and flatten to form a cookie shape.  Refrigerate and eat them as a no-bake snack or chuck them in the oven for a few minutes to set them.  Any way you make them, they are sure to bowl you over with its simplicity in making and the yummy chocolaty taste with the crunch of muesli or oats, mild sweetness of honey and flavor of peanut butter in very bite.

For gluten-free cookies use gluten free oats; I love the flavors and added nutrition and taste of muesli, so I have used muesli in the cookies. This recipe is so flexible, you can play around with add ons; stir in some chocolate chips or even finely chopped nuts or just top them with chocolate chips, as I have, for a pretty-looking cookie!

Honey adds a mild sweetness to this sweet treat and if you are using oats instead of muesli, add a tablespoon or more of honey (as muesli is already sweetened, I have added only 3 tablespoons of honey) . If you find it hard to make small balls of it, adjust the amount of honey or muesli/oats till you are able to shape them.  I love the firmness baking gives to a cookie, so I have baked them for a few minutes, although it does lose a bit of shine. Bonus is you can store them outside in an airtight container unlike unbaked which you may have to refrigerate.

I have spiked these cookies with a few drops of vanilla essence/extract which is totally optional. Now, what are you waiting for?  All it takes is 15 minutes and you will have one of these beauties to munch on in your hand!!

How to make Chocolate Muesli/Oats Cookies with step-by-step Method:

• Grease a baking pan and keep aside.
• Place the peanut butter in a saucepan.

• Melt over low heat till fully melted.

• Remove from heat and add honey.
• Stir in muesli, cocoa powder and vanilla essence.

• Transfer to a bowl and mix well to form a dough.

• With oiled hands, take one tablespoon of dough each and make small balls.
• Flatten the balls to cookie shape and place on greased pan.

• At this stage, for a no-bake version, you can choose to top with chocolate chips, chill it a little and serve.
• For a baked version (which you can store in an airtight container over the counter), bake for about 6 to 8 minutes (without the chocolate chips) in a preheated oven (at 350 degrees Fahrenheit or 180 degrees Centigrade) to set the cookies.

• Take it out of oven and lightly press white chocolate chips over each cookie and serve when cool.

• Chocolate chips have been added only for decorative purposes.
• Store unbaked cookies in the refrigerator and baked ones in an airtight container on the counter.

• That is it!!!! Now wasn't that easy and quick?  Do try them today and enjoy!!!

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