Chocolate Revel Bars
What’s a chocolate revel bar? Crispy, chewy, creamy, fudgy, chocolaty, oatmeal and everything good bars!
These chocolate cookie bars go by the name of Chocolate Revel Bars, but in my house we call them something different…rebel bars.
Once you hear the story, I’m sure you’ll agree that chocolate rebel bars totally wins out. I made these for an after school snack for my kids not too long ago. As my oldest son was devouring one, he said, “I can’t remember what these are called, but man I love them.”
“They are chocolate revel bars,” I told him.
“MMMMMmm. I get it,” he said. “They are rebel bars because they are crispy, but chewy. Creamy but also fudgy. Like a brownie and fudge and an oatmeal cookie all together. It’s so much good stuff in one bar, it’s a rebel!”
I laughed. “Actually I said revel, with a V, not rebel.” But his description was spot on.
These bars are everything he said, plus more. They are totally easy and they make a large batch to boot. Be a rebel. I promise you rebellion never tasted so sweet.
After you master the chocolate revel bar, you’re probably going to want to try even more. Here are some of my favorite revel bar variations!
- Chocolate Peanut Butter Revel Bars
- Dulce De Leche Revel Bars
- Butterscotch Revel Bars
- Cherry Chocolate Revel Bars
Chocolate Rebel Bars
Ingredients
- 1 cup salted butter (softened to room temperature)
- 2 1/2 cups all purpose unbleached flour
- 2 cups light brown sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 3 cups quick cook rolled oats
- 1 1/2 cups semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 14 oz can sweetened condensed milk
- 2 tablespoons salted butter
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Line a 15 x10 x 1inch baking sheet with heavy duty foil.
- In a large mixing bowl, beat one cup of butter until light and fluffy. Add to this half the flour. Then add the brown sugar, eggs, 2 teaspoons of vanilla extract and the baking soda. Beat this until it’s well combined, scraping down the sides of the bowl as needed. After this is well mixed, add in the remaining flour and stir well. Add in the oats and stir well again. This dough will be very stiff. Set the mixture aside.
- In a small saucepan, heat the chocolate chips, the can of sweetened condensed milk, and 2 tablespoons of salted butter over low heat, stirring often. Heat just until all the chocolate is melted, then remove from heat and stir in 2 teaspoons vanilla extract.
- Take about 3 1/2 cups of the dough and press it evenly into the bottom of the foil lined baking sheet. Then pour the chocolate filling over the top, and spread it evenly almost to each edge. Drop the remaining dough by teaspoonfuls over the top of the chocolate layer.
- Bake at 350 degrees for about 25 minutes or until the dough on top is lightly browned. (The chocolate layer will still look a little moist.) Cool in the pan on a wire rack. Remove from the pan, by gently pulling up the foil edges. Cut into bars and store in the fridge.
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I want to be a rebel! Does it make me a rebel if I eat the whole pan? How about two? What a great combination of oatmeal, brownie AND fudge! Awesome!
Revel or Rebel, they look delicious to me! Cute story!
Be still my chocolate loving’ heart! These look so yummy! p.s. love the name of your blog…so cute!
Thank you so much Kathi, I’ve really grown to love it too. The only thing that I don’t really like is just how many times I put the accident in Accidental Happy Baker! Sometimes I’m a real mess.
Drooling! These remind me of oat fudge bars I used to devour at Whole Foods. My mouth is watering!!
Yes! I remember those bars & miss them since my local Whole Foods stopped carrying them years ago. They were vegan. I’m not vegan, I just remember the bars happened to be. These are very similar.
HaHa! I love that story. And I love the name! And these rebellious chocolate bars look divine!
Thanks Jenn, he was so funny that day. We’d also heard an ad on the radio about a wedding show and they told people to bring their fiances, he turned to me and was like, Well who has a Beyonce? LOL. He was full of hilarious misheard words that afternoon.
I will gladly become a rebel for a chocolate treat like this; fantastic job; thanks for sharing!!
You’re very welcome and thank you for the compliment!
Drooling! These remind me of oat fudge bars I used to devour at Whole Foods. My mouth is watering!!
Drooling! These remind me of oat fudge bars I used to devour at Whole Foods. My mouth is watering!!
Drooling! These remind me of oat fudge bars I used to devour at Whole Foods. My mouth is watering!!
Drooling! These remind me of oat fudge bars I used to devour at Whole Foods. My mouth is watering!!
Drooling! These remind me of oat fudge bars I used to devour at Whole Foods. My mouth is watering!!
Drooling! These remind me of oat fudge bars I used to devour at Whole Foods. My mouth is watering!!
Drooling! These remind me of oat fudge bars I used to devour at Whole Foods. My mouth is watering!!
Drooling! These remind me of oat fudge bars I used to devour at Whole Foods. My mouth is watering!!
HaHa! I love that story. And I love the name! And these rebellious chocolate bars look divine!