a similar idea, but these were something a kid would make, no booze, I think they might have been called snowballs even tho they were made with chocolate wafers, the syrup and powdered sugar might give a similar level of sweetness as the evap. milk, I feel I probably added, the last time I made them I was a kid (I started doing family baking very young)

Unlikely it was evaporated milk, more likely it was condensed milk.

This one does not have wafers but is the recipe we used when we were kids

BOIL

1 stick SALTED butter

2 C sugar

1/2 C cocoa powder

1/2 C milk

1/4 tsp salt

ADD [after boilage]

1 tsp vanilla/or more as desired

MIX WITH

2 C old fashioned oats

1 C shredded coconut

DROP ONTO WAXED PAPER TO COOL

ENJOY

In a large bowl combine oats and coconut. Set aside.

Pour mixture over oats and coconut and mix to combine

Bring butter, sugar, cocoa, milk, and salt to a boil.

Boil for 2 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Remove from heat. Stir in vanilla (USE THE GOOD STUFF)

Drop by spoonfuls onto waxed paper-lined lined baking sheet

Sprinkle with additional coconut if desired.

Bragu, my spouse grew up with a very similar recipe using peanut butter instead of coconut. Coconut sounds better.

That reminds me, I need to hide my mother-in-law's recipe book before the baking season starts...

that’s curious... why are you hiding it? I’ve got a sleeve of thin chocolate biscuits, thought I might reincarnate them..

My spouse's no bake cookies are not a good substitute for baked cookies and if we're going to have cookies, I want GOOD ones. Your missing recipe sounds worth trying, though, and when you find it, please post it!

I’ve been thinking it sounds a bit like our White Christmas. The regular recipe has Rice Krispies in it but this one doesn’t. You could substitute chopped gumdrops for the candied fruit. You could also do an online search for regular White Christmas recipes and possibly try subbing the crushed wafers for the Rice Krispies (which we call Rice Bubbles).

White Christmas recipe

ok, could have been candied fruit, all I’ve got at the moment are visual memories, the stuff laid out to mix, the way it looked after made, we could have been making multiple things at once as would have been customary, and yes it is a bit er well, unsophisticated like tuna noodle cassarole, but there you have it...

What about Stained Glass cookies? I see some references to them being made with chocolate wafers on pinterest, but can't get to any recipe that actually uses them. Most use chocolate chips. But maybe poke around if you think this could be them: