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No Bake Coconut Macaroon Cookies

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No Bake Coconut Macaroon Cookies are super easy to make and perfect for any occasion. Whip up a batch or two today!

Whether you call these no bake coconut macaroons, haystacks or Santa cookies this easy recipe will be a hit with your family, friends, and the big man himself.

No Bake Coconut Macaroon Cookies on a white plate and a glass of milk nearby.

In our household we call these Santa Cookies around here. We put them out for Santa each year. Santa just loves these cookies. He cannot get enough of them. It’s such a funny coincidence that they just happen to be my favourite cookies too. Isn’t that a coinky-dink? I know right.

I’ve been making variations of these cookies forever. I learned how to make them as a teenager. My dad just loved these cookies so it became a tradition for me to make them every year. I’ve kept that tradition going for my own kids.

I have other variations of these on the blog. You can find Mike’s Macaroons, as well as Kim’s Nutella Cookies. They are very similar to these but they use Nutella. They are freaking amazing.

Recently I made a version with pink coconut, called Pink Coconut Cookies. I know right, super creative with the name on those. Obviously they were pink, which is my favourite colour in the world. I made the pink cookies for Cookie Week. Every week should be cookie week.

Now we have these Santa Cookies aka No Bake Coconut Macaroon Cookies. They were originally shared on Real Housemoms. Back in the day when I used to have more time to contribute to other blogs and do things like comb my hair. Then life got super busy.

When life gets busy I still fall back to comfort food. Like cookies. Cookies like these Santa Cookies. You’re going to love them.

No Bake Coconut Macaroon Cookies on a white surface.

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No Bake Coconut Macaroon Cookies on a white plate and a glass of milk nearby.
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No Bake Coconut Macaroon Cookies
Prep Time
5 mins
Cook Time
10 mins
Total Time
15 mins
 

No Bake Coconut Macaroon Cookies are super easy to make and perfect for any occasion!

Course: Cookies
Cuisine: American
Keyword: no bake coconut macaroon cookies, no bake cookies
Servings: 24
Calories: 225 kcal
Author: Kim Beaulieu
Ingredients
US Customary - Metric
Instructions
  1. Line two cookie sheets with parchment. Set aside.
  2. In a medium size saucepan cook the granulated sugar, cocoa powder, and milk over medium-low heat until all the sugar dissolves. If it's got a nice bubble going this should take about 3 to 5 minutes, or so. Keep stirring but not obsessively, it just needs a light stir every 30 seconds or so.
  3. Once the sugar is dissolved add the butter, don't fret if you didn't soften it. If it's not softened just cut it into small chunks, it'll totally still work. Keep stirring until the butter is melted and the mixture is smooth.
  4. Now add the vanilla, oats and salt. Stir until combined, then remove from the heat.
  5. Add the coconut, stir again. I know right, it's a lot of stirring.
  6. Now toss in the milk chocolate chips and the white chocolate chips. Stir again. Stop rolling your eyes at me. Stirring is good.
  7. You are now done stirring. Yah. Round of applause.
  8. Take a tablespoon or an ice cream scoop and drop the cookies onto the cookie sheets. It's okay for them to be lop-sided and not perfect. They actually look better if they are imperfect. I also suggest making some really big and some small. Since you are not baking them they don't need to be uniform in size. Making different sized ones is nice, that way wee little hooligans can grab small ones and bigger adult hooligans can grab the bigger ones. Santa can grab any size he wants as long as he leaves good gifts.
  9. Allow to cool completely. Good luck with this step. It's impossible not to dig right in. Quite honestly I was eating this right out of the saucepan with an ice cream scoop before I took photos. Just keepin' it real peeps. Just keepin' it real.
  10. Serve with a big old jolly Saint Nick smile!
Nutrition Facts
No Bake Coconut Macaroon Cookies
Amount Per Serving
Calories 225 Calories from Fat 99
% Daily Value*
Fat 11g17%
Saturated Fat 7g44%
Cholesterol 15mg5%
Sodium 105mg5%
Potassium 120mg3%
Carbohydrates 31g10%
Fiber 2g8%
Sugar 23g26%
Protein 3g6%
Vitamin A 162IU3%
Vitamin C 1mg1%
Calcium 56mg6%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

No Bake Coconut Macaroon Cookies on parchment paper.

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  25. Bea says

    Oh yes, cookie time has definitively arrived also here in Portland. My girls are in cookie heaven and your no bake macaroons look fantastic!

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  26. Kim (Feed Me, Seymour) says

    This is the first year Santa won’t be making a trip to our house and it is killing me (plus, let’s be real. It is much harder to hide presents when you know someone is looking for them instead of just thinking they appear by magic). But we will have to put out some cookies, for tradition’s sake. These must be the ones! They sound amazing!

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  27. Angela {Mind Over Batter} says

    I am a coconut junkie. There. I said it. I love coconut. And I love chocolate. So these are ppretty much the bees knees.

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  32. Patrick Farber says

    5 stars
    I like that your cookies remind you of people in your life.(me too) I miss my Mom’s “care packages” of cookies, so your cookies remind me of those days.

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    • Kim Beaulieu says

      Awe, thanks Pat. I find food really does spark memories for me. I love making recipes that remind me of my childhood.

      Hope you had a great holiday season filled with LOTS of cookies.

      Reply

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