These Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Bars are such an easy delicious recipe! Chewy, full of chocolate chips, and buttery soft, these chocolate chip cookie bars are the best dessert! Like thick and chewy Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies but so much easier!
Guys I have been upping my work out game. And . . . can I be real with you for a second? It is KILLING ME. I like to think that I’m good at simple things like, say, standing up, or you know? Wakling. But . . . Ummm, after increasing my work outs and adding in ridiculous nonsense like side planks and squat jump things that make want to die, I’m questioning those things.
But. If you make this recipe, you will understand exactly why I need to up my work out game. I think bar recipes might be my weakness. Of course I have also mentioned how buttercream frosting and muddy buddies are my weakness. And booze. I might have a lot of weaknesses.
Anyway! Bar Recipes.
The thing about bar recipes is that its really easy to keep eating sliver after sliver until the sliver that you have eaten is the whole pan.
Upped. Work. Out. Game.
These are the best oatmeal chocolate chip bars. They are just like your favorite oatmeal raising cookies. But better. Because they have chocolate not raisins and they are bars, and you don’t have to scoop cookies. See? Better. ????
HOW TO MAKE CHOCOLATE CHIP OATMEAL BARS
- Combine the all purpose flour, baking soda, and cinnamon in one bowl.
- In a different bowl, beat the butter and sugars together.
- Beat in the eggs and vanilla.
- Add in the dry ingredients.
- Stir in the chocolate chips and the oats.
- Bake in one pan, and enjoy!
Have I mentioned how much I love bar recipes? They are so much easier than cookies!
TIPS AND TRICKS FOR THESE CHOCOLATE CHIP OATMEAL BARS
- Make sure your butter is room temperature. You should be able to push a finger in a little and dent it but not all the way through. Cut it up in one inch pieces and leave it on the counter for a half hour to make this happen sooner.
- To measure the flour, scoop the flour into the measuring cup and level it off. This will help you avoid over measuring the flour.
- Use room temperature eggs. To make this happen quickly, put the eggs in luke warm water for a few minutes.
- Make sure your baking soda is fresh by adding a little to some vinegar and making sure it bubbles right away.
MORE GREAT COOKIE BAR RECIPES
- These Very Vanilla Cookie Bas are a super old recipe of mine, but one that is so simple and so delicious! It’s a must make for sure!
- These S’mores Magic Cookie Bars are AHmazing! I made them again recently, and I couldn’t stop eating them!
- You will not believe how insanely good these Caramel Apple Bars are.
- And if you’ve never made anything with brown butter, make these Brown Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
- I love monster cookies, I have to make these Monster Cookie Bars!
- I can’t get over these Brown Sugar Cookie Bars!
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Bars
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 14 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 3/4 cup packed brown sugar
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 3 cups quick cook oats (old fashioned oats will work here as well)
- 1 cup milk chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350 degrees and lightly spray a 9 x 13 inch pan with cooking spray.
- In a medium bowl whisk together the all purpose flour, baking soda, salt, and cinnamon.
- In a large bowl, beat together the butter and sugar until light and fluffy.
- Beat in the eggs on at a time and then the vanilla extract.
- Add the dry ingredients. Beat on low until integrated, then increase the speed until the dry ingredients are just combined.
- Gently stir in the oats and the chocolate chips. Press the batter into the prepared baking dish.
- Bake for 25 minutes or until the edges are golden brown. Allow the bars to cool, then cut and enjoy.
RA says
14 Tablespoons of butter? Is that correct?
Lisa Longley says
Sure is!
Vicki says
Where is the rest of the recipe , it is not complete . Please
Lisa Longley says
It looks like my blog ate the last few steps! Thank you for telling me. They are back now.
chenelle shoaf says
Thank you so much for this idea. One of the things that endear me to chocolate chip bars is my love for chocolate. I know it comes with lots of goodies but I genuinely love it and will go after any recipe that makes it easy for me to prepare it for different tastes.
Jackie says
Thèse turned out very very dry! Very disappointed. They are crumbling.
Lisa Longley says
I’m really sorry to hear that Jackie! Without me being in the kitchen with you it’s hard to know what went wrong. Scooping the flour into the measuring cup and leveling off vs. scooping right from the container can make a big difference. If you scoop right from the container it can add too much flour and that makes a huge difference. Also, ovens can vary. If they were baked too long, that can make a big difference. You want to pull them out right when the begin to brown at the edges. I’ve made this recipe so many times, and it turns out irresistible for me every time, I’m so sorry it didn’t turn out that way for you.
Jenna Richardson says
With nearly a cup and a half of butter, I cannot fathom how this would turn out dry. Giving the amount in strictly tablespoons caused me to pause. A bit different.
Jenna says
Scratch my poor measurement earlier. With a cup plus three-fourths cup of butter, I cannot fathom how this wòuld turn out dry.
Sarah says
14 Tbsp of butter is less than 1 cup. 1 cup would be 16 Tbsp
Lanetra says
I just made these and they are amazing! All of my kids enjoyed them and asked me to never let the supply run out. Thanks for the recipe, it will be a new go to for my house.
Lisa Longley says
I’m so glad you liked it!
Kayley says
Thanks so much for sharing this recipe!! I just made them this afternoon for an after school snack for my kiddos. They all loved these so much. 🙂 We will be making these again. So so good!!!
Lisa Longley says
I’m so happy you like them!
Dana says
Many thanks for sharing, been making these on a weekly basis since I found the recipe. Any tips on how to spread these without making a mess? I end up using my hands every time to spread and they get a tad sticky. I do use oil instead of butter, could that be the reason? Thanks
Lisa Longley says
I’m so happy you like this one, I love it too. I would suggest either using wax paper to push it down into the pan or spray your hands with cooking spray before!
Carol Sowerby says
Just made these, great recipe, only moan …..wish you would present recipes in metric for us across the pond !!!!!!
Lisa Longley says
It’s on my list Carol!
Jim Brooks says
I had just discovered that if you used wet measure cup it will be dry. So make sure you use a dry measure cup.
first one dry second one perfect.
Kinga Hustiker says
I just tried the cookies, they were fantastic. The recipe is super easy and quick. I used three different chocolate (because neither of them was enough), and i’ve used 200 g butter, but the dough was still perfect.
Lisa Longley says
So glad to hear you liked it!
Minerva Motiwala says
Cam you substitute with almond flour?
Lisa Longley says
I haven’t tried that, but if you do, let me know how it works!
Vivian says
These are delicious! I did not change a thing except I only had one egg ????so I added 1/4 cup milk and they were not dry at all. Definitely a keeper!
Lisa Longley says
I’m so glad you liked them!
Margaret M Singleton says
Can coconut and nuts be added to the recipe?
Lisa Longley says
I haven’t tried that, but I think it would be fine!
Sandie says
Made them and was not impressed. They really don’t have much flavor. I even added 2/3 cup pecans. They were easy to make and baked up nice and brown. But alas not a, Wow this is a good cookie. Won’t be making them again.☹️
Lisa Longley says
So sorry to hear that you didn’t like these, Sandie. This is one I love, or it wouldn’t have made it onto the blog. Baking time matters quite a bit in this recipe, so given that you described them as nice and brown I wonder if they were baked a little too long. That would definitely make them less impressive.
Sue says
Excellent and super easy! I added pecans, but otherwise followed the directions exactly. I like these much better than regular chocolate chip cookies because of all the oats.
Lisa Longley says
I’m so happy you liked it Sue!