NO BAKE CHOCOLATE DREAMS
Submitted by Stephanie Wrightson: "This is my Grandpa Wilbert Coster Friend's recipe...somewhere between a cookie and candy. I am sure the recipe is from his mother who emigrated from Sweden. I think that most families have a version of this recipe, but I've not found a similar recipe in the cookbooks on my shelves. The kids request these at Christmas."

1 stick butter (1/2 cup)

2 squares (2 ounces) unsweetened baking chocolate

2 cups sugar

½ cup milk

3 cups quick cooking oats

1 tsp vanilla

1 cup chopped nuts (I use walnuts or pecans)

1 cup coconut

Melt butter and chocolate in large saucepan. Add sugar and milk. Cook over medium heat for 5 minutes, stirring constantly. Remove from heat and blend in vanilla, nuts and coconut. Fold in oats. Drop by teaspoonfuls on waxed paper-covered cookie sheets. Refrigerate until firm, about 1 hour.
Yield: 8 dozen (teaspoonful-sized)