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Ingredients
- 1 cup butter or margarine (I use whichever I have)
- 2 cups light or dark brown sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2-1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 3 cups quick oats (can use old fashioned)
- 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
- 2 cups semi sweet chocolate chips (can use milk chocolate)
- Optional: 1 teaspoon instant coffee granules
Preparation
Step 1
Gift Mixes
Lately I’ve finally gotten around to trying a few recipes I’ve had on my “must make” list for well over a decade, today is one of them. I first read about Revel bars shortly after I got married when I was reading an Amish romance. I’m pretty sure it was a Beverly Lewis one. If you’ve never checked out any of her books but enjoy reading, I think you’ll be very pleased. I love when I can read something just for the pure pleasure (not because it is required as part of my job) and come out of it with a little wisdom to add to who I am.
I don’t remember which book this was, but in the story the main character got her family out of the house so she could make these secretly as a surprise for her mother’s birthday. I remember thinking “Now those must be some kind of good.” I sure wasn’t disappointed.
Note: I added in the instant coffee part in order to help me get my recommended daily requirement of caffeine. It was delicious and just added a
Place remaining butter and brown sugar in a mixing bowl and mix with an electric mixer until creamy.
Anywho, where I live, although it is in Alabama, is not nearly as densely populated with Southerners as other areas of Alabama. In Huntsville, we have people from all over the world and I’d venture to say that the majority of people who live in our area are not from our area, which makes for a neat culture settled in the middle of the Heart of Dixie. I was in Sam’s the other day and was going over a series I had been watching in my head, mentally writing possible outcomes and wondering where it was going to go next (I always mentally write shows I watch, I do that with books too), and some people walked by me talking.
Once you got that all creamified, add in your other dough ingredients.
Beat the tar out of that until it looks like this.
I did this post during our little Alabama Monsoon, where it rained for nearly a week straight. I try to do posts on sunny days so the pictures turn out better but after waiting three days to make these, I finally gave up and got to work.
Melt all of this in the microwave, for about thirty seconds at a time, stirring after each interval, until it is smooth and creamy
I love being able to say that. We’re not going for perfection here, we’re going for something that will taste good and it’s amazing how many recipes aren’t nearly as picky as recipes make them out to be.
Stir it up really really good if you added the coffee granules so they will dissolve in there.
In large mixing bowl, place remaining butter and brown sugar. Beat with an electric mixer until creamy. Add all other dough ingredients and mix again until well combined.
Pat 2/3 of mixture into bottom of greased 9x13 pan.
Place all filling ingredients (including the 2 tablespoons of butter you set aside in step one) in a microwave safe bowl and cook at 30 second intervals, stirring after each, until chocolate is completely melted. If adding instant coffee granules, stir well to make sure coffee granules are dissolved. Pour over crust and spread to the sides.
Yuuuuuuuuummmmmm! Going to make these this weekend! I’ve got your Shepherd’s Pie in the oven right now, and it’s smelling sooooo good in here!
Oh Kristin I hope you love it as much as I do! That is what I’ve been wanting today. I need to make it soon!!
I was thinking of using milk chocolate chips and wondered how that would be. Any time I see a recipe for semi sweet, I substitute milk chocolate, but wondered if this would be too sweet with the sweetened condensed milk. I thought chopped pecans would be nice in the crust and topping mixture. Where did the name Revel Bars come from. Thanks for the yummy looking dessert.
I laughed when you mentioned Korean dramas. I’ve been addicted to them for about a year. My family thinks I’m crazy, but I say don’t knock it till you’ve tried it!
Yum!!! Gonna have to make these soon. I used to have a similar recipe (probably still do in one of my 4 recipe boxes
I love Korean dramas and have spent countless hours glued to them, sometimes until the wee hours of the morning. You can find them on Hulu, Netflix, KDrama, or Drama Fever. My newest Korean obsession isn’t a drama, but a tv show called Strong Heart, kind of silly but definitely makes you laugh.
Added this one to the list of got to try.
It was being used by hackers and malicious email addresses to bring SouthernPlate.com down so I had to take it offline when all other efforts failed. It’s gonna take some serious money to be able to bring it back up and keep SouthernPlate safe I’m afraid. But I do have all of the information archived should I ever be able to make that happen.
I think you have compelled me to make these tonight…
When we made these we added raisins to chocolate mixture and I have also added dried cherries instead of raisins. With the raisins my all time favorite.