Delish Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars were on the radar today. But they are gone, gone, gone now! Hmm...imagine that, would you? Seriously, nothing awesome lasts forever. And more seriously? Nothing lasts an hour, when this peanut butter oatmeal bar recipe arrives on the scene!
That's how it rolls around here, when it comes to chocolate chip love! Much like these Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Frosted Brownies, these Healthy Chocolate Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars, our Reese's Oatmeal Cookies, and these Triple Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookies!
Why We Love This Delish Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Bar Recipe
If you're looking for the perfect snack to keep you going throughout the day, you've come to the right place.
- These chocolate chip loaded peanut butter oatmeal bars are simple to make and you'll want to make them over and over.
- They are the perfect healthy treat to keep you going when you're wanting some energy or just a healthy-ish peanut butter chocolate chip snack! Plus, you can make them even more healthy with gluten free oats or using healthy sweeteners.
- The combination of creamy peanut butter, major chocolate chips and old-fashioned oatmeal all rolled up into decadent, yummy bars is amazing!
- Add in your favorite add-ins to mix it up when the mood strikes.
- These are great treats for the kids as well as the adults!
- Pack them in lunches or picnics! Also great for potlucks!
Ingredients You Need
- unsalted butter, softened
- brown sugar - brown sugar helps sweeten the bars and helps the bars to be soft and chewy.
- granulated sugar
- peanut butter - helps enhance the flavor of the bars (can also use chunky or a healthy no sugar or low sugar peanut butter replacement or use your favorite nut butter to replace peanut butter!
- eggs - The eggs help give structure to the bars (For a vegan option you can use flax eggs for Bob’s Red Mill gluten-free egg replacer)
- all-purpose flour
- baking soda
- salt
- old-fashioned oats - Adds a chewy and hearty texture, while also being super high in fiber and protein. While quick oats could work, they won’t be as dense and these bars will be more cake-like.
- semi-sweet chocolate chips - Who doesn’t want to start their day with some chocolate? Add as many or as few as you like!
How to Make Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars
- Preheat oven to 350.
- In a large bowl, cream together butter, brown sugar, white sugar for several minutes and then add peanut butter and beat in until smooth. Beat in the eggs one at a time until well blended.
- Add the flour, baking soda, and salt and stir into the wet mixture and mix until just combined.
- Mix in the oats and ½ of chocolate chips until just combined.
- Spread into 2 - 8x8 greased pans or a 13x9 greased pan, add saved out chocolate chips and sprinkle on top and bake for 25-30 minutes for 2 - 8x8 pans or 20-25 minutes for 13x9 pan or until just light brown.
- Don't over bake for best results!
- Cool, cut and store in an airtight container.
Baking Tips & Flavor Options
These oatmeal bars are very versatile, so you can really change these bars out to make them to your liking every time you make them!
- Feel free to add a couple tablespoons of honey or maple syrup to give a little more sweetness to these peanut butter bars.
- Add more oats if you desire, if you like a more oaty bar. You can increase about ¼ to ½ cup. Adding too much will dry out bars.
- Switch out old-fashioned oats with gluten free oats
for gluten free option!
- Measure flour correctly, again adding too much flour could dry out bars.
- You could also add more brown sugar or granulated sugar if you wish to have more sugar in these bars, if these aren't sweet enough for your liking. I like the balance of sugar in these bars, so I didn't add more sugar, but everyone is different, right?
- Use healthy sweeteners like Lakanto
or Swerve
for cutting down calories.
- Add an extra egg or two or more peanut butter to these bars for more protein, if you wish to the batter, it will just make these bars even richer and delish!
- Switch out peanut butter with your favorite nut butter, or use crunchy peanut butter for a yummy texture throughout!
- Add nuts, mini m&m's, any kind of chocolate chip flavors or dried fruits to make these bars even more tailored to your tastes! Get creative and enjoy!
- Add some cinnamon to the bars for a yummy cinnamon fall dessert!
- Don't over bake your bars. Once they start turning golden on the edges and center is set, you're good!
- If using salted butter, omit salt in this recipe.
Storing Bars
- Store the bars in an airtight container in the refrigerator for up to 1 week.
- Freeze in a large zip lock bag for up to 3 months.
These kind of combination-packed goodie bars are so addicting to me! Loaded with protein and fiber-rich ingredients, these comforting chocolate chip bars will surely satisfy any sweet tooth.
These peanut butter chocolate chip bar recipe definitely hit my radar. You need to give these a try. 🙂
More Peanut Butter Love!
- Reese’s Peanut Butter Cup Explosion Brownies
- Reese’s Peanut Butter Chocolate Oreo Tart
- Flourless Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies {GF, No Butter, Naturally Sweetened}
- Peanut Butter Loaded Bars
- Soft Batch Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Lunch Lady Peanut Butter Bars
- Healthy Oatmeal Cups
- Reese's Pieces Peanut Butter Oatmeal Cookies
Delish Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars
Delish Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars are in the house! Healthy-ish too!
Ingredients
- 1 cup unsalted butter softened
- 1 ⅓ cup packed brown sugar add more if desired for more sweetness
- ⅓ cup white sugar add more if desired for more sweetness
- 1 cup peanut butter or any nut butter, creamy or crunchy, no sugar as well if preferred.
- 2 large eggs can add an extra egg or 2 for more richness, if desired.
- 1 ½ cups all-purpose flour can also use a combination of ½ whole white wheat flour and all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 1 ½ cups old-fashioned oats can use gluten free oats for gluten free option
- 1-2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips save out ½ for sprinkling on top.
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350.
- In a large bowl, cream together butter and sugars for several minutes and then add peanut butter and beat in until smooth.
- Beat in the eggs one at a time until well blended.
- Combine the flour, baking soda, and salt into the wet mixture and mix until just combined.
- Mix in the oats and ½ of chocolate chips until just combined.
- Spread into 2 - 8x8 greased pans or a 9x13 greased pan, add saved out chocolate chips and sprinkle on top and bake for 25-30 minutes for 2 - 8x8 pans or 20-25 minutes for 13x9 pan or until just light brown.
- Don't over-bake for best results
- Cool, cut and store in an airtight container.
Video
Notes
Baking Tips & Flavor Options:
- Feel free to add a couple tablespoons of honey or maple syrup to give a little more sweetness to these bars.
- You could also add more brown sugar or granulated sugar if you wish to have more sugar in these bars.
- Use healthy sweeteners like Lakanto
- Switch out old-fashioned oats with gluten free oats
- Switch out peanut butter with your favorite nut butter.
- Add nuts, mini m&m's, any kind of chocolate chip flavors or dried fruits to make these bars even more tailored to your tastes! Get creative and enjoy!
- Add more oats if you desire, if you like a more oaty bar. You can increase about ¼ to ½ cup. Adding too much will dry out bars.
- Add an extra egg or two or more peanut butter to these bars if you wish to the batter, it will just make these bars even richer and delish!
- Add some cinnamon to the bars for a yummy cinnamon fall dessert!
- If using salted butter, omit salt in this recipe.
Tried This Recipe?Let us know how it was by commenting below!
Kim Lange says
Here are the general guidelines:
Temperature: Increase between 15 and 25 degrees to help baked goods develop structure faster. Mostly needed with cake, some cookies, and yeast bread.
Bake time: For every 30 minutes a recipe suggests, decrease by 5 to 8 minutes.
Sugar: Subtract a tablespoon per cup that your recipe calls for. Too much sugar concentration weakens dough.
Liquid (water, milk, etc.): At, 3,000 feet use 1 to 2 additional tablespoons to prevent dough from drying out.
Flour: Add 1 extra tablespoon at 3,500 feet to help strengthen dough; add an additional tablespoon for every 1,000 feet of elevation after that.
Leavening agents (baking soda and baking powder): Decrease by 1/8 teaspoon at 3,000 feet, 1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon at 5,000 feet, and 1/4 teaspoon at 7,000 feet. If the recipe calls for both, decrease both.
Hope this helps Judy!
Judy says
I've made these three times, and they're delicious, however, the center always sinks and the corners are thick and kind of hard. I live at 4300 feet altitude, so one time I added 2 Tbsp flour, but they still fell. Any suggestions?
Kim Lange says
You are so sweet Vivienne! Thank you so much for trying them! xo
Vivienne says
These were great. Very rich, tasty, and flavorful. Love your recipes.
Kim Lange says
Yes you can Patty. I know some natural peanut butter brands can be a little stiff, so if that's the case, I would microwave 10-20 seconds to make it easier to work with! Jif natural peanut butter is pretty smooth! Enjoy!!
Patty says
Can I use natural peanut butter?
Kim Lange says
I am sorry Laurie. I updated it to reflect 1 teaspoon versus 2. Thank you for the feedback!
Laurie says
Too much baking sofa for my liking
Kim Lange says
I'm so glad it worked out for you Yaka. Thank you so much! 🙂
Yaka says
Tried this! But it took me a little longer to bake and I used the 13 x 9 pan. But tastes delicious!
Kim Lange says
I'm so happy to hear! That you Lynda! xo
Lynda says
Amazing and easy one- pan baking. Great for freezing as well.
Kim Lange says
Hey Brittany! I think this could be bumped down to what you feel comfortable with when it comes to baking soda and the bitterness, and since people have different tastes, I understand where you are coming from. This recipe has 1 1/2 cups oats besides 1 1/2 cups flour, so that's why there is more, like oat flour only oats, but I think 1 teaspoon of baking soda would suffice for sure. Thanks for your feedback and I hope you enjoy! xo
Brittany says
Why does this call for 2 teaspoons of baking soda if the rule for baking soda is 1/4 teaspoon per cup of flour? I'm always concerned about the bitterness of baking soda in baked goods if too much is added..
ChocolaTess says
Danielle, I'm so glad you enjoyed them. Thank you for sharing, and putting the peanut butter chips/semi-sweet chocolate chip combo sounds wonderful! 🙂
Danielle Andre says
I just made these bars and they are scrumptious. I mixed semi sweet chips with Reese peanut butter chips. Baking time was longer in my 13/9 . Mine tool like 35-37 minutes. but I put foil over top to prevent edges getting to brown and crispy. Great with cup of coffee or almond milk or whatever ??
ChocolaTess says
I'm so sorry Jen! Maybe you just needed to bake them a little more. If edges are browning more, not sure what type of pan you are using, but you could reduce the temperature 25 degrees and bake a little longer, and rotate pan in oven half way through baking. Be sure to select a light-colored, shiny pan, which will conduct heat evenly. Glass or dark-colored pans can cause the edges to overbake or even burn. A lot of times I use parchment or tin foil in my pans as well. Hope you give them a try again!
Jenn says
I did 350 and even cooked more because of gooey-ness. The edges were great! LOL I reread recipe over and over to make sure I did everything right....so sad they didn't all turn out.
ChocolaTess says
Jenn, 350 is the temp. What temp did you use?
Jenn says
No temp listed!!! Help they are still gooey but getting over done on edges!
ChocolaTess says
Thanks Melissa! It's definitely a fave of mine for sure. 🙂
ChocolaTess says
Thank you so much Candice! It is amazing! 🙂
Melissa @ LumberandLaundry says
These look so delicious and easy! I love the combination of peanut butter, oatmeal and chocolate as well.
Candice says
OMG this looks amazing hmmm
Candice | Beauty Candy Loves
ChocolaTess says
You're officially signed Teresa! Anytime 🙂
teresa says
Sign me up, Kim! I want one now. 🙂