M&M Chocolate Oat Bars

I saw this dessert on Pinterest and was so excited to make it. It’s basically oatmeal cookies with fudge in between, topped with M&Ms. It seemed sort of like a fall dessert, though as the recipe points out, you can just change the M&M’s out to make it themed for any holiday and time of the year!

M&M Chocolate Oat Bars– Lil’ Luna

• 1 1/2 cups oats
• 1 1/2 cups flour
• 1 cup brown sugar
• 1 tsp. salt
• 1 cup butter, melted
  
• 1 14 oz. can sweetened condensed milk
• 1 bag milk chocolate chips
• 2 TBSP butter, softened
  
• 1 cup M&Ms (For the fall version, I bought a “large” size bag and picked out the red, yellow, orange, and brown. Then you get to eat the rest!)

1. Preheat oven to 350.
2. In a large bowl, mix oats, flour, brown sugar, salt and 1 cup softened butter with a spoon. Remove 1 cup and set aside.
3. Press remaining mixture into the bottom of a greased 9×13 pan.
4. In a small pot, melt condensed milk, chocolate chips and 2 tablespoons of butter over low-medium heat. Stir constantly until chips are melted and all is mixed well.
5. Pour chocolate chip mixture over the bottom layer and spread evenly. Sprinkle leftover cup of oat mixture over the chocolate.
6. Top with M&Ms and bake for 20-25 minutes. Let cool completely before cutting, if you can! (I couldn’t wait!)