These crunchy, chewy, nutty, caramel-y, chocolate-y bars are a fun treat. They appeal to the sweet tooth in kids of all ages. The recipe calls for nuts, coconut, oats, chocolate chips, and m&ms. You can leave out any of those things, except the oats.
Chewy Chunky Monster Cookie Bars
2017-02-16 13:41:52
Prep Time
20 min
Cook Time
35 min
Caramel Sauce Ingredients
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk (14 ounces)
- 1 cup brown sugar
- ½ cup light corn syrup
- ½ cup butter
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- OR
- 1 ½ cups caramel ice cream topping mixed with ½ cup flour
Cookie Ingredients
- 1 ¾ cups quick oats
- 1 ½ cups flour
- ¾ cup brown sugar (packed)
- ½ cup coconut
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- ¾ cup butter (melted)
- 1 cup chocolate chips (semi-sweet)
- 1 cup mini m&ms
- 1 cup chopped nuts
Caramel Sauce Directions
- Melt butter in heavy 3 quart sauce pan.
- Add sugar, corn syrup, condensed milk, and salt.
- Stirring constantly, bring to a boil.
- Remove from heat, and stir in vanilla.
- Allow to cool to room temperature (this is important because it prevents the caramel from running to the edges of the pan.)
- OR just use
- 1 ½ cups caramel ice cream topping mixed with ½ cup flour
Cookie Dough Directions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F, and grease 13 x 9 inch baking pan.
- Combine oats, flour, sugar, coconut, baking soda, and salt in large bowl. Stir in butter, and mix well.
- Reserve 1 cup of oat mixture, and press remaining mixture into bottom of prepared pan. Press dough up the sides of the pan about ¾ of an inch to form a crust.
- Bake 12-15 minutes or until golden brown.
Notes
- Yields 30 bars. (approx. 2 x 1.75 inches)
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Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.