Made with rolled oats, maple syrup and cinnamon they’re all natural. And with melted chocolate chips these baked oat bars are a snack to remember!
Summary
Prep: 10 minutes
Cooking: 20 minutes
Ages: Toddlers to Teens
Difficulty: Easy peasy
Makes: 12 oatmeal chocolate chip bars
Why are these oatmeal chocolate chip bars healthy?
- Oat flour is naturally gluten free. We advise purchasing oat flour and rolled oats which are labelled ‘gluten free’ so that there is no risk of contamination from other products being made in the same factory. However the oats themselves are naturally gluten free.
- Rolled oats are full of fibre and are rich in antioxidants.
- We’ve replaced sugar with maple syrup. With the exception of the chocolate chips themselves, there are no white refined sugars in the recipe.
- Chocolate is rich in antioxidants!
These oatie chocolate chip bars can be whipped up in no time. Your kids can even make them right alongside you.
Enjoy them as a yummy afterschool snack or treat. Or pop them in lunchboxes as a homemade dessert bar.
Ingredients
- 1 cup oat flour – gluten free (90 grams)
- 4 cups jumbo rolled oats – gluten free (360 grams)
- 1 cup milk chocolate chips
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 100 grams unsalted butter
- 1 cup maple syrup
- 2 eggs
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180℃ and grease a large baking pan about 9 x 12 inches. You can use a smaller pan for a thicker bar, just make sure you increase the cooking time slightly.
- Add the oat flour, rolled oats, baking powder and cinnamon to a large mixing bowl and mix together.
- In a separate bowl put the softened butter and maple syrup. Whisk together.
- Add the eggs to the butter and maple syrup one at a time. Then stir in the vanilla extract.
- Add the dry ingredients from step 2 to the bowl and mix until combined. Lastly, gently stir in the chocolate chips.
- Empty the batter into a baking pan and level it out with the back of a spoon.
- Bake in a preheated oven for 20-25 minutes until the edges start to go crisp and golden.
- Allow the oat chocolate chip bake to cool thoroughly before cutting it into bars for serving. Enjoy!
Oatie chocolate chip bars – our step by step guide:
Prepare your dry ingredients
Preheat your oven to 180℃.
Take a large baking pan (about 9 x 12 inches) and grease it with butter or oil spray. Alternatively you can cover it with parchment paper if you prefer.
Add your dry ingredients to a bowl and stir them together. These are your oat flour, rolled oats, baking powder and cinnamon.
Prepare your wet ingredients
Take another bowl and mix together your melted butter and maple syrup.
Add in the eggs one at a time and the vanilla extract. Beat together for a minute.
Mix together and add the chocolate chips
Take your dry ingredients from the earlier step and add them to the bowl.
Mix until combined. Then add in the chocolate chips and stir until they are evenly spread out.
Transfer to your oven dish
Spoon your mixture into your greased baking tray.
Flatten it with the back of a spoon until level.
Bake for 20 minutes
Bake in your preheated oven for about 20-25 minutes.
Remove it when the edges start to go golden.
Let it cool completely. Then cut it into bars. Enjoy!
Enjoy these yummy oatmeal chocolate chip bars!
Oatie chocolate chip bars
Ingredients
- 1 cup oat flour gluten free (90 grams)
- 4 cups jumbo rolled oats gluten free (360 grams)
- 1 cup milk chocolate chips
- 1 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 100 grams unsalted butter
- 1 cup maple syrup
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
Instructions
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Preheat the oven to 180℃ and grease a large baking pan about 9 x 12 inches or cover with grease proof parchment paper. You can use a smaller pan for a thicker bar, just make sure you increase the cooking time slightly.
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Add the oat flour, rolled oats, baking powder and cinnamon to a large mixing bowl and mix together.
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In a separate bowl put the softened butter and maple syrup. Whisk together.
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Add the eggs to the butter and maple syrup one at a time. Then stir in the vanilla extract.
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Add the dry ingredients from step 2 to the bowl and mix until combined.
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Lastly, gently stir in the chocolate chips.
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Empty the batter into a baking pan and level it out with the back of a spoon.
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Bake in a preheated oven for 20-25 minutes until the edges start to go crisp and golden.
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Allow the oat chocolate chip bake to cool thoroughly before cutting it into bars for serving. Enjoy!
