Monday, February 3, 2014

Peanut Butter Oatmeal Dream Bars

I think I found this recipe on Pinterest and have been looking forward to trying it out! Trouble with baking and babysitting is that you overlook steps...like the bake time for the filling.... lol. Oh well- it still turned out very tasty! 
You can find the recipe HERE.
I did not use dark brown sugar, and I used regular oats. Also, I don't have a ton of experience with sweetened condensed milk, but I was surprised to note that it just kept thickening the longer it sat there mixed with the pb. And it was difficult to spread so I just put dollops of it on the crust to get it everywhere. :)
I only had dark choc chips in the house, and couldn't find king size Reese PB Cups so I just chopped up 6 of the regular sized ones like this:
I think next time I might possibly cut the salt in half. And the author is right- chill them first. Don't get me wrong- the gooey mess IS dreamy good, but really messy, haha!