Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars

These bars are delicious!  They remind me of Summer. Just the perfect little treat.  I am pretty sure I could gobble up the whole pan if I let myself.  So make sure you make these to share! They are the perfect combination of peanut butter, chocolate, and oatmeal. They are easy to make, and you probably have most of the ingredients in your pantry right now! Isn't chocolate and peanut butter like the perfect combination?  And then you throw oats in there too? Divine.

Ingredients:

1 cup melted butter 

1 cup brown sugar 

1 teaspoon baking soda

2 1/4 cups Quick Cooking oatmeal (I mixed this with old fashioned.  Do not use instant)

1 1/2 cups flour

1 teaspoon salt

1/2  cup peanut butter (I used creamy)

1 can sweetened condensed milk

8 Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup candy bars, roughly chopped
1 cup Chocolate Chips

Directions:

 1. Preheat oven to 350.
Line a 9×13 pan with tin foil and spray lighlty with cooking spray 

 2. In a medium mixing bowl, stir together melted butter, sugar, soda, oatmeal, flour & salt until it’s crumbly.                                                                                                                                                    3. Set aside about 1 cup or a little more.
Press the rest of the crust into prepared pan. Bake crust for 10 minutes.                                                     4. While crust is cooking, in a small bowl, stir together the peanut butter and sweetened condensed milk.
 5. Once crust has baked, evenly pour and spread peanut butter filling over the baked crust. Be gentle so you don’t pull up the warm crust while you spread the filling.                                                                       6. Evenly sprinkle the reserved crumbs on top of the peanut butter and sweetened condensed milk mixture. Bake at 350 for about 15 minutes.                                                                                                              7. Remove from oven and sprinkle the chopped candy bars and chocolate chips evenly over the top. Return to oven to bake for another 5-10 minutes or until topping is light golden brown and candy bars/chips are melting.  

Cool before serving for less mess.

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