Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars

5 from 10 votes

Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars

These Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars are luscious, easy to make and have walnuts baked right in. The bars have texture while being soft and chewy, gooey delicious.

Prep Time10

Cook Time25

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Diet: Low Salt, Vegetarian

Servings:

Author: Bailey Rhatigan

Equipment

1 9x5 bread loaf baking dish *or similar size

Ingredients

1 cup old fashioned oats
½ cup light brown sugar
1 cup all purpose flour *see notes
½ tsp baking soda
½ tsp salt
⅓ cup olive oil or melted coconut oil
2 tsp vanilla extract
1 egg
1 cup chocolate chips
⅓ cup crushed walnuts
1 cup creamy peanut butter
2 tbsp maple syrup

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350º. Mix oats, egg, flour, baking soda, salt, vanilla, brown sugar, and oil of choice into a stand alone mixer or large bowl and mix well. Fold in walnuts and chocolate chips. The dough will be crumbly.
Cut the dough into half. Keep one half to the side. Line a bread loaf dish with parchment paper (9x5 or similar). Press half of the dough down into the dish. Make sure it is even. Bake for about 10 minutes. Pull it out, drizzle the peanut butter over it evenly. Then drizzle the maple syrup over evenly.
*If the nut butter you are using isn't spreadable, you can "dollop" it evenly over the base layer.
Crumble the rest of the dough over the peanut butter, lightly press the dough, not too hard just enough to help it stick. Bake for another 15 - 18 minutes or until the top is lightly browned.
Let the bars cool completely before removing from bread loaf tin and slicing into small bars. Enjoy!

Notes

*use gf oat and gf all purpose to make this gluten free

*keep in a sealed container on the counter for up to 3 days, refrigerate for up to 6 days or freeze for up to 2 months.

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