Chocolate Oatmeal Bars

I love oatmeal!  It’s one of my favorite breakfasts.  My family makes something we call Oat-ole (that I’ll share one of these days, when I finally get a good picture of it, do you KNOW how hard it is to take a pretty picture of a bowl of tan mush?).  My favorite chocolate chip cookies are made with ground oatmeal.  AND it’s especially good with CHOCOLATE, Mmmmmm!

These oatmeal bars are a family favorite at our house, I’ll make a pan and it’s gone in a day.  I usually cut them even smaller than this so that my kids and husband take all day to eat them, not a few hours.  This is a great dessert to make for a platter to take to a party or other gathering cause they stack easily aren’t too messy and taste great!

This is a year round treat for me, a great treat I can make last min because we always have the ingredients around.  The kids love helping pat the dough into the pan too, so it can be a fun family activity too!  Do you have a favorite treat you enjoy making with your family?  Or a great recipe you make year round (so many treats have a seasonal feel)?

Chocolate Oatmeal Bars

an oatmeal bar filled with a ribbon of soft gooey chocolate these chocolate oatmeal bars are amazing and always a huge hit.  I've never had a pan lost longer than half a day!

5 from 2 votes

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Prep Time: 20 minutes

Cook Time: 20 minutes

Total Time: 40 minutes

Servings: 24 squares

Calories: 390kcal

Author: Ashlee Marie

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Ingredients

Dough

• 1 C butter softened
• 2 C packed light brown sugar
• 2 eggs
• 3 C oats
• 2 1/2 C all-purpose flour
• 1 tsp salt
• 1 tsp baking soda
• 2 tsp vanilla

Filling

• 14 oz sweetened condensed milk
• 12 oz chocolate chips
• 1 Tbsp butter
• 2 tsp vanilla
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 C chopped pecans

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Instructions

• preheat the oven to 350
• in your mixer beat the butter and brown sugar.
• Add the eggs and mix.
• then add the oats, flour, salt, soda and vanilla and mix completely.
• Press 2/3rds of the dough into the bottom of a large jelly roll pan (11x17 pan)
• In a saucepan melt the sweetened condensed milk, chocolate chips and butter.
• Once it's melted add the vanilla, salt and pecans then pour over the flattened dough.
• Take the last 1/3rd of the dough and break it up, press a small section of it flat and lay it onto the chocolate layer
• Bake 20-25 mins until the top starts to turn golden

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Nutrition

Calories: 390kcal | Carbohydrates: 54g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 17g | Saturated Fat: 9g | Cholesterol: 43mg | Sodium: 311mg | Potassium: 162mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 36g | Vitamin A: 349IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 93mg | Iron: 2mg

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