I grew up in Canada where they still have the original Oh Henry chocolate bar. I love anything with oatmeal and peanut butter.
The original recipe calls for a 9X13 inch pan but I prefer using my 10X10 inch square pan as it fits into my combination microwave/convection oven. I have had a combination unit for more than 30 years and I love having a second oven.
The original recipe doesn’t have peanut butter in the crust and no peanuts on top. When I first made the recipe it had peanut butter mixed in the chocolate topping. I found the topping sticky and loose when the bars got warm. I prefer a harder chocolate topping so I changed it to just the chocolate and peanuts.
Now onto the bars…
2/3 cup butter, melted
1 cup brown sugar, lightly packed
2 tsp vanilla extract
1/2 cup light or dark corn syrup
2/3 cup peanut butter
4 cups of oatmeal (I only have the Old Fashioned kind)
For the topping
1 cup chocolate chips
2 cup peanuts, very roughly chopped
Mis together all the wet ingredients in a bowl until well mixed, then add in the oatmeal and coat it completely. Press into a prepared pan (I spray with PAM) and bake at 350˚F for 12 minutes. It will be soft and bubbly but will cool quickly.
Melt together the peanut butter and chocolate chips in the microwave or over a water bath. Stir in the peanuts and spread the mixture over the cooled bars. I store mine in the fridge as the topping is pretty soft due to the added peanut butter.
Enjoy! Super yummy and almost good for you with the oatmeal and peanut butter. I did say almost……
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