Midwestern Kids' Heaven

So here is a perfect dessert:  the delicious combination of peanut butter, chocolate, and oatmeal, all in one unconventionally free-form package.  Yes, I'm describing the unfortunately-named, yet wonderfully yummy Cocoa Log.  Also known as the No-Bake Cookie, if you prefer to not set 12-year-old boys snickering (or Anthony & I, since our senses of humor clearly tend toward the juvenile).

As we all know, chocolate and peanut butter together are awesome...so here's to you, Mrs. 1950s Housewife Lady, whose kids and/or husband were minutes away from arriving home and thus demanding cookies, and who discovered that either: a) she was out of eggs, b) it was too damn hot to turn the oven on (tuna salad on toast points for dinner, family!), and/or c) having a couple of cocktails in the afternoon makes cooking TOO HARD.  Voila!  Peanut butter, oats, and a few baking staples were fated to come together to create a downright tasty way to feed kids and grownups alike.  Cheers!