Looking for a quick and easy sweet treat? Try avalanche cookies! These no-bake cookies combine creamy peanut butter, chocolate, marshmallows, and crispy rice cereal for a delightful crunch.
Why You'll Love These No Bake Avalanche Cookies
- Peanut butter and chocolate goodness-No-bake avalanche cookies are a delightful treat for peanut butter and chocolate lovers. They combine a satisfying crunch from rice cereal with a touch of chewiness from marshmallows.
- Great recipe for kids-This recipe has simple ingredients and is a simple treat. No-bake desserts are great for kids, and this recipe is the perfect way to get them involved during the holiday season.
- Customizable-This no-bake cookie is perfect for the Christmas season because you can easily add sprinkles or other candies to the top of each cookie.
Ingredients in Avalanche Cookies
- white chocolate - white candy melts and white almond bark works well for this recipe.
- creamy peanut butter
- mini marshmallows
- rice krispie cereal
- chocolate chips
See the recipe card for the full recipe and directions.
How to Make No Bake Avalanche Cookies
- Combine the Rice Krispies cereal and marshmallows in a large bowl and set it aside.
- Mix peanut butter with white chocolate until smooth; then pour over the cereal and mix until everything is well coated.
- Before the peanut butter mixture can cool, use a cookie scoop the cookie mixture onto a parchment paper-lined baking sheet using a cookie scoop.
- Top each cookie with miniature chocolate chips.
- Place cookies onto parchment paper and allow the no-bake cookies to sit for at least 2 hours to allow the chocolate to firm up.
- Store in an airtight container.
Quick Tips
Use a cookie scoop to portion the cereal mixture onto lined baking sheets to prevent sticking and make portioning easy for cookies of the same size.
Store the cookies in an airtight container for up to 5 days. To prevent the no-bake cookies from losing shape, allow them to firm up before stacking.
Use a double boiler or melt the white chocolate in a large microwave-safe bowl in 30-second intervals.
If you have a peanut allergy, you can substitute sunflower butter or Wowbutter. They both produce great flavors!
Storage Tips
You can store the no bake peanut butter cookies at room temperature for up to 5 days or in the freezer for up to 3 months.
When storing in the freezer, place each no-bake treat in a single layer and stack it with parchment paper between the cookies to prevent sticking.
Other Christmas Treat Favorites
Some other favorite Christmas cookies options include these Cream Cheese Sugar Cookies. They're soft, tangy, and have a delicious cream cheese flavor.
A traditional favorite are gingerbread man cookies. This spiced cookie is perfect to add to a cookie tray or cookie platter during Christmas time.
Peanut butter blossoms are another classic delicious peanut butter dessert that are a big hit at cookie exchanges.
Of course, you can't go wrong with the classic Christmas sugar cookies recipe with royal icing.
📖 Recipe
No Bake Avalanche Cookies
Ingredients
- 12 ounces white chocolate - melted
- ⅔ cups creamy peanut butter
- 1 ½ cups mini marshmallows
- 3 cups Rice Krispies
- ½ cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Combine the Rice Krispies cereal and marshmallows in a large bowl and set it aside.
- Mix peanut butter with melted white chocolate until smooth; then pour over the cereal and mix until everything is well coated.
- Before the peanut butter mixture can cool, use a cookie scoop to cookie mixture onto a parchment paper-lined baking sheet.
- Top each cookie with miniature chocolate chips.
- Place cookies onto parchment paper and allow the no-bake cookies to sit for at least 2 hours to allow the chocolate to firm up.
- Store in an airtight container.
Notes
Nutrition
Nutritional information is an estimate based on third-party calculations. Actual values may vary due to ingredients, measurements, and serving sizes.
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