This is one of those “old school” cookie recipes that grandmothers could whip up if the kiddos were coming over in 20 minutes and it was too hot to turn on the oven to bake real cookies. At least that’s what I remember.
Best No-Bake Cookie Recipe For Kids
This is one of the easiest recipes to make and if you have kiddos in the house, they can help you make this since no stove is needed.
I switched up the regular recipe I remembered by using crunchy peanut butter, rather than smooth. It provides and extra crunch all round, and who doesn’t love peanuts and chocolate? Huh? AND! Once you bite into one of these suckers, you get a sight like this:
Oh Mama Pajama. You ready to get started? Let’s go!
Using Different No Bake Cookie Fillings
Here’s what I really love about this ritz cookies recipe: you can mix it up! Like I said above, switching from smooth peanut butter to crunchy was a game changer.
You can also use marshmallow creme, and turn these into a mallowmar type of no bake cookie. One of our favorite variations of the ritz cookie recipe is using a Nutella filling, but covering them with white chocolate.
So, here’s my challenge to you. Get crazy with the fillings. You won’t regret it.
Ritz Cookies Recipe
Ingredients:
1 cup chocolate chips or chopped chocolate bars(white, milk or dark…whatever you like)
1 tub crunchy peanut butter
1 sleeve of Ritz crackers
Line cookie sheet with wax paper.
Drop each sandwich in the chocolate and completely cover.
Make sure to brush the chocolate right up the sides so it gets into the cracks between the two crackers.
The best way to cover it all is to flip the cookie after you cover the sides.
*Don’t like peanut butter? Try making the ritz cookies with marshmallow fluff, cookie butter, or Nutella!
This sounds divine – can’t wait to try it!!
I wonder if Nutella would make a good filler? Hmm…
nutella would be good and so would marshmallow fluff. I was just coming to add that to the recipe since I recently tried the fluff.
This sounds delicious. I”m going to have to try this since I have some chocolate that needs to get used.
These are a Christmas staple in our family. Red and green chocolate with sprinkles.
Thanks for the easy recipe!! Yummy!
You know how there’s sometimes just a little bit of chocolate icing left over in the tub? A Smart Spending reader said her mom would spread the icing between graham crackers, wrap and freeze. These “ice cream sandwiches” were very tasty, she said.
Wonder how that would work with Ritz?
Too funny. I just pulled this up to make sure I bought the right stuff (have some candi-quik) and was thinking maybe I’d make some with fluff! And you suggested it! YUM! I also have some chocolate JIP PB and Nutella. Ahhh. YUM!
Just found your blog (and your yummy recipe) from Andrea right up there! (Hi, Andrea!) I’m going to try the marshmallow fluff!! 🙂
Oh my holy gosh! These look divine! I would not be able to stop eating these. I love to bake too, esp. around the holidays, so I’m loving looking at Pinterest and stealing many ideas! I just posted today about the treats I’ve made so far this Christmas. so nice meeting a fellow baker!
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I do plain ritz crackers dipped in chocolate and crushed candy canes on top. Pretty,and yummy!