No Bake Salted Caramel Cookies are exactly what gets made when I want all the flavor of salted caramel, oats, chocolate, and toffee without turning on the oven or dirtying a mountain of dishes. They start with a quick stovetop caramel made from sugar, butter, evaporated milk, and instant butterscotch pudding mix, then get thickened with quick oats and loaded with chocolate chips and toffee bits for a chewy, fudgy, candy‑meets‑cookie bite. A little salt in the mixture and a sprinkle of flaky salt on top pull everything together so each cookie tastes like a tiny, no‑bake salted caramel bar that sets right on your counter in under an hour.
I love these cookies for busy days when the sweet tooth hits but the schedule doesn’t leave room for chilling dough, scooping pans, and babysitting the oven. The whole process is really about building one flavorful caramel base in a saucepan, stirring it into oats and pudding, and then dropping spoonfuls on parchment to set. Once you’ve made a batch or two, it becomes one of those “I can do this from memory” recipes that fits into weeknights, holiday trays, and last‑minute potlucks without any stress.
Ingredients
For this batch of No Bake Salted Caramel Cookies, I keep the ingredient list straightforward but make sure every component has a job. The oats give structure and chew, the pudding mix builds that caramel flavor and helps the cookies set, and the mix‑ins make each bite feel like a little candy cluster.
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