Vanilla No Bake Cookies are like the classic Chocolate No Bake Cookies, but vanilla flavored instead! A box of dry, instant vanilla pudding and pie filling, milk, vanilla extract and white chocolate make these vanilla cookies VERY vanilla!
Vanilla No Bake Cookies
Print RecipeIngredients
- 3/4 cup unsalted butter
- 2/3 cup evaporated milk
- 2 cups white granulated sugar
- 1/4 cup white chocolate chips
- pinch of salt
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract (I used Rodelle Organic Baker's Extract)
- 1 (3.4 ounce box) vanilla instant pudding and pie filling - just the dry mix
- 3 to 3-1/2 cups quick oats
Instructions
Lay a long strip of foil on your counter, to drop your cookies on after they cook. In a medium sized pot, on the stovetop over medium heat, add the butter, milk and sugar. Stir mixture occasionally and bring it to a boil. Once mixture reaches a boil, set timer for 1-minute.
After 1-minute, remove the pot from the stove and stir in the white chocolate chips, vanilla extract, salt, and half of the oats. Slowly stir in the dry pudding mix into the pot. If you add it too quickly, it will start to cook and clump up. Once all of the pudding mix is mixed in, stir in the white chocolate and remaining oats. Add the remaining oats slowly, stopping once you reach the consistency of a thick, wet oatmeal. You do not want the mixture to be dry. The amount of oats you need to add may vary on the humidity of where you live.
Stir until all ingredients are completely combined. Use a cookie scoop to drop desired sized cookies onto the strip of foil. Let cookies set and cool.
Notes
Store cookies in an airtight container at room temperature.
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Kelly
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56 Comments
Laura
August 13, 2018 at 12:43 PMKelly, as I get older, I love vanilla more and more. I think when I was a kid, we thought of “vanilla” as “plain.” Crazy, right, because it’s so much more than that! I love a no-bake, too, perfect for summer! Thanks for the recipe!
sherri-jo capodiferro
August 14, 2018 at 5:45 PMHi Kelly. I really enjoy all of your fun recipes. So many of them bring back such wonderful memories of my childhood. The one cookie that really makes me nostalgic is the iced oatmeal cookies my grandma would make with me. I hadn’t thought about them in years until you posed the question. Thank you so much for that lovely trip down memory lane. Keep on baking, writing & making us all smile.
Kelly
August 16, 2018 at 6:20 AMHi Sherri!! That makes me so happy that you enjoy all my recipes! Thank you for your kind words, which brought a smile to my face, as did the sweet story about the iced oatmeal cookies your grandma would make! I might need to make a version of those for the blog 🙂 XOXO
Kelly
August 16, 2018 at 6:18 AMThanks Laura!! I have always loved vanilla and vanilla is anything but “plain” right?!?! We loved these cookies in this chocolate-loving household 🙂
kim gaudette
August 14, 2018 at 9:30 AMKelly This the first time I have ever found a no bake vanilla cookie as I am not a fan of chocolate cookies. So I can’t wait to try these at Christmas. I don’t bake very much during the year as I do Christmas cookies for family & friends. But i will send you a comment how they went afterwards. Thank you and keep baking bringing new recipes to your site. Kim
Kelly
August 16, 2018 at 6:22 AMThank you Kim!! There’s so much love for chocolate, I feel like vanilla gets left out hehehe. But these cookies are AMAZING!! We LOVED them! I hope you give them a try and let me know what you think!! XOXO
Amy
August 14, 2018 at 9:40 AMThe cookies sound really good. I have a sister who in fact does not care for chocolate cookies, brownies, cake, etc., so I think that I will surprise her with a batch of these. Thank you for the recipe
Kelly
August 16, 2018 at 6:23 AMAwesome Amy!! I hope your sister likes these. Let me know what you think when you make these 🙂 XOXO
Patricia Stephens
August 14, 2018 at 9:58 AMYes the one cookie we all liked when we were growing up ( my sisters and brother) were just regular sugar cookies my mom would make at Christmas time. Boy I wish I had one now. Thanks,
Pat
Kelly
August 16, 2018 at 6:24 AMHi Pat! I love a good ol’ soft sugar cookie too! The best! I can’t wait for Christmas baking!! Have a great rest of the week! 🙂
Milena Perrine
August 14, 2018 at 10:17 AMI love chocolate but would totally go for a few of these cookies. And I bet they taste even better after physical activities when you are really craving sugar. Love how you recreated a recipe based on delicious memories. Mmm. Pinned!
Kelly
August 16, 2018 at 6:24 AMThanks Milena!! And thanks for pinning! XOXO
Maria Doss
August 14, 2018 at 11:55 AMYou really are knocking the no-bake cookies out of the park Kelly. Such different types and flavor profiles, am totally loving them. Now, I seriously need to try this vanilla version. The texture looks so amazing 🙂
Kelly
August 16, 2018 at 6:25 AMThank you Maria! These are definitely melt-in-your-mouth and full of vanilla flavor 🙂
Kelsie | the itsy-bitsy kitchen
August 15, 2018 at 6:23 AMI have no words for these beauties! Except yum :). No bake cookies are one of my favorite treats!
Kelly
August 16, 2018 at 6:25 AMThank you Kelsie! XOXO
Kim Lange
August 15, 2018 at 7:22 AMThese look sooo good Kelly! Vanilla is a definite favorite!!
Kelly
August 16, 2018 at 6:26 AMThank you Kim! 🙂
All That I'm Eating
August 15, 2018 at 8:12 AMThese sound great and they look like they have a really light texture. You can’t go wrong with vanilla cookies!
Kelly
August 16, 2018 at 6:26 AMThank you! These have a melt-in-your-mouth kind of texture that is SO good!!
pglooney
August 15, 2018 at 2:05 PMYou keep making it to easy to make these delicious sweets Kelly! And isn’t Jello so amazing! I use that powder in so much. Its flavor king.
Kelly
August 16, 2018 at 6:27 AMThanks Pat! I totally love using the Jello powder in baking….makes everything so soft and full of flavor 🙂 XOXO
GiGi Eats Celebrities
August 15, 2018 at 5:30 PMI could 100% see myself BINGE EATING these! lol!
Kelly
August 16, 2018 at 6:28 AMHahahaha right?! Exactly why I have a husband who takes care of that for me HAHAHAHAHAHA
Catherine Thomas
October 2, 2019 at 3:36 AMHey Kelly my daughter made some peanut butter no bake cookies when she was 12 year’s old and they were delicious..
Kelly
October 3, 2019 at 9:09 AMThat sounds yummy! You definitely should give these Vanilla ones a try then! XOXO
heather (delicious not gorgeous)
August 15, 2018 at 8:45 PMthese look so tasty! also heard that some people use vanilla extract as a perfume and i have to say that sounds like a good (and easy and cheap) idea lol.
Kelly
August 16, 2018 at 6:29 AMThanks Heather! I can see someone using vanilla extract as perfume. Every time I open my bottle of extract I have to take a long whiff of it and go “ahhhhhhh” LOVE VANILLA!!
An Ordinary Mom
August 16, 2018 at 6:12 PMI’ve always thought there had to be a way to make something besides the traditional chocolate ones. I am one of the few who really isn’t a fan of chocolate.
Kelly
August 21, 2018 at 7:35 AMYes!! Something for my non-chocolate lovers! I hope you give these a try 🙂 XOXO
Amy (Savory Moments)
August 17, 2018 at 11:12 AMI always enjoy good vanilla flavor and who can resist no bake cookies this time of year!
Kelly
August 21, 2018 at 7:35 AMThank you Amy!! I totally agree! XOXO
eyeloveknots
August 17, 2018 at 1:56 PMI have seen the chocolate version of these cookies, and have not really been craving it to try, but the vanilla, I can get on board with. Looks super easy, then can always dunk part of it into melted chocolate if the little extra is desired. Pinned to try!
Alexandra
EyeLoveKnots.com
Kelly
August 21, 2018 at 7:36 AMYesssss….I like your thinking Alexandra!!! XOXO
rawsonjl
August 20, 2018 at 7:18 AMOh thank you! I do have one son that doesn’t like chocolate and just LOVES vanilla. He is going to love these so much. Pinned.
Kelly
August 21, 2018 at 7:36 AMAwesome!! If you try these, let me know what you think! 🙂
Helen at the Lazy Gastronome
August 23, 2018 at 6:51 AMI love cookies that are no bake on hot days. These look and sound amazing! Thanks for sharing at the What’s for Dinner party!
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Chrysti
August 25, 2018 at 12:27 PMThese look so good! What a fun idea to make them vanilla. Although I love chocolate, I have a feeling I would love these, too! 🙂
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October 21, 2019 at 6:03 AMCan regular milk be substituted for the vanilla almond milk?
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October 28, 2019 at 7:24 AMYes!
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July 20, 2019 at 5:28 PMCould you substitute regular milk for the almond milk?
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October 28, 2019 at 7:24 AMYes!!
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Amy
January 24, 2020 at 9:17 AMWhat about a bit of coconut and coconut extract too for the coconut lovers out there?
Kelly
January 25, 2020 at 9:14 AMOoooh that’s a great idea!! I will have to make that soon!
Martha Kramer
January 24, 2020 at 4:56 PMI made these for a funeral meal and they were a hit!! Several of the guys asked their wives to get the recipe. I posted your link on Facebook. I followed the very well described directions and they worked out great! Thank you!
Kelly
January 25, 2020 at 9:14 AMThat is so AWESOME!! I am so excited that you made these and that they were such a hit! Thanks for sharing the recipe and coming back to tell me. I was so happy to see your comment 🙂 XOXO
Joanne
November 5, 2020 at 9:11 AMWhat adjustments would need to be made to make these in a butterscotch version other than the pudding?
Kelly
November 5, 2020 at 9:22 AMI actually have a no bake butterscotch cookie recipe on the blog using butterscotch chips. Otherwise you could just use this recipe and use butterscotch flavored pudding instead of the vanilla.
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Irene Grimm
October 4, 2022 at 5:16 PMThese sound so good!! I am not a big chocolate fan so can’t wait to try them. I am curious as to whether or not they are super sweet. 2 cups is a lot of sugar.
Kelly
October 4, 2022 at 5:26 PMThank you!! I have made these several times and no one has said they are too sweet. But we like sweet desserts around here! You can reduce the sugar if you like, but you will also need to adjust the amount of oats you add. You want enough oats in the mixture that it’s still loose, but holds it shape and not liquidy. If you add too much oats, they will be dry and crumbly.