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.
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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.
I have to admit I made these to share with my Zumba class because of the name as I am not fond of chocolate chips . I am from NB and presently down south so I like to call them Canadian Moose farts. I think I got more of a kick saying it. They turned out great, they were good and I was asked for the recipe. Thanks
Just made them again today. They are great and quite versatile using either rice krispies or ground nuts. Will be sharing them with a group of senior women and a new senior moving into our small complex. I can see their eyes POP now at the name. They are wonderful especially at holiday times or for birthday parties - just serve them in mini muffin cups and it'll be an instant hit.
My family loves these cookies, I have been trying different mini chips each time I make them and so far the mini peanut butter chips have been the favourite. I also tried the Oreo crumbs instead of graham cracker crumbs, this was also delicious.
Great ideas!
We made these as is today, but my youngest who is obsessed with unicorns suggested putting mini mms instead of chocolate chips and calling them unicorn farts.
Having family just thirty minutes from Gander, I'll have to see if anyone living there has tried this out.
OMG that's brilliant. I might try that!
hi Barry i would like to make the fart cookies. Can i keep them outside and how long.
Hi Pamela, if you are asking if I refrigerate these, I generally do (or freeze)
Am I the only one to think of adding popping candy to the mix, the idea of popping poop is pretty funny.
That's awesome!
These cookies are AMAZING! I have a family member who is not fond of coconut as well. Instead of nuts or rice Krispies, I wanted to keep them chewy so I used rolled oats. They turned out great! Any recipe I make for my son that calls for coconut, I replace with rolled oats to keep the consistency as close to the original as possible.
Hi Barry, I was looking at everyone's comments and got me thinking. you call them Moose Farts so what about rolling them in plain cocoa. my mother did this to rum Balls and since they are sweet you could you could use the unsweetened or sweetened which ever.
Thank you for joining me up to your site, so far just looking through Im lovingg it.
I do weekly cooking for our local rual firefighters & I can't wait to do theMoosr farts, sure to get a giggle out of these....what could I exchange the coconut for please ?
nuts?
Hi Barry,
What are the best substitute for sweetened condensed milk? I’d love to try making these fart cookies but afraid it’s gonna be too sweet for me as I don’t quite like desserts that are overly sweet.
Sorry, no substitutes for this.
@Cat,
I don't like overly sweet desserts: when making these, I use Semi sweet mini chips.
Do you use honey Graham cracker crumbs? I can't find regular and I feel like the honey ones tasted funny last year
Either is fine. I like the honey ones!
This is our second year in .a row making Moose Farts! This year we melted the chocolate chips in with the sweetened condensed milk and butter first, then stirred in white chocolate chips with the dry ingredients. They're extra fudgy and delicious and great for making with small kids who love potty humor and have a short attention span when it comes to baking!
You're the third person to mention doing this. I may have to try it myself...hmmm oreo crumbs too...
Moose Farts have replaced rum balls as my favourite spherical Christmas confection.
At the risk of sounding blasphemous, has anyone tried incorporating rum into these? Or would the ruin the consistency of the mix?
Probably make them hard to hold together. Interesting thought though. Hmmmm
I don't give 5 star ratings but these... oh my. My neighbor is a Newfie and I'm going to surprise her with them later. I did have to modify and use oats instead of coconut because it's Super Bowl Sunday and I was NOT going back to the store. They're quite delish with the substitution.