These easy-to-make buttery Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookie Bars are soft, flavorful, and full of melty chocolate chips! This recipe is so simple and quick, you will make it again and again!
If you love oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, you are going to love these simple cookie bars that skip what I think is the hardest part of making cookies! No need to spend time scooping out or rolling cookie dough before baking.
Like my Easy Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars and Brown Butter Cookie Bars, this recipe can be thrown together in under 10 minutes and baked for only around 25 minutes! That means you can have warm cookie goodness in around ½ an hour.
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⭐️ Why You Need to Make This Recipe
- Flavor - All the goodness of oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, but made easier in one pan!
- Texture - Depending on how long you bake them, these bars can be soft and gooey inside or more well-done - it's up to you!
- Method - One bowl, no electric mixer, and one pan - can it get any simpler?
🧈 Ingredients
Here are the ingredients needed to make these easy oatmeal cookie bars with chocolate chips.
Ingredient Notes
- Butter - This recipe is made with melted butter which means you don't need an electric mixer to make it!
- Sugar - A combination of brown and white sugar is always best for flavor and texture in cookies and cookie bars.
- Chocolate Chips - Semisweet chocolate is my favorite for this recipe but milk chocolate, dark chocolate, or chopped/chunks would be yummy too!
See the recipe card for the full list of ingredients with measurements.
📃 Instructions
Step 1: Stir together the melted butter, white sugar, and brown sugar. Add the egg and vanilla and continue mixing briskly until smooth.
Step 2: Add the flour, oats, baking powder, and salt and mix just until no streaks of flour remain.
Step 3: Fold in the chocolate chips.
Step 4: Press into a parchment paper-lined baking pan. Top with more chocolate chips, if desired.
Bake in a preheated oven for 25-30 minutes or until lightly golden. Let cool slightly before slicing to serve or dig in while still hot!
💡 Top Tip
Instead of waiting for the bars to cool down fully before slicing, you can also serve this up hot in a bowl with a scoop of vanilla ice cream! Yum!!!
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📖 Recipe
Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookie Bars
Equipment
- 9x9-inch baking pan
- parchment paper or non-stick spray
- mixing bowls
- measuring cups & spoons
- silicone spatula
Ingredients
- ½ cup salted butter, melted *
- ½ cup granulated white sugar
- ½ cup brown sugar, packed
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- ¾ cup all-purpose flour
- ¾ cup rolled oats
- ½ teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon salt
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips *
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350℉. Grease a 9X9-inch baking pan with non-stick cooking spray or butter or line with parchment paper.
- In a large bowl, stir together the melted butter, sugar, brown sugar, egg, and vanilla until fully incorporated. Add the flour, oats, baking powder, and salt and stir just until no streaks of flour remain. Fold in the chocolate chips.
- Spread the batter into the prepared baking pan, spreading it well into the corners of the pan and smoothing the top as best as you can. Bake in the preheated oven for 25-30 minutes or until lightly golden. Let cool at least slightly before serving. Serve as is or with ice cream or whipped cream. Enjoy!
Notes
- Or use unsalted butter with an additional ¼ teaspoon of salt added to the recipe.
- Milk chocolate, dark chocolate, or chopped/chunks would be great instead, if preferred.
kaylee dewar
delicious! a great easy grab snack for any time of the day!
Naomi Andres
Thank you for taking the time to review this recipe, Kaylee!
Naomi
Ani
So simple and perfect. I added a bit of real caramel extract and some christmassy candy coated chocolate sprinkles 🙂
Naomi Tarves
Can you use quick cooking oats instead?
Naomi Andres
Yes, I think that would work!
Kendra
Delicious! Brought them to a gathering and they got rave reviews. So easy to put together too!