No-Bake Cocoa Haystacks

From a Hershey's cookbook. These are much like chocolate "frogs", but with coconut and without the peanut butter. These would be fun to make with kids.

• Ready In: 20 mins
• Yields: 4 dozen

Ingredients

• 1 1⁄2 cups sugar
• 1⁄2 cup butter or 1⁄2 cup margarine
• 1⁄2 cup milk
• 1⁄2 cup  cocoa
• 1  teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 1⁄2 cups  quick-cooking rolled oats
• 1  cup flaked coconut
• 1⁄2 cup  chopped  nuts

Directions

1. In a medium saucepan,combine sugar, butter, milk and cocoa.
2. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until mixture comes to full boil.
3. Remove from heat and stir in remaining ingredients.
4. Immediately drop by teaspoonfuls onto wax paper.
5. Cool completely.
6. Store in cool, dry place.