No Bake Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars |
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Prep Time: 0 Minutes Cook Time: 30 Minutes |
Ready In: 30 Minutes Servings: 24 |
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A no bake bar recipe I got out of a martha stewart magazine, recipe says it will make 2 dozen but I cut the bars a little smaller and got almost double that Ingredients:
vegetable cooking spray |
9 oz finely ground chocolate wafers (2 cups) i used 8 of the oreo hundred calorie packs |
1 1/2 cups old fashioned oats |
1 1/4 cups powdered sugar |
1/4 tsp course salt |
5 oz unsalted butter (1 stick plus 2 tbsp) |
1 cup chunky peanut butter |
3/4 cup plus 3 tbsp smooth peanut butter |
10 oz semi sweet chocolate, melted |
1 1/2 oz milk chocolate, melted (i used 1 regular hershey bar) |
Directions:
1. Spray a 9X13 pan with cooking spray, then line with parchment paper for easy bar removal/cleanup leaving over hang around the edges of the pan (i just used aluminum foil)
2. Combine wafers, oats, sugar, and salt in large bowl
3. Melt butter in sauce pan over medium heat, then add crunchy peanut butter and 3/4 cup smooth peanut butter. Stir until creamy and combined
4. Add peanut butter mixture to wafer mixture and stir until well mixed
5. Transfer mixture to baking dish and press down so it is fairly even
6. Refrigerate for 30 minutes
7. Pour semi sweet chocolate over chilled mixture and spread so that it creates a thin even layer.
8. Refrigerate until hardened, about 30 minutes
9. Heat 3 tbsp smooth peanut butter in sauce pan until runny, drizzy over chilled chocolate
10. Melt 1 1/2 oz milk chocolate and drizzle over top of peanut butter
11. Refrigerate about 30 minutes
12. Lift block of bars out of pan using parchment paper or foil
13. Cut into bars of desired size
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