I've made these several times...used apricot jam and mini chocolate as well as raspberry and blackberry jam. Also added mini chocolate chips...YUMMY!

I loved this recipe. I didn't think the cake mix taste was too powerful. I added a little vanilla to the cake mix. I didn't have raspberry jam, but I did have raspberry pie filling.

Easy & delicious!

I used lemon cake mix and lemon juice, few splashes of milk and they held together nicely. The key is to let them cool. I didn't really care for them past the first one, too MANY flavors going on. I think with the regular cake mix it would've been SWEET, but not overpowering. This would probably be awesome with a chocolate cake mix and raspberry jam..hmmm, i'll have to try that! :)

Used strawberry jam instead and added a splash of milk to the dry ingredients.

These are great! Not too crumbly and just the right butter & raspberry flavor. I'll make again and again.

These were sooo easy to make and everyone loved them. Way too tempting for me, though.

I absolutely love this recipe, and so does my entire family. The great thing about it is that you can use any flavor of fruit preserves and it will still taste delicious. Another thing you can add to give it a bit more flavor is cinnamon. So far my favorite combination is cinnamon with peach preserves. Try serving it warm with vanilla ice cream, there won’t be a crumb left!

I enhanced the flavor a little with adding 1/2 tsp. Vanilla and almond extracts to the dough. It really gave this recipe a boost. Will make again, thank you.

These bars are so easy and delicious. I have made them twice, once with a butter cake mix and once with yellow, the butter turned out much better, I also, like some other reviewers, added a bit of milk to the mix after separating it into the bottom part and the top part. I didn't find it too sweet, perhaps this is because I used a reduced sugar raspberry jam from Trader Joe's and then sprinkled a few chocolate chips on top of the jam. I made it in a tart pan the first time and liked the result better than the suggested square pan. Cut into wedges and it is actually pretty elegant looking and certainly tastes homemade.

I really wanted to like this recipe, but was very disappointed. I followed the recipe exactly and the bars turned out very sweet and tasted predominately like cake mix.

One taste of these and it's an immediate OMG moment! So good! Altho I used white cake mix, next time I'll take others advice and try the lemon. I'd also like to try chocolate and possibly add in some coconut. There are so many wonderful possibilities for this delicious, yet ridiculously fast and easy dessert. Thank you so much for sharing Megan!!!!

This was not easy. The margerine was not really enough to wet all the cake mix and oatmeal. I was concerned that it wouldnt cook right. I was correct it baked up dry. This tasted like underdone cake/cookie mix. The reason I gave this four stars was because the jelly bottom layer with the jelly came out really well and tasted good. I dont know if I will make this again though.

Excellent snack food. I'll make a few of my personal modifications for flavoring, but the initial taste was very good. I did not have as large of a baking pan (mine was 8x8, versus the recipe's 9x13) so I used a baking pan of the former size. If you do end up using a smaller pan, just tack on several more minutes to the cook time. Mine were done in about 25 - 27 minutes. Let cool for 15 minutes before cutting, as it lets the bars set a bit more.

LOVE THESE! I always used "Delicious Raspberry Oatmeal Bars" before, but these are much sweeter and yummier! I actually made both last weekend to do a taste test, and everyone loved these the best! I did make some changes as suggested by other reviewers - I used butter, always do. I also used lemon juice instead of water, and only used 2 cups of oats. Also, very important, I sprinkled chocolate chips over the jam before putting on the rest of the topping. YUMMMMMMMMM! I also have yet to use raspberry jam with any of these recipes - strawberry, apricot, and peach are our favorites, so we use those! Give these a try! SO YUMMY and EASY!!

Excellent! Every body loved it. I used fresh strawberries smashed instead of the jam. It really taste so great.

SO GOOD! Husband and I LOVED it! I added 1 tbsp half and half to blackberry simply fruit preserves (and water) and a splash of half and half to cake mix. I also used reduced fat yellow cake mix. served warm with a big scoop of vanilla ice cream. Will be great for breakfast too!

Waaaaay too sugary. These tasted like a mouthful of cake mix.

I used a lemon cake mix, cause I like the lemon and raspberry flavors together. However I think 2 1/2 cups of oats is to much. I will scale back on them the next time.