Best Chocolate Oatmeal Cookies in Appalachia | My Favorite Lunchroom Cookie 

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There's nothing like Chocolate. And lunch room food was so good back in the day.

My great grandmother was one of the first cooks in our lunchroom and the food was wonderful. Those ladies really cooked the food and my great grandmother had always worked as a cook in several businesses. I was 1 of 5 kids and my mom closed the door on lunch-packing once we had hot lunches!! 🤣. But I don't ever remember having these cookies at school. Grandma Alice was a wonderful baker and we always had homemade cakes, pies and baked cookies. She baked 3 pies for my Pap every morning, on a cast-iron wood-burning stove every morning before going to the school!! And she made me and my siblings eat every bite if we wanted seconds. We were held to the highest standard!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣😍 I make these cookies often!

I love that I found you. And your cooking..Yes, I remember the lunch room ladies and what good meals we had.I am 73 years old and from ALABAMA.

Had to come back to say I loved your daughter's comment "everything in moderation...including moderation." Wanna hang that up in my kitchen!

Oatmeal no bake cookies, we sure love them here and yep first ate them too in the school lunchroom. OH those lunch ladies back in the day sure fed us some good homemade meals. I started headstart in the summer of 1967 or 68 and went all 8 years at the same school for elementary and middle school. My great aunt was a lunch room cook and my grandmother was a janitor. I cant remember if we had pizza, but I do recall we had what they called a submarine sandwich, which had ham and cheese with lettuce on a hot dog bun, oh boy we loved those. The chili was delicious but what stands out in my mind was the homemade Italian Spaghetti and homemade YEAST ROLLS!! Loved those days when we had chocolate milk and when we got to have ice cream in those little cups with the wooden spoon. Seems like by the time I got to high school the lunches were not as good. By the time my girls were in school the lunches were just horrible, every day was some kind of chicken nugget type stuff and it's still that way today. Hope ya'll are getting to enjoy some more snow, we are bracing for another few days of a winter storm.

Very good cookie. Your story about where your woodstove came from was great too. I had forgot, but when I was in grade school, the school could not afford a cook so some of the ladies would each cook for a week. My aunt, then my grandmother, and several of my friend's mothers would each cook. I got to where I could tell by the food who did the cooking. They were all good cooks, but times were different then. Thank you, you bring back a lot of memories for me.

My momma added coconut to the cookies and we called them haystacks. We were crazy kids who liked momma's cooking better than anything, I really miss her. My sister really liked fried potato sandwiches with katsup. I am 71 and I will always remember that!

WOW, can't wait to make some those cookies. When I was in highschool I would jump when lunch bell rang.I would run down fireescape,jump on roof,down to ground to race in for lunch.Sometimes they would make cinnamon rolls which were SO GOOD! Thanks for the memories!!

These are a Christmas tradition for my family!! My husband makes them and his famous hot chocolate every year when we decorate our tree. Of course, that's not the only time we eat them. My granny always made them when I was growing up. Every year for Halloween we would run over to granny's and she would have a BIG bowl full of chocolate oatmeal cookies all individually wrapped in tin foil. That's what she would hand out to all the kids.

i love your family videos. so wholesome in a world gone crazy it seems they make my day after a hard day at work

My Mama made these, l made them for my children & have made them for my grandchildren. We all love them. Good memories!

My Granny made those cookies all the time. Now I made them for my so. During his birthday and Christmas and any other occasion I ask him what he wants and all he ever ask for was those cookies. He wanted 2 dozen, 1 dozen for him and the other dozen to share with others. I try to make the every time he ask for them even at the age of 50 he never gets tired of them.

My husband introduced these to me when we were dating. He had a sweet neighbor lady who would make these and send to him while he was in basic training for national guard. They called them Tyson candy. That was the lady that sent them to him. We still make Tyson candy over 59 years later. Thanks for the video!!

My wife makes these. When you have no snacks in the house, these come in handy. I started school in 1958 and they didn’t serve pizza when I went to school. And Milk came In glass bottles and of course it came in cartons eventually after that.🤗

I grew up in SW Virginia and we called these preacher cookies. I've since moved to Pennsylvania as an adult and nobody knows what I'm talking about! My favorite cookies, thank you for posting this recipe!

I am 73 and I went to a rural elementary school where everyone's grandma cooked in the cafeteria. The food was phenomenal. Chili and a peanut butter sandwich. Chicken and gravy over biscuits. They made something called "mock turtle" sandwich. It was hot, sort of gooey, and served on a hamburger bun. I have no idea what they were, but sure did like them!

YES , Ate in the lunch room & everything was always HOMEMADE! And our lunch ladies were the best. Amazing we had Pizza “no bake cookies” on Fridays too☺️😉

We called them "no bake" cookie. So good and I can remember watching my mother making them and could not wait to dive in and eat some. A classic for sure. 😊

I have wonderful memories of eating in the school cafeteria for lunch, that was 60 years ago. The food was so good, wonderful yeast rolls, hamburgers, apple crisps... Wonderful food and the ladies were so sweet.

My Mommy made these for us when we were growing up/ She made the best and we all loved them. Two of my brothers asked her to make some and she told them she didn't have any peanut butter. This was back in the day when it was difficult to find a store open on Sundays so I think they were gone for about four hours or more. We live in Maryland near the Delaware line so they checked in Elkton, MD and then ventured across the state line into Newark Delaware where they finally found a store that was open and got that peanut butter. Knowing my brothers they may have stopped at homes and knocked on the doors to borrow a jar of peanut butter. Don't know where they found the peanut butter and brought it home to mommy and she made cookies for them. Mommy passed in 1999 but a lot of the women in the family still make them. Sweet mommy and family memories. I always ate in the lunch room. My blessed Aunt that I am named after was the cook. She was the best. Thanks for giving me a sweet trip down memory lane. I enjoy your show and your family. So sweet♥ I did not mention but we are originally from West Virginia, Born and raised there.

We call them chocolate oatmeal cookies. My school was from 1st grade to 8th grade. I loved the big peanut butter cookies that had a design made with a fork around the cookie. I also loved the vegetable soup. I remember putting milk in my soup to cool it off and many of the other kids would too. Yes, the pizza was delicious! Thanks for sharing and taking me back to a more peaceful time.

Ive been making these for years and I love these cookies. My memories of our lunchroom meals are so good. The best rolls. The food was good. I still remember all the ladies who cooked.

COW PATTIES! My aunt use to make these for us when I was a kid. I have looked for the recipe and the few I found were never just right. As I watched you make them the memories of her doing the same came clear in my mind. She would make them for a quick after school treat, or when an unexpected bunch of us would all show up at her house to play. She lived just a couple doors down, had 5 kids of her own, with a neighborhood full of kids. I can't ever remember not having these on a snow day during that time of my life. Thanks for sharing, always love watching, this one has warmed my heart and brought back so many good memories, and now I can have the cow patties that made us giggle as we ate them with a big cold glass of milk, or snow cream.

We call them no bake chocolate cookies, and we did have them I n school. When I got married I made them omg so good I'm from central arkansas. .. love ❤️ watching you you have taught us alot.

I love these cookies. We called them no bake cookies. You are right, they are so good with a glass of milk. Thanks for sharing. I think I need to make some. 😊

My favorite lunchroom meal was the vegetable beef soup with grilled cheese toast and a big soft peanut butter cookie. Those peanut butter cookies were legendary in our area.

I call them no bake cookies. And yes I always ate in the cafeteria. I was raised in Ky. and we had the best cooks. Ahhhhh those hot yeast rolls. But I don’t remember them fixing these cookies. My favorite lunch room meal was spaghetti and salad with French dressing. And my favorite dessert was their chocolate sheet cakes with nuts. I always loved milk and on Fridays we were served chocolate milk. And remember those afternoon ice cream breaks. We never had the extra money for ice cream because there was 5 of us kids in school. But I learned that if I saved my lunch I could have 2 dime ice creams plus a nickel one! When I got into high school our lunches cost 35 cents so there were days my best friend and I would save our lunch money for a stop at the drug store for a cherry coke and a bag of Fritos! Thanks for bringing back some good school memories.

This is my first recipe I got from a babysitter, when I was 10 yrs old. It was handwritten. So I've been making these for 56 years. They were called candy cookies or jiffy candy back then. My recipe, said jiffy candy! I make those every year at Christmas, I also make potato candy. Hmm yummy to both recipes

Mom-mom made the chocolate oatmeal candy every Christmas. In school, I took my lunch some days and had the plate lunch others. My favorites were what was called barbeque sandwich, Sloppy Joe on a hamburger bun, fish sticks and chili con carne. Once in a while, the plate lunch included a small pleated paper cup of pumpkin fluff, sweetened canned pumpkin and pumpkin pie spice folded into Dream Whip or whipped cream. My all -time favorite dessert was apple crisp. In all the years since I graduated high school, I've never tasted better. In the early grades, you could buy Dixie cups for a nickel. Half chocolate and half vanilla ice cream in a waxed paper cup with a flat wooden spoon. I would always eat the chocolate first, then stir the vanilla with the spoon until it was soft and creamy. It is shameful that today's children aren't served the cooked from scratch lunches we enjoyed.

I ate in the lunchroom and loved everything they made! At home we had the same 6 or 7 dishes over and over, so the lunchroom food was wonderful, and like yours, the cooks were so friendly and kind to us all. They never made these cookies, but the school dessert I remember is gingerbread with a sauce over it. I fell in love with gingerbread over 65 years ago and still love it and all things ginger! Thank you so much for the wonderful memories you stir up on your wonderful videos.

Lunch time was always so good in elementary school. Thank Jesus I had free lunches. Oh, chocolate milk was heaven sent when it was available. Wow, how times have changed. Tipper you bring back fond memories.

My nanny was from Georgia and married my pawpaw from Nantahala. She was young when they married and my great grandmas Medford taught her how to cook. This was one of the cookies she taught her and my grandma calls them Carolina Delights. My grandma taught me all the recipes she learned from my great grandma Medford and it’s so fun to watch your channel and see you make all the things I know from Western North Carolina.

My husband's family have made almost the same thing for years. His Grandma and Mom called them surprise cookies. My hubby still makes them for our kids. Its cool so many people have a similar recipe passed down through families.

I love these cookies, during my two junior high school years the cooks made them without chocolate and they were just peanut butter oatmeal cookies and they were very different from what I got it home. I actually ask for the recipe from one of the cooks and she said just tell Mom to forget the cocoa. It is a nice change and it is real peanut buttery without the cocoa even with the just a little bit of peanut butter that's in them. My mom thought that I had mistaken the recipe and looked up the cook that told me and she said yeah just leave the cocoa out. I still enjoy them once in awhile I prefer the cocoa ones but the other ones are a nice change real fast, boy I wish my Cooks in elementary school and Junior high would have made a cookbook that would be amazing,

When I was in school everyone ate in the lunchroom whether they bought lunch or brought it from home. We never had these cookies in school but I discovered them as an adult and they are delicious and so easy to make.

My Mom made these but never with peanut butter...I've never seen a recipe with peanut butter...the just chocolate version is my favourite cookie...I used to love eating out the left over bits in the pan that used to harden when it cools...I'm going to try the peanut butter...I haven't made them in years...Thanks for sharing...We called them Chocolate Drop Cookies and my Grandmother used to put coconut in hers and called them macaroons...Growing up in Canada we didn't have lunchroom meals just our packed lunches from home...In high school grades 9 to 12, we did have a cafeteria where you could buy your lunch but I never did...It was only junk type food...Occasionally I would buy a frozen yogurt on a stick...Oh, the memories...In elementary school we could buy a carton of milk which your parents pre paid for the week and once a week we'd have hotdog day which you prepaid and we had a chip cart that you could buy a bag of chips from daily.

My kids love no bake cookies. Even as adults they still get excited when momma makes them. I think a big batch for each of them might be in the near future. My favorite school meal was Chicken and noodles with yeast rolls. My mom couldn't make yeast rolls , she killed the yeast every time. So those big ole lunch room rolls were a real treat. My aunt was a lunch room lady so she would get us big boxes of square pizzas. They were good but when you have them often they don't have the same effect.

My grandmother used to make these when we were kids. When she passed away( after all of us were grown) the one thing everybody wanted was the recipe for these cookies. I think all of my cousins and my siblings make these for their children now. We all have a copy of her recipe in her handwriting and it’s something I will always treasure.

Didn't have these at school but a good friend from crossville, TN introduced them to me. Also talking about the soup and peanutbutter sandwich. We added apple jelly to peanut butter. Was very good. A former lunchroom lady😀

My Momma made these chocolate cookies, she called No-bake Cookies, but w/out peanut butter and with some shredded coconut (but they weren't too sweet!) We were also treated to pies including meringue pies. As a teenager this Wisconsin farm girl made the best pies, to feed the men hired to help w/ the harvest. With perfectly browned & "scalloped "tops the meringue tasted sooo good, with the rest of the pie. And growing up in Anchorage, AK, they reminded me of drifted snow.✨ ...but don't be shy if you sometimes burn food and have to salvage it. My momma worked outside the home and on occasion burned food, but my sister & I CHERISH the GIFT of her terrific food! Our mom lived to 93 yrs. old, we deeply miss her.🕊️ We love our Momma & the food she made with Love.❤️💕

Cow patties! Love those things..i'll get plumb foundered if i let myself haha

I ate in the lunch room I remember the chocolate oatmeal cookies and the square pizza fit perfect in the tray. We had these old green fiber glass lunch trays from the 50s you could not wear those things out.

This looks great! I am invited for dinner tomorrow and need something easy to bring with. My lunchroom memory is Mr. Means, our elementary school principal, standing next to the trash bin where we would throw out our trash after finishing lunch. He would shake every kid's milk carton and if the milk carton was not empty , he would send you back to the table to finish your milk. Amazing example of how the school took the students' health seriously back then.

Pizza day with chocolate milk in a carton - a gourmet feast when you're 12, 13, 14-years-old. My public high school days were forgettable but my elementary school days, 1969-1978 at Saint Norbert Elementary School in Pittsburgh, were wonderful and filled with great pre-teen memories. My favorite lunchroom meal back then was a grilled ham, cheese, & pickle sandwich on sourdough bread and a cup of extremely good soup - my choice was always lentil soup. OMG, was that ever heavenly! Thanks for the stroll down memory lane for this 58-year-old Appalachian wannabe. 😃

Fridays at the grade school I attended they had soup and peanut butter sandwiches. But the peanut butter was nothing like you could buy at the store, and it tasted incredible. If I remember right, they mixed Kayro Syrup in with the peanut butter (maybe to make it last longer?). They never had those no bake cookies though. My mom would make them though. I remember her using some sort of thermometer to know when the mixture was ready.

I loved the lunchroom. All my friends together and I never had a complaint about the food. Of course, when I was im school, the food was still really good. Yes, we had chocolate-oatmeal cookies. Thanks for sharing.

My husband's favorite cookies. We call them chocolate peanut butter drop cookies. We usually had bagged lunch at school, but occasionally we had the school lunch. Ravioli was my personal favorite. And a box of milk. Remember the paper straws? Save those for some mischief in the next class!

Chocolate Oatmeal Drop Cookies is what we called them. I used to love these as much as my kids did. Thanks for the memories.

Hate that this generation will never know what the school lunches were like back in the day😍 Thank you for sharing!

I don't remember having these cookies in school, but my wife makes them now and they are good. My favorite thing in the lunch room was rice pudding. Still one of my favorites. You need to show your recipe if you have one. Thanks

Lunch room food was awesome when I was young. Like you, square pizza and chocolate oatmeal cookies was two of my favorite lunch items . I’ve made the cookies often for my family and now I make them for my grandson. Brings back so many memories. I purchased your cookbook and have already used it. I do like it a lot. And, like Matt, I do love a bowl of vegetable beef soup and a peanut butter sandwich. No jelly

Goodness…….have you known any kid that didn’t think square lunch room pizza was their favorite!! My mother made these no bake cookies and we could hardly wait for them to set up. Think I will go make a batch. It has been years since I have had one (or two). Thanks for the trip down memory lane

We used to call those chocolate cookies “boiled cookies” That’s how they are named in the recipe book. They are my favorite ones too. Oh and the pizza from school…those were the best! I wish I could find them online so I can order some. 😋

My husband grew up eating these at his school's lunchroom too. We call them no bake cookies but our friends call them Charlie Browns. My recipe is very similar to yours, except I use 1/4 cup of Hershey's Special Dark cocoa in mine, always use evaporated milk and prefer salted butter.

My memory of the no bake cookies was always served with vegetable soup along with ham sandwiches in the elementary school lunchroom. I usually make the cookies around Christmas and I have memories of my younger years when preparing them. Thank you for this sweet memory!

My Mom made these without the cocoa and that was my favorite. You brought back a fond memory of my Mom and I truly appreciate it. I grew up in Kentucky andI love watching your videos. So many of the sayings, stories and recipes are the same as yours. I had never heard of the Georgia Candy Squash until I saw your video. I ordered the seeds for them from Amazon for only $3.00. I live in Florida now so I may be able to grow some now. Thank you so much for your delightful videos! Jan Swafford Chavez

Our school lunches had these without oatmeal, but my mom made these and I thought it was her own personal recipe. She called them Cow Pies and they were among my favorite cookies. Now that she's not with us any more, I'm excited to find out how to make them again! I love your videos!

First....❤ Did your lunchroom ladies make Johnny Marzetti? I loved that meal...😁

I’ve never heard of these cookies, but I’m certainly gonna make them. I ate in the lunchroom from the 7th grade and enjoyed buying the school lunches. Prior to that, my mom packed our lunches and we ate in our classroom. Thank you for sharing this recipe. God bless you and your family. Sue

Oh these definitely bring back memories. I usually took my lunch growing up (peanut butter and jelly) but I suspect more due to finances than anything else. I remember making them for my own family in the 70's but don't know where I first heard of them. I will definitely make these for Christmas this year. Thanks for the memories.

I never had these cookies and our lunch room didn't have any this good. But I'm going to try them. They look delish.

This brings back so many wonderful memories those ladies where so wonderful they were so great to the kids. We used to have them I remember when the government gave away the food boxes that had the big block of cheese and and oats and big can of peanut butter. I loved the soup and toasted cheese on soup day 😋 I loved the cafeteria lady's they knew every kid by name. Such wonderful memories and years. I remember that my mother would fix macaroni and home canned tomatoes 🍅. Yummy. Can I order a dozen! I think I have just gained weight from watching the 😀 I used to love the pizza also. God bless all of the cafeteria workers 🙏

My mama always made these for us when I was a kid .. sooo good .. I made them for my kids and now I make them for my grandkids 😍😍

We grew up making these! Our family called them boiled cookies.

Those look delicious, and definitely bring back memories of my lunchroom!💜

I grew up in McDowell Co, WV. Our elementary school lunch rooms head cook was Mrs. Sally Wilson. She was there when my mom, aunts, uncles, and cousins went to the same school in the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s (I went there in the early 1960s). She made the same cookies plus potato soup with PBJ sandwiches. She retired when I was in 2nd grade then we had Mrs. Rotzi (she was a great cook too). Thanks for the memories.

My mom made those a lot. I’ve tried a few times. Never turn out like my moms did. She made them the best.

We love no bake cookies.The only difference with my recipe is that we use 4T of cocoa and 3t of vanilla and I let it boil for 2 minutes. Turns out perfect every time

Substitute coconut for the oatmeal and you'll have a really good no-bake cookie also. I like them made either way. ;)

Oh I am for sure going to make these, I think my cousin used to make them but without chocolate and she never would give away the recipe, she called them peanut butter no bake cookies. I always enjoy watching your channel, I'm a latecomer to the show, but I cannot get enough of watching. Thanks Tipper.

Watching you cook, gives me the courage to start cooking again.

Hey Ms Tipper , I LOVE THOSE COOKIES !! I always thought of them as Missouri mud cookies, some put corn flakes in them to In Indiana they call them hay stacks , little different amounts of ingredients though I like them ice cold out of the refrigerator, although I never passed up a spatula used in the making of said cookies Us kids would fight over who got the big spoon at grandmas when she made cookies We fought so bad one time , she told us to hush or no body git it , well we didnt , and she proceeded to lick that big spoon right in front of all us kids . We all sat there , mouths agape , watching her lick that spoon clean. We all went and pouted in the living room after that. She let us brood fir a bit before she called us all into the kitchen fir cookies and milk Good memories of so long ago !! We always had the frozen , tin foil $.50 cent lunches when I grew up , that and Stewart sandwiches, which were frozen and reheated in a special oven , they weren't that bad , junior high , same thing, but we also had the concession line . You could get a Frost type shake and all kinds of dings dongs and other type hostess style goodies High school we got real food I guess , some if it was good , some was bad Pizza was good , the spaghetti ok, but mine seemed to always have the bay leaf in it . Memories of elementary / middle school cafeteria time . My great Aunt Jeanee ran the lunchroom, little round 5 ft nothin Hungarian lady , were most of the kids were taller than her . Ran it like a drill seargent , , but a drill seargent that gave out plenty of hugs too . Always used those big dust mops to sweep the floor , and those big long fold up white tables that had the benches attached and wheels so you could roll them out of the way to sweep. And lastly the wooded ramp / platform right next to the big roll off dumpster. So the kids could throw out the trash without getting it all over the place . All good memories !! Take care and God Bless BigMike

I have a STORY for you, about those very cookies. My Aunt Betty never had children, so my brother and I were given all the love and spoilin' her heart could release. She rarely ever told us, "no." These were my favorite, right after a bowl of Chef Boyardee Ravioli or Kraft Macaroni. One day she made a batch, and I'm guessin' it'd been a while, because my mouth drooled painfully the whole time she worked on them. She would place them in the large, deep, egg-shaped Tupperware container with rows of parchment paper in between. I believe it was at least 6 or 7 inches deep. She did force me to wait for them to set up and cool, tellin' me they would taste bad if I ate them before they were hard. I waited, impatiently. That particular time, I was able to wait strangely longer than I normally would, so when I thought they might be ready, my mouth was waterin'. I nearly cried with delight at the first taste. Hers always had that crisp snap, somewhat similar to a piece of Hershey bar, breakin' in the middle. I probably ate 3 or 4 before taking a breath, or before she noticed. I remember thinkin' that one LAYER was a reasonable servin' , and decided that a partial testin' of the SECOND LAYER would be alright. I kept goin', and goin' until my appetite was finally satisfied. In reality, I had eaten enough cookies to send me straight to the grave, but I felt wonderful! Mom came to pick me up, and I don't remember why my little brother wasn't there to enjoy the marvelous treat. He might have reduced my founderin'. 😂 We only lived a couple hundred yards up the road. I don't believe I'd been home 30 minutes when I found myself hot and more than a little dizzy. I got to my Mom's bathroom, lickety split, just as a volcano of chocolatey goodness erupted from my 10 year old stomach. I don't ever recall throwin' up that much before or since, and that was 37 years ago. Mom wiped my forehead and mouth with a cold wash rag and asked me "what on EARTH I had eaten.' Once I told her, she understood. She immediately got on the phone to her sister. In fact, I'd eaten more than HALF of that container!! I don't think it was a pleasant conversation in the least, and I was always much more careful about the number of cow patties I ate. Poor Aunt Betty. She was my angel. ♥️

My girlfriend's mom made us these and we called them "Brown, Boiled Cookies".... Later when I had kids....using her same recipe to this day, these were the quick cookies to have for kid's lunches when time was not there for a longer baking commitment....and to this day, all of my adult kids LOVE THESE COOKIES. Cafeteria rice!!!! FOR YEARS....many years..... my sister and I loved the rice we ate in our cafeteria ......never knew it was Jasmine Rice....

I started to school in 1952. We had the best lunches ever. They cooked just like my grandmother did. My grandmother lived with us and raise my brother and myself while mother and daddy were working. Mother and Daddy both came home every day for lunch. My grandmother cooked three square meals a day. We never had meat at every meal, but we always had vegetables galore. The women at the lunchroom always cooked vegetables, and sometimes even cornbread. Usually we had a piece of bread dipped in butter that the government had given the school. Everyone always look forward to that buttered bread. It was so good. We also always had a dessert that was homemade and absolutely delicious. I think it’s a crying shame that I would children today have pizza and things that you buy at McDonald’s and other places that I adds to the obesity of their generation.

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My family loves these cookies. They are easy to make. Actually my grandmother would fix these cookies for all us grandchildren. I remember being served these at school. My most favorite school cafeteria lunch was the pizza! Also, for dessert they would serve a peach half with a cookie. I don't know what kind of cookie it was, but it was buttery and thin. So Good!!!

I completely LOVE your posts! I'm not Appalachian. ... but I am Scots-Irish descent. Unfortunately, I'm more a concrete-and-steel kind of girl since that's where I've grown up. I find that your way of life speaks to me. I admire your frugality, your resourcefulness, the way you love your family and strive to do all you can do to harbor a legacy they can remember and look upon with pride. Kudos to you... you're totally AWESOME!

YUM. Fond memories of the BREAD smells rising from the kitchen basement stairwells at our old brick elementary school. Oh. My. Those Lunchroom Ladies could COOK.

These are my favorite cookie. I make these all of the time as they r my son’s favorite. My favorite meal at school was anything they had when they had homemade rolls. They were absolutely delicious. I ate in the lunchroom every day. They had the best meals and they were the sweetest ladies.

I call em chocolate Novak's. I used to make them. I buy mine from the grocery store now. My school never served them. I do love these cookies

Boiled cookies. We had such wonderful cooks at school when I was a child. Of course, we had lots of southern dishes and even shrimp and fish because it was Mobile, AL. Those days are long gone now. I think no schools cook anymore. The kids eat sandwiches and frozen pizza. Or they bring lunch from home. Love you all!

Love these cookies, we call them no-bake and I use old fashioned oats to make them. Made them for years, and have even use non-dairy products for my grandkids that can't have any dairy products. We walked home my first 6 years of school for lunch, but did have a cafeteria in 7th grade. Love those meals. Tipper, I really enjoy your youtube channel and you and your family.

My Grandmother made these for her kids in 30s & 40s. My Mother made these for us kids in the 60s. I made them for my kids and now they make them for me! We knew them as Choco. Oatmeal cookies. Spoon on waxed paper on tray/ plate and put in fridge to cool and harden. Also you are the first person to remember the square lunchroom pizza! Was the first pizza I ever ate and loved it cause it barely had spices on it. Didn't know back then I had an oregano allergy. Our town had a Toms pizza joint - 1 slice for 10 cents..but covered in oregano and I hated it. Mothers desserts we're wonderful..We called her 7 minute frosting "cussing icing" cause she always did when she made it! Put that on chocolate cake,, yummy! Thanks for the memories!!

I'm 68 y.o.,,,Yes our school lunches were like yours. We had 4 ladies cooking in ours. Yes the pizza was square and yummy! Yes the no bake cookies!!! Also use 3 girls(my 2 sisters) we used to play in the dirt,,, like water and dirt mix it up,,then spoon on a long 2x4board. We called it Mud Cookies. The when momma made these no bake cookies,, we called them Mud Cookies.😂😂,,, Now us 3 girls and baby brother are all in our 60's of age,,, and we still make and call these cookies Mud Cookies.😊

My family calls these Tummy Ache cookies because we will eat them until we get a tummy ache. Love them!

My momma makes these, she learned to make em from her momma (Granny) and granny learned from her momma (Mema). Absolutely my favorite treat!

I grew up in Elbert County, Georgia. We did not have these in our school lunchroom. My favorite lunchroom meal was the very occasional grilled cheese sandwich with vegetable soup. My mom made these oatmeal cookies at home. She was an inventive cook who loved to vary recipes. Sometimes she put in the peanut butter. Sometimes she left it out and only used the cocoa powder, so they were very chocolate. Sometimes she substituted coconut or pecans for the peanut butter. And my brothers, sisters, Dad and I loved all the versions!

We always called those cookies chocolate oatmeal candy ,and I believe Mom would add one half cup of peanut butter. You make me go back to my childhood.

I ate in the school lunch room when I was in elementary school and the food was delicious . All the lunch room ladies went to our church and they were such sweet ladies. Whole different story in high school. I took my lunch then. Yes, the chocolate oatmeal cookies are the best . My mom made them and I do too. God Bless

Thank you for sharing Tipper! I haven’t made these in awhile. We called then “No bake cookies”. When my two youngest grandchildren come, we’ll make some. ❤

What you are saying is exactly what we used to love at school too in upstate NY and we still dream about those school cafeteria meals... the square pizza, the rice with a pat of butter and a ton of black pepper, mashed potatoes, macaroni and cheese, chocolate milk, and on and on... 💝💝💝💝

My husband and I still reminisce about eating in our schools' cafeterias - as they were called. We were in the same district but different schools but most of the foods were the same and they made the best chili beans, tacos, and turkey gravy and mashed potatoes. I would pay for that chili bean recipe today. He always ate in the cafeteria as he lived out in the country and rode the bus but I usually walked home about half a block and had lunch with my mom and later with my brother's babysitter. We don't remember desserts being served, maybe it was fruit. I never heard of no bake cookies until my neighbor gave me a copy of her church cookbook. Now I make them a few time per year....delicious.

'We called them No baked Cookies - Such sweet memories. Love you channel as well as your precious daughters.

love these cookies! havent made them in ages! we called them "candy cookies" but the recipe is the same. i remember lunch at school too. i loved spaghetti day and their apple crisp was soooo good! love your videos, Tipper! thank you for sharing all the wonderful foodways and all the gardening...all of it! God bless you and your wonderful family!

Our school cafeteria didn't make them, but the father of one of my good friends did, and I think he made a double batch because they had 4 children. It was the only thing I knew how to cook when we got married in the early 70s. My mother started making them and she'd add in chopped pecans, which was wonderful. Sometimes I add coconut. And on a hot day, I'll put some fresh batter on a buttered plate and set them in the freezer for about 15 minutes. Makes an almost frozen treat.

😂 salamander farmer! Once your no-bake cookies reach the desired consistency, transfer them to an airtight container, like Tupperware. This will prevent them from becoming overly firm and crummy over time! It’s the best thing I ever discovered! Thank you! This guidance has allowed me to customize my recipe to match my preferences perfectly.

My grandmother was a lunchroom lady when my Mom was growing up in Eastern Kentucky. An so my Mom used to make sandwiches that went with chili that was cubed cheese and lettuce pieces and mayonnaise on white bread. Yes, I ate in the lunchroom. I too loved those pizzas. I remember eating those cookies in our lunchroom in central Indiana. I always like pizza day on Friday and chili day we got cornbread. I remember the vegetable soup with the peanut butter sandwich. Our part of central Indiana has alot Appalachian mountains food ways here.

Omg thank you so much for this. My Grandma makes these so much better than me & I've been looking for someone from back home who has a video up showing how to make them. Mine sometimes won't set. When my Grandma would make them she never messed them up. At one time she was the lunch lady so maybe that's why.