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.
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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!
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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.☹️
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.
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.
This is a great recipe to follow!!! I added a bit of allspice, extra vanilla extract, and substituted dark chocolate chips. Everyone in my family loved the bars!! Thank you so much for sharing this recipe <3 I will be using this recipe many times in the future :]
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Minerva Motiwala says
Cam you substitute with almond flour?
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!
I’m so glad you liked them!
Margaret M Singleton says
Can coconut and nuts be added to the recipe?
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.☹️
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.
I’m so happy you liked it Sue!
Thelma Matthews says
Haven’t tried it yet as I just now saw and copied it.
Buggie says
This is a great recipe to follow!!! I added a bit of allspice, extra vanilla extract, and substituted dark chocolate chips. Everyone in my family loved the bars!! Thank you so much for sharing this recipe <3 I will be using this recipe many times in the future :]