This recipe for the BEST No Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Bars is quick and easy and incredibly delicious! 6 ingredients and 5 minutes are all you need!
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These are seriously the BEST No Bake Chocolate Oatmeal Bars and they make such a fabulous afternoon snack. They combine the ever popular chocolate and peanut butter, which I just cannot resist, and they’re actually pretty healthy! My 4 year old twins made these with very little help from me, so you know they really are easy!
My kids LOVE helping me in the kitchen. They especially like to bake with me – they all have inherited my sweet tooth and love making things like these Birthday Cake Brownies 🙂 Because my kids are all so little, they aren’t allowed to use the stove or oven yet. No bake treats are my favorite things to make with them for this very reason. One of our favorites are these Lemon Pie Energy Bites (and these are totally healthy even though they taste like a lemon bar and lemon pie had a baby…).They don’t feel like they’re missing out on any part of the process since they can make these from start to finish – no oven required!
All you need is one bowl, about 5 minutes, and 6 ingredients. Easy peasy! The only thing that’s hard about making these is the part where you have to wait for them to set up in the fridge. I don’t know about you, but it’s pretty difficult for me to smell chocolate and peanut butter melting together and not immediately dive in with a spoon. But since we want these to become bars, we need to have a little patience. It will be worth it, I promise!
I like to add coconut to these bars, but if you don’t like it feel free to substitute with something else. Next time I think I’ll add some crisp rice cereal for a little crunch! Also if you use dark chocolate instead of the semi sweet, I’m pretty sure you can call these health food. And that means no one would judge if you decided to eat one for breakfast. And you will want to…trust me 🙂
You can also find this recipe on Food Fanatic where I am a regular contributor!
Angie | Big Bear's Wife says
These are so great and with only 6 ingredients and 5 minutes to make I bet that I could whip these up when I get home from work today!
Serene @ House of Yumm says
Love recipes my kids can make! I’m thinking they would have fun making these this weekend 🙂
Kim Beaulieu says
One bowl? I’m down with that. I love easy recipes and easy desserts so this is perfect for me. Plus it’s just seriously gorgeous.
Brian Fleming says
Those oatmeal bars are totally droolworthy. Seriously. Do you take online orders? lol
Renee - Kudos Kitchen says
I think I’ll make these this weekend for Superbowl. They look amazing. Printing!
Heather | All Roads Lead to the Kitchen says
I’ve always loved this type of no-bake cookie, so transforming them into bar form seems like a genius idea to me. They look super tempting!
Nicole Hood says
I want to make these right now! They look great!
Isabelle @ Crumb says
These look amazing! Any recipe that lets me get my chocolate fix with minimal fuss is always a win in my books!
Megan {Country Cleaver} says
Oh yes, these I could hardly resist!
Ashley @ Wishes & Dishes says
These seem so easy and SO good – love the addition of the coconut!
Sylvie says
Love that this is so kid friendly!
Becky Hardin | The Cookie Rookie says
Looks super easy and delicious!!
Melissa @ Treats With a Twist says
These remind me so much of a no bake cookie my mom used to make while I was growing up! Sounds so delicious!
Erin @ Dinners, Dishes, and Desserts says
Oh, I totally made something very similar to these for when my son gets home from school today. Mine didn’t have shredded coconut though -love these!
Jenny | Honey and Birch says
I’m totally saving this recipe for the next hot day. And the next holiday. And tomorrow. 😉
Sharon @ What The Fork Food Blog says
I spied these over on Food Fanatic the other day and I have to try them. They look so good – almost like a candy bar!
Sharon @ What The Fork Food Blog says
Also, would you recommend regular peanut butter vs. natural?
Erin @ Texanerin Baking says
I hope my future kids want to bake with me, too. 🙂 These look SO delicious and I love how kid-friendly they are!
The Food Hunter says
I love that they are no bake~ sharing with a friend
Gerry @ Foodness Gracious says
Genius, send me 2 dozen 🙂
Beth says
These are going on the weekend to do list!! I didn’t know you have twins!
Amanda | The Chunky Chef says
I’m all about the no-bake recipes… and this one looks just amazing 🙂
Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust says
These look so fantastic!!