peanut butter is expensive in mongolia

which means that no-bake cookies are not really a cost-effective option here. 1/2 cup of peanut butter is a lot to use for a batch of cookies. Especially since Hol and I try to stretch our little containers of peanut butter imported from Mexico as far as we can.

However, nutella-like things are relatively abundant and not too expensive. So when we happened to have a jar of that around and a craving for no-bake cookies, nutella became our peanut butter substitute.



if you don't like chocolate, these cookies are not for you. if you do, enjoy :-)

perhaps next time I'll use 1/4 cup peanut butter and 1/4 cup nutella. peanut butter/nutella no-bake cookies anyone?

(thanks to Heather who took the pictures while we made the cookies and then let me steal them to post this :- ))