White chocolate no-bake cookies

In my crazy, thematic teacher mind, I've been plotting to make white chocolate no-bake cookies for some time now. I was going to make them for St. Patrick's Day and dye them green, but I bought mint oreos instead.

But what better time is there than Easter? With some pastel m&m's, they're perfect. The white chocolate ones even look kind of like bird nests with colorful eggs. The white chocolate ones aren't so overpoweringly sweet, so you can eat more of them at once. Score.

I made regular chocolate ones, too, just in case the white ones didn't, you know... turn out right.

I was on a quest to make something different. Usually, Italian/European kids will do anything for a cake-mix cupcake, but this class is weird. Only about half of the kids will eat cupcakes, so I needed to try something else.

After a poll of students from 5 countries, the white chocolate cookies are the best. There was serious gushing going on. From 5th graders. And drooling. Win.

White Chocolate Peanut Butter No-Bake Cookies

1 1/2 C sugar
1 C white chocolate chips
1/2 C butter
1/2 C milk
1/2 C peanut butter
1 tsp. vanilla
3 C minute oats

Melt sugar, chocolate chips, and butter in a saucepan, adding the milk when everything is almost melted. Cook and stir until boiling, boil 1 minute. Remove from heat and stir in peanut butter and vanilla. Stir in oats until combined. Drop by spoonfuls on a cookie sheet covered with waxed paper and allow to harden.

Buon appetito!