try using the little red cinnamon candies used to decorate baked goods for another great taste.

These cookies are amazing! I'm using this recipe for a class project.. Thanks for the ideas...

My kids and I call this recipe, "Dinosaur Dump". :)

I love these cookies, they are my favorite. My grandma makes these for Christmas and for my b-day. :)

This is so Funny...I've looked for My Grandmother's Chewy Cookie recipe for many yrs. I think this is it. I have to check this out & get back to the forum. If it is, she was making these from the 30's, w/coconut. Yes, and Oleo as well. I remember raisins too. This commentary made me misty eyed b/c there is so much history, feelings & memories around a simple recipe. Cooks.com, you cover the globe & are a Treasured Asset. Thank You.

I made three batches. First one I boiled three minutes. It set up in the pan. I used old fashioned oats. They were tough. The second one I boiled for 1.5 minutes. I chopped the oats in the food processor. It was perfect. I even used half dark cocoa. The last batch I used coconut and no oats. I used four cups of coconut. They are still cooling but taste great.

I'm 60 yrs old and remember these cookies from my elementary school cafeteria. They were huge...almost as large as "Hostess Snowballs." Anyway, you wouldn't believe how often over the years I had thought of these childhood cookies and wished I had the recipe. I spent years searching cookbooks, newspapers, etc., for a recipe with oatmeal and chocolate. Then FINALLY, when I was around 47 years old, I found the recipe in a Marcia Adams cookbook. That recipe was called "Amish Boiled Cookies." I made them and shared them with my siblings who lived nearby...they also remembered them from our childhood at school. The one other recipe from my childhood that I have yet to find is a cake made by a family friend named Miz Dooley. It was a two-layer white/yellow cake with a pineapple frosting covered with coconut. My sister and I are both afraid we'll never again experience that most awesome pineapple cake. I'm still looking! ha, ha!

These cookies are one of my family's favorites. Sometimes when I make them, they are dry, other times not. Do anyone know what I'm doing wrong? I use creamy and chunky peanut butter and instant and old fashion oatmeal, depends on what I have on hand.

The reason they don't get hard is that you have to cook for at least 3 minutes.. If you eliminate the cocoa you have a delicious peanut butter cookie.. I add more peanut butter when I do this. YUMMO

Can you use Splenda or any other sugar substitute? Same measurements as sugar?

We like to store these cookies in the freezer. They make a great summer treat with a glass of milk! Adding peanuts also makes them yummy and crunchy! :-)

I love this recipe. I'm a kid that loves chocolate and I've never tasted something this good!

I have not ever made these but, have eaten them. I just happen to find the recipe in cooks.com. Will try my hand at making them. My best friend's mother made them when we were children, lol, that was a while ago. Good things just can not be put down.

I am from New Jersey and never heard of this recipe but I sure am going to try it many different ways to see which one I like the best although they all sound great. I think to make it more healthier I would substitute the sugar with a Splenda sugar and see how it turns out with all the other sweet ingredients. I don't think the taste would be much different. Wish me luck - thanks to all of you!

I ran out of cocoa and subbed 3/4 c peanut butter. Awesome!