Basic cornflakes with a sweet peanut butter glaze rolled into balls make delicious No-Bake Cornflake Cookies!
This easy no-bake dessert is fun to make with kids around the holidays!
If you like this no-bake cookie recipe you may also enjoy No-Bake Orange Peanut Butter Cookies.
Cornflake Balls
One of my childhood memories with food is eating the green cornflake wreaths at Christmas. I was so pleased to find a version of that recipe that is quicker and great to make all year round.
Peanut butter and cornflakes are the prominent flavors in these cookie balls. Corn syrup bonds the components together and gives a sweet flavor. These ingredients almost create a cross between a no-bake cookie and a candy and can easily be rolled into balls.
When I think about taking cereal and making dessert, Rice Krispie treats come to mind, but they are even better when modified a little to make Chocolate & Peanut Butter Rice Krispie Treats and Oreo Cookie Treats.
We are also big fans of no-bake cereal bars like our Cheerio & M&M Cereal Bars, Easy Unicorn Snacks with Lucky Charms and Pay Day Crunch with Chex Mix.
My kids always enjoy helping in the kitchen and they are big cereal fans so we like trying new recipes together.
Peanut Butter Cornflakes
These no-bake cookies can be dropped onto a cookie sheet with a spoon and left to set up in a haystack style. Or they can be portioned out using a cookie scoop and then rolled in your hands to make balls.
With clean hands that have been dipped in water shape balls in your hands by rolling. The water will help prevent the mixture from sticking to your hands.
My kids enjoy easy recipes that don’t take very long and give them a hands-on opportunity to be involved. Rolling balls make the cornflake treats fun to make and more fun to eat.
I tend to grab extra cereal from our pantry to make cereal desserts. Be sure that the cereal is still fresh and not stale when you’re ready to make this recipe. Grabbing slightly stale cereal is a mistake I regret to share that I’ve made more than once.
Another recipe in our box that uses cornflakes is our Red Potato Ranch Casserole. These are great recipes to make as a pair and use up a box of cornflake cereal!
How to Make No-Bake Cornflake Cookies
- Over medium heat melt sugar and corn syrup, be sure to stir often.
- Add peanut butter and continue stirring regularly until melted.
- Remove from heat and stir in vanilla; then add cornflakes.
- Cool enough to be able to handle and roll into balls
Other Easy Dessert Recipes:
Printable No-Bake Cornflake Cookie Recipe
No-Bake Cornflake Cookies
Ingredients
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 cup light corn syrup
- 1 1/2 cups peanut butter
- 6 cups cornflakes
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Instructions
- Melt sugar and corn syrup on stove top over medium heat stirring often.
- Add peanut butter and continue stirring often until melted.
- Remove from heat and stir in vanilla; then add cornflakes.
- Cool enough to be able to handle and roll into balls
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I love to make this recipe but how do you keep them from getting dry and hard? What can you do to soften them when they get hard?