No bake cookies are ideal for warmer weather, because you don't have to turn on the oven. These easy recipes are also good recipes for kids to make, once they have been instructed on the basics of Food Safety and after you have gone through Teach Your Kids Food and Kitchen Safety with them. For best results, read How to Make the Best No Bake Cookies before you begin.

Linda LarsenThese cookies/candies are an absolute must for Christmas in my family. This last year I forgot to buy dates and didn't make them - and we missed them! Be sure to buy the unchopped dates and chop them yourself. The prechopped type coated in sugar are too dry for the recipe.

Linda LarsenI first tasted this fabulous recipe when my great-aunt, Louella Mundale, made them for a family gathering. They are crisp, rich, and absolutely delicious.

Linda LarsenI adore these bars, and would make them every day if I could. But for a balanced diet, I can't! When I do make a batch, I eat one square, then send the rest to my husband's high school English classes. They love them too!
Here's an important tip: rinse the spoon in very hot water to remove sugar crystals while the syrup mixture is cooking in the microwave oven. That makes the smoothest mixture, because introducing crystals into the hot mixture after it's finished cooking can make the finished product grainy.

Linda LarsenThis is one of the first recipes I ever made. The secret is to make sure that the sugar is completely dissolved before you add the peanut butter and oatmeal.
Peanut butter improves just about anything! Adding this magic ingredient to traditional Rice Krispie bars makes them smooth and decadent. And I'll eat anything that has chocolate peanut butter cups in it.
Rocky Road is a term describing the combination of chocolate, nuts, and marshmallows. This fabulous recipe uses a dry frosting mix, which can be hard to find. Jiffy makes the only brand I know of; you'll need a couple of boxes. If you can't find the dry frosting mix, there's a tip at the end of the recipe for using canned frosting.
With only three ingredients, you can create a really delicious treat that tastes like so much more than the sum of its ingredients. This is a perfect recipe to start kids on the road to cooking.
This variation on a classic Canadian bar cookie is really rich and delicious. Cut these into very small pieces; nobody can handle a big chunk of this recipe!
This easy recipe is a great choice for a child's first recipe. You can crush the cookies and nuts in a heavy-duty plastic ziplock bag instead of the food processor to make it totally kid-friendly. The white chocolate chips, even when melted, don't get hot enough to burn.