Chocolate Oat Bars

Ingredients

Oat Bars

• 3 cups old-fashioned oats

• 1 teaspoon baking soda

• ½ teaspoon kosher salt

• 2 cups light brown sugar, packed

• 1 cup butter, soft

• 2 large eggs, room temperature

• 1 teaspoon vanilla

• 2 cups all-purpose flour

Fudge

• 1 can (sweetened condensed milk

• 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips

• ½ cup unsalted butter

• ¼ teaspoon salt

• 1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions 

Bars

• Preheat the oven to 350°F and line a 9×13-inch baking dish with parchment paper and grease sides.

• In a large bowl cream sugar and butter. Add eggs and vanilla and continue mixing until smooth.

• Add in the oats, flour, baking soda, and salt and mix till combined.

• Spread ⅔ of the mixture (about 3 cups) into the prepared pan. Set aside.

Fudge

• In a medium saucepan over medium heat, add condensed milk, chocolate chips, butter, and salt. Mix well until combined.

• Remove from heat and stir in vanilla.

Assembly

• Pour the fudge mixture over the layer of the oat mixture.

• Using the remaining oat mixture top add crumbles onto chocolate mixture.

• Bake 25-30 minutes, or until golden brown. Let the bars cool to room temperature before transferring them to the refrigerator to chill for 3 hours.