CampRecipes Classic Archive
This recipe is part of the CampRecipes Classic Recipe Archive. It was originally submitted to the CampRecipes community and is preserved as historical outdoor cooking content. Some formatting, ingredient wording, or cooking guidance may reflect the original submission.
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Original Date: 2006-11-28
Serves: any
Prep Time: 1-30m
Difficulty: easy
Backpacking: No
Ingredients
- 3 cups of quick oats
- 1 tsp. of vanilla
- 4T. of cocoa
- 1 stick of oleo or butter
- 1/2 cup of milk
- 2 cups of sugar
- 1 cup of coconut/optional
Instructions
Mix oats, vanilla, coconut, and cocoa in a large bowl. Put oleo, milk, and sugar in a pot. Boil stuff in pot for 1 minute. Pour pot mixture over dry mixture and mix well. Drop a spoonful onto waxed paper and let harden.
(Make sure you don't eat all of it before it hardens!! Yes, it's that good!)
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