This is a sweet treat for those whose grandma had an extra golden-wrapped butterscotch candy or two in her purse for you! A little extra love on top to balance out that sweetness.
Add sugar, butter, and milk to a dutch oven or medium saucepan.
On medium heat, stir the sugar and butter mixture until it reaches a rolling boil. Let the mixture reaches a full rolling boil for exactly 2 minutes. Set a timer!
Remove from the heat and add the vanilla extract, butterscotch chips, quick-cooking, and oats.
Stir with a rubber spatula until the mixture is completely mixed together.
Use a large cookie scoop to scoop out the cookie and drop cookies onto a sheet of parchment paper.
Add the dark chocolate chips to the top then sprinkle with flaky salt.
Allow the no-bake cookies to cool completely and set properly before eating.
Notes
This cookie mixture comes together fairly quickly, so don’t take your eyes off of your pan.You should easily be able to double or triple the recipe if using a dutch oven. They’re typically large enough to handle the extra cookie ingredients.Make sure your mixture reaches a rolling boil over medium heat for exactly 2 minutes to ensure your drop cookies are set properly.Use quick oats! Old-fashioned rolled oats, while delicious, won't absorb the melted sugar well enough and could result in a drier cookie.A tall glass of milk or almond milk with these no-bake cookies will really help balance that rich butterscotch sweetness in these chewy oatmeal cookies.To cool no bake cookies quickly, drop your cookies onto a prepared baking sheet and stick them in the fridge to set up.