Like the best chewy oat granola bar you’ve ever had, smothered in a melted chocolate peanut butter cup. This tasty no-bake treat is easy to make too, with only a handful of ingredients.
You guys! These bars. They are exactly what I want like 95% of the time. If you grew up loving those chewy granola bars from Quaker Oats, then this is the bar for you.
My recipe makes an amped up version of those chewy bars (and by that I mean way more delicious and probably better for you, if sugar and butter can ever be good for you…) and I layer it with peanut-butter-laced-chocolate for the most drool-worthy bites of yum you’ve ever encountered.
Make these bars, and you will not regret it. Heck, you probably have everything you need for them in your house already. Let’s see…there’s rolled oats, brown sugar, butter, vanilla, chocolate chips and peanut butter. If you live a life without these ingredients within arm’s reach, I am equally worried for you and mystified.
Back to these bars though. Ten minutes of actual “work” followed by the dreaded two hours of firming time in the fridge and you’ve got yourself a snickedy snack so tempting you’ll try to pawn them off on passers-by to stop yourself from eating them, only to regret the loss 30 minutes later.
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No-bake chewy oat bars layered with chocolate and peanut butter.
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter (16 tablespoons)
- ½ cup brown sugar, packed
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups rolled oats
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- ½ cup creamy peanut butter
- Pinch of salt
Instructions
- Line an 8-inch square baking pan with parchment paper, letting the sides hang over. With this size pan, I usually measure out a large square of paper the length I need for the pan, then carefully tear in half to make two sheets. Overlap the sheets in a cross pattern.
- In a medium saucepan over medium heat, melt the butter and brown sugar until the butter is melted and the brown sugar has dissolved. Stir in the vanilla extract and oats.
- Lower the heat to low and cook for 3 to 4 minutes, stirring frequently.
- Evenly spread half of the oat mixture into the prepared baking pan, pressing down gently. Reserve the second half of the oat mix.
- Working quickly, melt chocolate chips and peanut butter in a microwave safe bowl for about 1 minute (and then in 30 second intervals) until the chocolate is melted. Stir until smooth.
- Reserve about ¼ cup of chocolate for drizzling on the top and then pour the remainder evenly over the layer of oats in the pan.
- Spoon the remaining oat mixture onto the cholate layer, pressing down gently. Drizzle with reserved ¼ cup of the chocolate mix, reheating for 30 seconds in the microwave if needed to thin it out.
- Refrigerate the bars for about two hours or overnight, and bring to room temperature before cutting the bars.
Notes
Pay close attention when boiling the butter and sugar mixture. Stir frequently and don’t let it cook too long, or your bars might turn out too crumbly.
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