Moose Farts
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Moose Farts. The original online recipe! A super easy to prepare, no-bake cookie treat that kids will love and maybe giggle a little at the name too.
Moose Farts
Originally published Dec 2017.
2025 Update.
If you do a quick search for Moose farts recipe, you'll get hundreds of results. Back in December of 2017, there was only one. This very recipe.
Over the ears many blogs, and lifestyle sites have posted a Moose farts recipe. They are all the same and all of them started here.
Thanks for sticking with the Rock Recipes original!
Back to the original post.
Recently, a follower of the Rock Recipes Facebook Page messaged me and asked if I had a recipe for Moose Farts! My first reaction was, of course... whaaaaat!!?
Then, suddenly I thought, wait, where have I heard that before. The nagging familiarness finally gave way to a memory of a trip to Gander for an event my daughter was participating in a couple of years ago.
On that weekend in Gander we ate at Rosie's Diner and Bakery twice. Once for lunch and back again for breakfast the next morning. The diner food we had there was top notch.
From the classic club house sandwich and fries I had for lunch, to the toutons and eggs the next morning. Rosie's is definitely worth the few minutes off the TCH if you are driving through Gander.
The fabled Moose Farts.
As you enter Rosie's, there is a small display from their in house bakery with fresh bread, cakes and cookies. I suddenly remembered looking at one of the display cases with Spouse and there was a handwritten sign in front of one of the piles of cookie trays.
It announced in bold letters "MOOSE FARTS". So these were a thing after all.
I then made a few discreet enquiries with friends in Central, and found fewer degrees of separation than six. With this info I was able to procure a recipe that I was assured was a near facsimile of Rosie's famous Moose Farts, if not the genuine article itself.
Having never tried Rosie's Moose Farts, I can make no such declaration. Perhaps someone from Gander who knows them well, will have to try the recipe and give us a definitive opinion.
This no-bake cookie confection could not be easier to make, and would be an ideal snow day project if you have small kids about.
I immediately sent the recipe to my nephews Nate & Luke in Edmonton, who are still in Primary School.
I know they will be thrilled to tell everyone at school they made "Moose Farts". LOL! I can just see their grins now.
Need more cookie recipes?
These are also a great addition to my collection to our growing collection of Freezer Friendly No- Bake Cookie Treats. I'll bet there are at least a few other's you'll want to try there too.
2018 Update. We have a new version of this recipe that's ideal for kids birthday parties Unicorn Farts!
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Moose Farts
Moose Farts - A super easy to prepare, no-bake cookie treat that kids will love and maybe giggle a little at the name too.
Ingredients
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk, 300 ml Canada, 14 oz US
- ¼ cup melted butter
- 1 ½ cups dried coconut, fine or medium cut (unsweetened is best)
- 1 ½ cups graham cracker crumbs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 ½ cups chocolate chips
- Additional graham crumbs for rolling the cookie balls.
Instructions
- Melt the butter and and combine it with the sweetened condensed milk & vanilla extract until well blended.
- Add the graham crumbs, coconut and chocolate chips. Mix to combine well.
- Refrigerate for an hour or so before rolling the mixture into 1 ¼ inch balls. You want to make these on the smallish side as they are quite rich.
- Roll the balls in additional graham crumbs and once again chill until firm.
- Refrigerate in a sealed container to store.
Notes
The nutritional information provided is automatically calculated by third party software and is meant as a guideline only. Exact accuracy is not guaranteed. For recipes where all ingredients may not be used entirely, such as those with coatings on meats, or with sauces or dressings for example, calorie & nutritional values per serving will likely be somewhat lower than indicated.
Nutrition Information
Yield
40Serving Size
cookie ballAmount Per Serving Calories 118Total Fat 6gSaturated Fat 4gTrans Fat 0gUnsaturated Fat 2gCholesterol 8mgSodium 54mgCarbohydrates 16gFiber 1gSugar 13gProtein 2g
The nutritional information provided is automatically calculated by third party software and is meant as a guideline only. Exact accuracy is not guaranteed. For recipes where all ingredients may not be used entirely, such as those with coatings on meats, or with sauces or dressings for example, calorie & nutritional values per serving will likely be somewhat lower than indicated.
Re the Moose Farts - you could rename them Reindeer Farts at Xmas time!
These are spot on!! Just use mini chocolate chips instead of the regular size ones and you have an exact replica in my opinion. I believe they use semi sweet 🙂 Thank you Barry!
My grandkids will adore these. Mostly because they can say Moose Farts and get everyone's attention with a laugh! I can just see those smiley faces! Thanks for sharing.
Wishes for tasty dishes,
Linda
In Northern Ireland we have a similar recipe for a cookie we call 15's. In ours though instead of chocolate chips we add glacé cherries and mini marshmallows and then roll them in desiccated coconut. I tried this recipe for something different and it was very popular especially when I told everyone what they were called.
Hi Barry
Your cookbooks are sold out on Amazon, indigo and the Chapters stores. Do you know if they will be restocked before Xmas?
Sorry I don't know. It's up to Amazon to reorder from the distributer. Are you in Canada?
Do you use sweetened or unsweetened coconut?
I use unsweetened. These are very sweet with the condensed milk anyway.
I'm so happy to have a Canadian food and recipe blogger from the Maritimes no less, where almost all great Canadian recipes originated. Well, pretty darn close anyway. Thanks for the fantastic recipes and tips!
I'm not a fan of coconut. Any thoughts on substituting with rice krispies? Any other suggestions besides coconut?
Thanks, they sound yummy and easy!
Lots of people have suggested that.
Thanks, going to give them a try! I'll let you know how they turn out!
Hi barry,moose fart cookies is the coconut sweetened or not,and is the chocolate chips sweetened or not,thanks
Unsweetened coconut. Semi Sweet or dark chocolate chips.
@Barry C. Parsons,
we visited New Foundland this summer and bought some of these cookies. Ive tried your recipe and they are very good but mine are quite soft . can you make any suggestion as to what i maybe doing
Thats odd. Perhaps add some additional crumbs.
Is there any thing else you could use instead of coconut?
People have suggested ground nuts or even rice krispies.
I use icing sugar for those who do not like cocoanut for the marshmallow squares. You could try a light dusting of that.
Did you use sweetened coconut?
No unsweetened. The condensed milk is sweet enough!
Next time I think I will try dulce de leche instead of sweetened condensed milk. May also add rice krispies
Thanks for this wonderful recipe.
These look and sound amazing! My question....not everyone in my family likes coconut. Is there something I can use as a substitute?
People have suggested ground nuts or rice krispies.
Hi Barry,
Is there any substitute for the coconut? This sounds like such a fun recipe!
People have suggested ground nuts or even rice krispies.
Hi Barry
Thanks for sharing this recipe for Moose Farts. My wife and I just (5minutes ago) finished making them. I tasted them very good. My question is can they be frozen?
Sure thing!
Thanks for accepting me !!! I’ll definitely will make this for Christmas !!! Thanks again Joyce
Confused about this line:
" 1 can sweetened condensed milk 300 ml Canada, 14 oz US"
300 ml is only 10 oz US.
Can I get away with only 300 ml? (that's the size of the cans up here in the frozen north.)
Up here in the frozen north? You didn't get the memo that I'm in Newfoundland? We had 30 cm of snow this weekend! LOL! Yes, those product sizes can be confusing because of the way this product is sold on both sides of the border. The American measurement is NOT fluid ounces, it's in ounces by weight. In Canada the regulations dictate it be measured by volume, hence 300 ml cans. But...if you weigh the contents of your 300 ml can on a scale, guess what you get? That's right, 14 0z! So long story short, it's the same can, of exactly the same size, on both sides of the border.
That could explain the problem I had today with another recipe I made, after adding another 1/2 can of sweetened condensed milk. lol.
Thank you, fellow Canuck.