Peanut Butter Monster Cookie Dream Bars

Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 30 min
Servings: 16
Yield: 16 servings

Description

A dessert of dreams, these monster cookie bars layer milk chocolate candy and oatmeal crumble around a peanut butter-condensed milk filling.

Ingredients

2 cups oatmeal
1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup melted butter
1 cup brown sugar
1 teaspoon baking soda
3/4 teaspoon salt
1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
1/3 cup peanut butter
1 cup candy-coated milk chocolate pieces (such as M&M's®)

Directions

1 Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
2 Stir oats, flour, butter, brown sugar, baking soda, and salt together in a bowl. Reserve 1 1/2 cups of crumb mixture. Spread remaining mixture into a 9x13-inch baking pan.
3 Bake in the preheated oven until crust is lightly browned, about 12 minutes. Remove crust; leave oven on.
4 Mix sweetened condensed milk and peanut butter together in a bowl. Spread over the baked crust. Sprinkle the reserved crumb mixture and milk chocolate pieces on top.
5 Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 20 minutes.