No Bake Chocolate Oat Bars

Description

I baked about 100 dozen cookies for the holidays and these were everyone’s favorite!! These bars can be frozen, just thaw 10 minutes before serving.

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter
• ½ cup packed brown sugar
• 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• 3 cups quick cooking oats
• 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
• ½ cup peanut butter

Instructions

1. Grease a 9-inch square pan.
2. Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir in brown sugar and vanilla; mix in oats. Cook over low heat until ingredients are well blended
3. about 2 to 3 minutes. Press 1/2 of the mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan. Reserve remaining oat mixture for topping.
4. Meanwhile
5. melt chocolate chips and peanut butter in a small heavy saucepan over low heat
6. stirring frequently until smooth. Pour chocolate mixture over crust in the pan and spread evenly with a knife or the back of a spoon.
7. Crumble remaining oat mixture over chocolate layer
8. pressing down gently. Cover and refrigerate for 2 to 3 hours or overnight. Bring to room temperature before cutting into bars.

Prep Time: 30 mins

Total Time: 3 hrs 30 mins

Servings: 32