No Bake Chocolate Haystack Cookies

So good and easy to make! My siblings and I made huge batches of these cookies Sunday afternoons, and they were usually gone by Tuesday! The time for boiling the mixture is listed at 5 minutes, but if you cook it a little less, the cookies are chewier.

• Ready In: 15 mins
• Serves: 24

Ingredients

• 2  cups sugar
• 1⁄2 cup milk
• 1⁄2 cup butter or 1⁄2 cup margarine
• 1⁄2 cup  cocoa
• 1  dash salt
• 1⁄2 teaspoon vanilla
• 3  cups rolled oats
• 1  cup flaked coconut

Directions

1. In a medium saucepan, combine sugar, milk, butter, cocoa (I tend to go a little heavy on the cocoa) and salt.
2. Heat to boiling, stirring frequently.
3. When it has reached a rolling boil, cook for 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
4. Remove pan from heat and mix in vanilla, oats and coconut.
5. Drop by spoonfuls onto wax paper.
6. Work quickly!
7. Let cool.
8. Alternate/optional additions, add any one with coconut: 1/2-3/4 cup mini marshmallows or 1/2 cup walnuts.