No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars

These no-bake peanut butter bars have a thick layer of sweet oatmeal and a rich and fudgy chocolate peanut butter center. They’re very similar to your favorite no-bake cookie recipe, but they’re in bar form!

Well, how was it?

Did you enjoy your Mother’s Day with lots of extra pampering and breakfast in bed?

My kiddos snuck a humongous card into my room in the middle of the night so that I would see it first thing this morning. In the card they wrote, “Love you mom. You’re irreplaceable and so is our love for you.” Aaaaaand, then I cried, because how do I have such adorable children?

Later my daughter made me a second card and put a $20 bill in it as a gift. Ha. That girl cracks me up, but I didn’t keep her money. She’s normally a stingy little thing, so I was pretty honored that she’d offer her limited supply of cash up, though.

We hosted Mother’s Day dinner at our new house. We’ve only been here a week and we had 23 people over for dinner. Things went pretty smoothly and I’m calling our first round of entertaining in the dream home a major success!

I hope you guys all enjoyed your day too. I know it can be a tough day for a lot of you, but I hope it was the best it could be and you were surrounded by loved ones.

We had quite a bit of dessert yesterday, of course. Any excuse for extra dessert! One of the treats I made was these No Bake Bars! They’re super similar to your standard no bake cookies, but I mixed the recipe up a bit by turning them into bars. There is an oatmeal layer, topped with a fudgy chocolate peanut butter layer, and then another layer of oatmeal. I think these are best straight from the fridge, but they hold up well at room temperature too. I love how quick they are to whip up.

I originally shared this recipe on the blog back in 2009 and it was one of my most popular recipes for a long time. The photos aren’t that great, though, so I thought I’d bring them up from the archives and give them a little makeover.

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Recipe

No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars

These no-bake peanut butter bars have a thick layer of sweet oatmeal and a rich and fudgy chocolate peanut butter center. They're very similar to your favorite no-bake cookie recipe, but they're in bar form!

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Prep10 minutes minutes

Cook5 minutes minutes

Total15 minutes minutes

Serves 16 bars

Ingredients

• ▢ 3/4 cup butter
• ▢ 1/2 cup packed brown sugar
• ▢ 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
• ▢ 3 cups quick cooking oats
• ▢ 1 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
• ▢ 1/2 cup peanut butter

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Instructions

• Melt butter in a large sauce pan over low heat. Stir in brown sugar, vanilla, and oats. Cook for 3 to 4 minutes. Press half of mixture in to the bottom of a buttered 8 x 8 dish.
• In a microwave safe bowl, microwave the chocolate and peanut butter, stirring every 30 seconds until melted and blended. Pour the chocolate peanut butter mixture over the crust.
• Sprinkle the remaining oat mixture over the chocolate and peanut butter, pressing gently to form a crust.
• Refrigerate for 3 hours before cutting and serving.

Nutrition Information:

Calories: 271kcal (14%)| Carbohydrates: 24g (8%)| Protein: 4g (8%)| Fat: 18g (28%)| Saturated Fat: 8g (50%)| Cholesterol: 23mg (8%)| Sodium: 116mg (5%)| Potassium: 181mg (5%)| Fiber: 2g (8%)| Sugar: 11g (12%)| Vitamin A: 270IU (5%)| Calcium: 26mg (3%)| Iron: 1.6mg (9%)

Author: Karly Campbell

Course:Dessert

Cuisine:American

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