No Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Bars
This No Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Bars recipe comes together in less than 10 minutes. Easy to make and so delicious!
Ingredients
- 1 cup (2 sticks) salted butter
- ½ cup light brown sugar, packed
- 1 tsp. pure vanilla extract
- 3 cups rolled oats
- ½ tsp cinnamon
- ¼ tsp. sea salt
- 1 cup milk chocolate chips
- ¾ cup smooth peanut butter
Instructions
- Line an 8x8" baking dish with parchment paper, set aside.
- Add the butter, brown sugar, and vanilla extract to a saucepan and heat over medium-low heat, stirring until the butter is completely melted
- Add oats, cinnamon, and salt. Cook and stir for about 5 minutes
- Press about half of the oat mixture into the bottom of the prepared baking dish
- Melt chocolate chips and peanut butter in a microwave safe bowl in the microwave in 30 second increments, until the mixture is completely melted. Transfer 1/4 cup to 1/3 cup of the mixture to a piping bag (or ziplock bag with a hole cut in the corner) and pour the remaining chocolate mixture over the oat crust in the baking dish.
- Top with the remaining oat mixture, packing down once again.
- Drizzle the reserved chocolate mixture over the top and pop it in the fridge for 4 hours before cutting it into squares and serving.