No-Bake Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars

An easy no-bake peanut butter oatmeal bar recipe topped with chocolate that's so easy to make and delicious!

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The Boy loves peanut butter no-bake cookies. I like to make a chocolate drizzle to go over the top of them but realized I’d used all the cocoa making the chocolate cobbler a few weeks ago and wouldn't be able to make the drizzle.

Since The Boy is just like his daddy and doesn't like change. At all. Ever. I decided to tell him ahead of time that his favorite cookies would be a tad different than normal and wouldn't have the chocolate on top.

He just sort of stared at me for a minute, then a light bulb went off and he suggested I just use Hershey’s syrup. I explained to him why that wouldn't work and he started to walk away then whirled around and asked about adding chocolate chips.

And when I told him the chocolate chips would melt if I did that he looked utterly defeated.

I told him I’d think of something and sent him on his way. You may think this sounds absurd but you've never had to deal with Husband when there aren't any onions in the tuna salad.

My men are creatures of habit.

I decided to spread the hot cookie mixture into a pan, sprinkle chocolate chips over the top and hope there would be enough heat to melt the chocolate so I could smooth it over the top. If all that worked, I’d then just cut them into bars and hope for the best.

It worked! And it was crazy easy. Way easier than portioning out individual cookies and making a chocolate drizzle.

And most importantly, my boy loved them!

Recipe for No-Bake Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars

No-Bake Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars

Yield: 20 Servings

Author: Mandy Rivers

Prep time: 10 MinCook time: 5 MinTotal time: 15 Min

An easy no-bake peanut butter oatmeal bar recipe topped with chocolate that's so easy to make and delicious!

Ingredients

• 2 cups sugar
• 1 stick real butter (1/2 cup)
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 cup peanut butter
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 3 cups oats*
• 2 cups (12-oz) semi-sweet chocolate chips

Instructions

1. Line a 13x9 pan with waxed paper or aluminum foil so that you can lift out easily before cutting into servings. If you're OK with leaving them in the pan, you won't need to do anything to prep the pan.
2. Melt butter in a large saucepan over medium heat. Stir in sugar and milk then bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring frequently. Once the mixture starts to bubble, boil for 1 full minute. Remove from heat immediately. Do not let mixture boil longer than 1 minute.
3. Add peanut butter and vanilla to the saucepan then stir until peanut butter is melted.
4. Add oatmeal and stir until thoroughly incorporated. Pour mixture into 13x9 baking pan and spread with a rubber spatula until level. Immediately sprinkle chocolate chips evenly over hot oat mixture. Let chocolate chips rest for 5 minutes to melt and become pliable then spread chocolate evenly over oat mixture.
5. Cool, uncovered, for several hours until set (you can refrigerate once pan is at room temperature). Remove “slab” from pan by lifting up on waxed paper or aluminum foil then cut into bars. Store at room temperature in an air-tight container.

Notes

I prefer quick-cooking oats vs. old fashioned in this recipe but either will work!

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