Mocha Crumble Bars

By Addie

"These are incredible!!! Everyone who ate one at the party said "Oh wow!" as soon as they put them in their mouth. Bet you can't eat just one!!"

Ingredients

• 1 cup butter, softened
• 1 1/2 cups firmly packed light brown sugar
• 1 eggs
• 2 cups flour
• 3/4 teaspoon baking soda
• 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon, divided
• 2 cups quick oats
• 1 cup chopped walnuts
• 2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips, divided
• 1 (14 ounce) cans sweetened condensed milk
• 1 tablespoon instant coffee

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350°F Line a 15 x 10 x 1-inch baking pan with foil.

In a medium bowl, using an electric mixer set on high speed, beat butter and brown sugar until light and creamy. On medium speed, beat in egg.

In another bowl, combine flour, baking soda and 1/2 teaspoon cinnamon.

Gradually add flour mixture to butter mixture and mix until dough is smooth. Stir in oats and walnuts.

Reserve 1 cup dough for topping. Press remaining dough into bottom of prepared pan.

In a medium saucepan, heat 1 1/2 cups chocolate chips, condensed milk, instant coffee and remaining cinnamon over medium heat; stir until smooth.

Spread mixture evenly over the dough in the pan, smoothing the surface with a spatula; crumble reserved dough on the top.

Sprinkle with the remaining chocolate chips. Bake until lightly browned, about 20 minutes. Cool completely on a wire rack. Lift foil to remove from pan; cut into 2-inch bars.
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REVIEWS:

Thanks been searching EVERYWHERE for this recipe!!

More than wonderful!! DELICIOUS! I doubled the coffee and still thought it a very mild coffee taste. But I love how the chocolate layer gets so fudgy!

So easy and yummy! I made these last night as part of my early Christmas baking, and I'm so glad I decided to try them. The only change I made was to substitute finely chopped pecans for the walnuts because that's what I had on hand. I'm really impressed with the fudgy-cinnamony flavor, and the "crumbles" on top are nice and crispy. Twenty minutes was the perfect amount of bake time for me. The only thing I may change in the future would be to add more instant coffee, because I can't really taste the coffee as the recipe is written. I've only had them room temperature so far, but I really look forward to trying them chilled and frozen after reading the previous reviewers' suggestions. Thanks so much for posting...I'm sure these are going to be a big hit!

These were so unbelievably good! I had to adjust my cooking time because I only had a 9x13 pan available (added probably a good 20 minutes) but they still came out well. TIP: Do chill before cutting. It's great cold! So moist and fudgy.

These were very good. I did double the coffee as J-Lynn did. I could taste the coffee but my husband who doesn't like coffee didn't. i did not add the walnuts since we don't care for them in things like this

Only one thing can possibly improve these - freezing them! They are PHENOMENAL when snuck directly out of the bag that's supposed to keep them out of my snacky reach, and safe in the freezer. These bars are the perfect combination of chocolate, cookie, and the sweetness of condensed milk (although I've been asked if they contain coconut, honey and even caramel!) YUM!

These bars are incedible. I added some of my flavored oatmeal also..brown sugar cinnamon as well as putting some andes mints on top before baking. The mint flavored added a nice zip to the recipe. Better than brownies! A real keeper

Hmm, Nestle Instant Coffee is not recommended for this recipe. I am not a coffee drinker but do enjoy coffee favored desserts and ice cream, and Nestle is what I had on hand for guest that enjoy a cup of Joe.. These cookies were good, but I would not say they were GREAT! I highly think it was due to the brand of coffee used and not the recipe itself.

Pretty good - a bit too sweet for my liking. I've had similar bars before, so these didn't stand out as anything extraordinary, but they were very soft and moist.

Wow Marg! Awesome!!! Everyone loved them at my mom's Christmas party. The cinnamon, chocolate and coffee gives these bars a unique taste. GREAT!!

When you're right, you're right! I accidentally put full amount of cinnamon into the dough, but they still came out incredible! Thank you for posting!

I made these for a potluck at work and they were pretty popular. Very rich, liked the hint of cinnamon and coffee. The only thing I forgot was the cold milk everyone kept asking for.:)

So yummy. These are rich and soft, and the coffee and cinnamon paired with the chocolate is just heavenly. We liked them a lot at first, but then they grew on us even more and we couldn't stay out of them. :) They're really good cold - out of the fridge - as well. Mmmm. Thank you!!

I made these cookies for our 4th of July party. Everyone gobbled them up, they just couldn't stop talking about them. These are going to be one of my new favorite ways to make chocolate chip cookies. I plan to make a big batch and freeze them for when I get a craving for rich chocolate!