Reviewed: Jan. 1, 2008

I cut the butter to 3/4 cup, added a splash of milk, and cooked for the 5 minutes, as others suggested. We keep them in the fridge and they hold together just fine (minor crumbling). I had these at a take out restaurant in Boston several years ago and have been waiting for the recipe to show up on Allrecipes -- was so pleased it finally did. Kids and husband love them -- not too sweet, in our opinion. We also tried these a second time with milk chocolate chips instead of semi-sweet and they were even better!

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JULLUM

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA

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Reviewed: Dec. 25, 2007

These are so easy to make and taste GREAT! Everyone at my party took some home with them to share with their families.

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Aleisia

Cooking Level: Expert

Home Town: Flower Mound, Texas, USA

Living In: Boerne, Texas, USA

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Reviewed: Dec. 20, 2007

These were okay. The oatmeal layers are pretty greasy, but they are tasty, and they're certainly easy. To me they tasted more like a fudge bar than a cookie.

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Kim

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Reviewed: Dec. 1, 2007

I am obsessed with these bars. I don´t have an oven right now, and my husband has lost about 10 pounds in three months, so I am trying to make delicious high calorie food. These bars were a huge hit with him, and I have already made two batches. I think that for my two years in Peru this will be a staple. Just be sure to use enough butter or the oats layer won´t stick properly. Thanks for this recipe!

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Eva Amber

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: San Diego, California, USA

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Reviewed: Nov. 27, 2007

Great idea. I love peanut butter but didn't think it fit. I was actually trying to create the oat bars that are at whole Foods. I took others advice and reduced amount of butter to a little over 1/2 cup and omitted peanut butter completely. Still very rich and so good!

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Reviewed: Nov. 26, 2007

This recipe prompted me to create a profile to write a review. I was really dissapointed. First, there isn't enough of the oat mixture to completely cover the top and bottom. Second, the mixture is heavy and greasy. I followed the recipe to the letter. I dont understand why it was so bad. My ingredients are fresh... I know how to work the measuring cups... What can it be? No one can argue that chocolate and peanut butter taste great together and we all want quick and easy treats from time to time (ok - almost always) but something is wrong here. I threw the bars out after trying them.

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Sandy

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Reviewed: Nov. 24, 2007

I would stick with regular no-bake cookies. This recipe was alright but wasn't as moist as no-bakes (which isn't alot but better than this). The flavor was there but it wasn't a standout with my family.....maybe we are just true cookie people :)

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Jen Molnar

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Home Town: Niles, Michigan, USA

Living In: Sebastian, Florida, USA

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Reviewed: Nov. 5, 2007

I really like this but did make some changes due to comments from previous reviews. I decreased the butter to 1/2 cup and added 3/4 cup of peanut butter instead of 1/2. Made this way, it came out perfect. And very easy to prepare.

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LTISONE

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Home Town: Youngstown, Ohio, USA

Living In: Cookeville, Tennessee, USA

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Reviewed: Oct. 30, 2007

Very easy recipe! I used a pie pan (all we had) and people had small pizza-like slices. They all loved it!

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KSTUBBLE

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Reviewed: Oct. 27, 2007

Very tasty, but very rich! These were a big hit with our family and friends!

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STibbs

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Living In: Lyman, Maine, USA

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Reviewed: Oct. 16, 2007

So easy and delicious! I mixed some cereal that was about to go stale (Kashi and Cheerios) with the oats and it came out great. I also used a little less butter.

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Hungry Hannah

Cooking Level: Beginning

Living In: Providence, Rhode Island, USA

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Reviewed: Oct. 13, 2007

These werehorrible. There was way to much butter and they were way to sweet, and I like sweet. There wasn't enough variety of flavor and they didn't taste done.

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Home Town: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA

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Reviewed: Oct. 8, 2007

Very tasty. Like no bake cookies with similar ingredients. A little difficult to cut though.

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Lynne Garrison

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Nashua, New Hampshire, USA

Living In: Ridgecrest, California, USA

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Reviewed: Oct. 5, 2007

Very easy to make and delicious. Everyone loved them - they are a little rich but good. I think the oatmeal butter mix needs to be just right so it wont turn out greasy like some reviewers stated. I waited 3-4 minutes until it looked a little dry before pressing it in the pan. I refrigerated the bars for 3 hours and they held together perfectly.

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stephandsophia

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Reviewed: Oct. 2, 2007

I can't believe this recipe has a 4 1/2 star rating. It's terrible. Way too greasy and bland too. I was looking for a recipe similar to this that I love, and this wasn't it.... I'll keep searching for my beloved "Oat Fudgies", and try to figure out what to do with these Oat Bars that no one wants - hopefully, I'll be able to recycle them into some other sort of cookie as suggested by other reviewers. Be kind to your arteries - don't make this!

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Momi

Cooking Level: Intermediate

Home Town: Mount Vernon, Washington, USA

Living In: Fairfax, Virginia, USA

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Reviewed: Sep. 28, 2007

These were definantly an easy no bake. The taste was ok....but not too thrilled with the "crumbliness" of the oat's. The husband came up with a sure fired way to eat them without leaving a trail for the dog..use a bowl & spoon!

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Angel

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Reviewed: Sep. 27, 2007

These were not my favorite. Just ok-too sweet and the oats were too raw tasting for us. Most of it wasn't eaten-not usual for sweets in our house! It definitely gets points for being easy though but I probably won't make this again.

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