No Bake Chocolate and Peanut Butter Bars-Best

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Ingredients

  • 1 C butter
  • 3/4 C brown sugar
  • 1 tsp vanilla
  • 4 1/2 C oats
  • 1 1/4 C semisweet chocolate chips
  • 3/4 C peanut butter

Preparation

Step 1

1. Grease a 9x9 square pan. Melt butter in medium sauce pan and stir in brown sugar and vanilla. Mix in the oats and cook over low heat for 2 to 3 minutes.
2. Press half the mixture into the bottom of the pan.
3. Place chocolate chips and peanut butter into a microwave safe bowl and microwave on high for 1 minute. Mix together until smooth. Pour over oats in the pan and smooth out.
4. Sprinkle remaining oat mixture over the chocolate layer and press gently. Cover and refrigerate 2 to 3 hours. If they are hard to cut when serving, just allow them to sit for a few minutes until the chocolate layers warms up slightly