Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars

Ingredients:
- 1 cup butter, melted
- 1 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 tsp. baking soda
- 1 tsp. salt
- 1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 1/4 cups quick cooking oats
- 1 14 ounce can sweetened condensed milk
- 1/2 cup creamy peanut butter
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1/2 lb. package of Marie's Candies Dark Chocolate Buttons
Instructions:
- Line a 9x13 baking pan with aluminum foil then spray it with cooking spray; set aside. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Combine butter, brown sugar, baking soda and salt in a large bowl and mix with an electric mixer on low speed until smooth. Add flour and oats then continue mixing until well combined.
- Reserve 1 heaping cup of oat mixture and set aside.
- Press the remaining oat mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan. Bake for 10 minutes.
- Combine peanut butter and sweetened condensed milk and mix until smooth. Pour and carefully spread peanut butter mixture over semi-cooked oat crust.
- Crumble half of reserved oat mixture over peanut butter mixture. Top with Dark Chocolate Buttons, then add remaining oat mixture.
- Continue baking for 25 minutes or until oat crumbles start to brown.
- Cool completely in pan then remove by lifting up on aluminum foil. Cut into bars and store in an air-tight container.
Recipe & photo adapted from southyourmouth.com