Choco- Oat Bars
No bake dessert
Equipment
- Dutch oven and 9" pan
Ingredients
- 1 cup margarine
- 1/2 cup brown sugar (packed)
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 3 cups instant rolled oats
- 1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup peanut butter ( creamy)
Instructions
- Melt butter and brown sugar in dutch oven on low heat until sugar is dissolved and starts to bubble. Stir a few times to blend.
- Add in vanilla and oats, stir until blended while still heating. Appx 3 to 4 min.
- Place half the mixture in bottom of pan and press down firmly.
- Melt chips and peanut butter in a micro-safe bowl until blended ( appx 60 sec)
- Pour mixture over oats and spread evenly.
- Drop remainder of oat mixture over the top . May reserve a little chocolate mixture to dribble over top if desired.
- Chill in refrigerator covered for 3 hours .