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Do you ever have days where you just need a big gooey bite of chocolate? Like, if you could melt a bag of chocolate chips and then smear them all over your face, you’d do it? No? Well, me neither. That’d be weird.
I totally wasn’t having a day like that last week. I just made these bars for my family. I mean, I totally didn’t even want any chocolate. Chocolate is over rated, am I right? (Nope.)
This, sadly, is about as festive and Halloweeny as I get. I don’t do complex cookie decorating, or crazy cake sculpting, or even creative twinkie decorating. These cookie bars, however, have the word monster in them. Therefore they are perfect for Halloween. The “monster” in these bars doesn’t come from the decorating, but from the fact that the crust is made from monster cookies – full of chocolate, peanut butter, and oats.
This recipe is another one that I found floating around pinterest, created by Mississippi Kitchen.
Monster Revel Bars
Ingredients
- 3 cups quick cooking oats
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 cup butter room temperature
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 2 cups brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 cup Reese's Pieces
- 1 cup milk chocolate chips
- 14 ounces sweetened condensed milk
- 1 1/2 cups semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup peanut butter
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees and line a 9x13 dish with parchment or spray with nonstick spray.
- In a large bowl, combine the oats, flour, baking soda, and salt.
- In the bowl of your stand mixer, cream together the butter, peanut butter, and sugar until light and creamy.
- Beat in the eggs one at a time. Stir in the vanilla until combined.
- Stir in the Reese's Pieces and chocolate chips until distributed throughout the cookie dough.
- Combine the wet and dry ingredients and mix until combined.
- Press 2/3 of the cookie dough into the prepared pan.
- Add the condensed milk, semisweet chocolate chips, peanut butter, butter, and salt to a small saucepan over low heat and heat, stirring often, until the mixture is smooth.
- Spread the chocolate mixture over the cookie dough.
- Take small chunks of the remaining cookie dough and flatten them with your hands and drop them over the chocolate mixture in a single layer. The top layer will not cover the chocolate completely. There should be some gaps.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely before cutting.
Amy says
I just made this recipe., seems as though the step of combining the dry ingredients to sugar mixture is missing.
I’m hoping the dough with candy goes as the bottom layer and top..
Fingers crossed they turn out correct as there for my sons class!
Thank you!!
Karly says
@Amy,
Good catch! I just fixed that. You did do it correctly! Hope your son’s class loves them!
Ashley @ Wishes and Dishes says
Monster bars?! Love it!
Megan @ whatmegansmaking says
I love the way you think.. Monster=Halloween, done. ๐ these look awesome!
DessertForTwo says
I think the better question is: is there a day when you DON’T need a bite of gooey chocolate? ๐
Loretta E says
You are really bringing back memories from when I was a kid. I used to always have monster cookies and now it’s been too long!
Melissa says
What’s a revel? I’m too tired to google…
Karly says
@Melissa,
No idea. Revel bars are basically these bars without all the oats, peanut butter, and candy, I think. Same filling, different crust.
Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust says
Oh. My. Goodness. Monster cookie CRUST? You’re killing me. These bars are fabulous!
Elizabeth @Food Ramblings says
these seem festive to me ๐ halloween colors definitely count!
what katie's baking says
i’ve still yet to make monster cookies. i will make this gooey yummy monster bars!!!!
Joanne says
I never feel that way about chocolate either. (Except at least five times a week.) Hello monster revel bars. You are dreamy.
Averie @ Averie Cooks says
I love all the texture in these babies…and of course…the candy! ๐
Tee says
It may be 730 in the morning but I am totally in. Oats = breakfast ๐
Katrina @ Warm Vanilla Sugar says
These sound fabulous!
Hayley @ The Domestic Rebel says
Monster cookies are the bestest, but because these are bars (read: thicker, chewier, BIGGER monster cookies), that makes these even better.
Cookbook Queen says
I need big gooey bites of chocolate like all day. Every day.
I LOVE Monster Cookies…and these look even better!!