Chocolate & Coffee No-Bake Cookies

Ingredients

• 2 cups turbinado (raw) sugar
• ½ cup milk of choice
• ¼ cup + 1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder
• 4 tablespoons unsalted butter, cut into ½-inch wide slices
• ½ cup creamy or crunchy peanut butter
• 2 ½ cups old-fashioned rolled oats or quick-cooking oats*
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• Optional: 1 packet Starbucks Columbia VIA or 1 teaspoon espresso powder or instant coffee

Instructions

1. Combine sugar, milk, cocoa powder and butter in a medium, heavy-bottomed saucepan. Bring the mixture to a rolling boil over medium-high heat, stirring often. Once it reaches a rolling boil, set a timer for 1 minute and 30 seconds and let it continue boiling, stirring often.
2. When the timer’s up, remove the pot from the heat and quickly stir in the remaining ingredients.
3. Drop spoonfuls (about 1 heaping tablespoon each) onto wax paper or parchment paper. Cookies will firm up in 30 to 40 minutes at room temperature. Once solidified, store for up to 5 days at room temperature.