Chocolate Oatmeal Peanut Butter Bars – Looking for snacks to satisfy your children who tell you 20 times a day ” Mom, I’m hungry ! “. We have found a recipe that will please both children and moms because it will satisfy their desire of sugar, even if this recipe is not very sugary.
Although the Scots were not the first to plant oats, they were among the first to enjoy them due to their geography and climate. Oats have been around for thousands of years, with the earliest known grains dating back to Egypt’s 12th Dynasty, around 2000 B.C., while they may have been known to the Chinese even earlier.
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Chocolate Oatmeal Peanut Butter Bars
Looking for snacks to satisfy your children who tell you 20 times a day " Mom, I'm hungry ! ". We have found a recipe that will please both children and moms because it will satisfy their desire of sugar, even if this recipe is not very sugary.
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Servings: 16
Calories: 318kcal
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1 tsp pure vanilla extract
- 3 cups oats
- 1/2 tsp ground cinnamon
- 1/4 tsp kosher salt
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips
- 3/4 cup peanut butter
Instructions
- Line a 8-inch-by-8-inch baking dish with parchment paper, and set aside.
- In a saucepan, combine butter, brown sugar and vanilla extract. Heat until the butter is melted and the sugar has dissolved.
- Add oats, cinnamon and kosher salt. Cook, stirring constantly, for 4 to 5 minutes.
- Pour half of the oat mixture into the prepared baking dish. Spread out the mixture evenly, pressing down.
- In a microwave-safe bowl, combine chocolate chips and peanut butter. Heat for 40 seconds, until the mixture is smooth.
- Pour 4/5 of the chocolate mixture into the pan over the pressed oats.
- Top with the remaining oats and drizzle with the remaining ¼ cup chocolate mixture.
- Put into the fridge for 4 hours, cut into squares.
Nutrition
Calories: 318kcal | Carbohydrates: 26g | Protein: 6g | Fat: 22g | Saturated Fat: 12g | Cholesterol: 31mg | Sodium: 208mg | Potassium: 217mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 12g | Vitamin A: 355IU | Vitamin C: 1mg | Calcium: 57mg | Iron: 1mg
