Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

Okay I’m obsessed with these!! They remind me of chewy granola bars but literally only 5ish ingredients. You may even have everything you need right now to throw these Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cooke Bars together. These are perfect to have in the fridge or freezer for a quick snack or a sweet treat at night. Just warning you now…they are dangerous 😉 You’ll want to keep going back for more!

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

What you need:

• Rolled Oats
• Peanut Butter
• Pitted Medjool Dates
• Maple Syrup
• Cinnamon
• Sea Salt

Choosing the right nut butter for Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars:

For these bars, I do use creamy peanut butter, but I don’t see why creamy almond butter wouldn’t work here either! But make sure it’s creamy!! The best peanut butter to use in this case is one that you can easily stir at the top and all the way through the nut butter. I love the creamy unsalted from Trader Joe’s for something like this. I also love the creamy one from Sprouts!

What if I don’t have pitted medjool dates?

Using medjool dates is super important in this recipe! It binds everything together to form it into the bars. I grab the medjool dates at Costco and remove the pits myself which is super easy to do! Make sure you either pick up pitted medjool dates or regular ones and remove the pits on your own 🙂

What are the best way to store these bars?

You can store these in the fridge or the freezer! If you store in the freezer, I recommend letting it sit out for a couple minutes before enjoying them. Placing in the freezer allows you to keep them longer though (if they last that long! :)) I like to store mine in Stasher Bags or these containers.

Recipe tip:

• You want your mixture of dates and oats to be a little sticky after blending in the food processor. If it isn’t try adding another date. You will be adding the peanut butter and maple syrup which will help, but the dates are going to be what bind these bars the most!
• If you don’t want to use peanut butter, you can also use a creamy almond butter!
• Don’t forget the cinnamon or sea salt 🙂
• If you don’t want to do a full coat of chocolate on top of the bars, you can also drizzle chocolate on top!
• Instead of cutting these into bars, you can also cut them into little bite size pieces!

What I used to make these:

• Food Processor
• Baking Dish

How to make Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars:

1. Begin by lining a 8 x 8 baking dish with parchment paper (I like to put coconut oil on the bottom o the pan before lining with parchment paper)
2. In your food processor add dates and rolled oats and blend. Blend until completely processed.
3. Add maple syrup, creamy peanut butter, cinnamon & sea salt. Continue to blend. Mixture should be in sticky and well formed here. If not, add a little more maple syrup.
4. Once all mixed together, add in mini chocolate chips. Lightly blend only to get chocolate chips all mixed in with oatmeal mixture.
5. Place mixture in loaf pan and press down firmly. Place in fridge
6. Melt chocolate in the microwave.
7. Pour melted chocolate on top of oatmeal cookie mixture. Place in fridge until hardens.
8. Cut into pieces!

If you like these, you may also enjoy these recipes on One Balanced Life:

• Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Bars
• Healthy Snack Bites
• Trail Mix Bites

Looking for more recipes using rolled oats? Try these:

• Chunky Monkey Overnight Oats
• Carrot Cake Overnight Oats
• Creamy Stovetop Oatmeal

Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 10 minutes

Total Time: 20 minutes

5ish ingredient snack bars!

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Ingredients

• 2 cups rolled oats
• 12 medjool dates (make sure they are pitted or remove the pits yourself!)
• 2-3 tbsp maple syrup
• 1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
• 1/4 cup mini semi-sweet chocolate chips
• 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips or dark chocolate
• 1 tsp cinnamon
• dash of sea salt

Instructions

1. Begin by lining a 8 x 8 with parchment paper (I like to put coconut oil on the bottom o the pan before lining with parchment paper)
2. In your food processor add dates and rolled oats and blend. Blend until completely processed.
3. Add maple syrup, creamy peanut butter, cinnamon & sea salt. Continue to blend. Mixture should be in sticky and well formed here. If not, add a little more maple syrup.
4. Once all mixed together, add in mini chocolate chips. Lightly blend only to get chocolate chips all mixed in with oatmeal mixture.
5. Place mixture in loaf pan and press down firmly. Place in fridge
6. Melt chocolate for on top.
7. Pour melted chocolate on top of oatmeal cookie mixture. Place in fridge until hardens.
8. Cut into pieces!

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