Oatmeal Smores Bars

Hammer does a lot of work with children, and one of her past endevaours involved running an after school program for young girls at an intramural school. The after school program culminated into a community service project. The girls decided they wanted to donate money to the BCSPCA. For those of you who are not familiar with the non-profit, the SPCA is the Society for the prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Each year the BC SPCA rescues and saves abused pets from the cruelty of their owners, whilst trying to provide them with a better life through advocating animal adoption.

The girls decided they wanted to fundraise for this cause, and they settled on the idea of doing a bake sale after school one day. As part of Hammer's contribution, she chose to make some oatmeal smores bars to bring to the bake sale. The original recipe called for a graham cracker crust, but we decided to use oatmeal instead to add a healthy twist. Here's how they turned out:

Oatmeal Smores Bars

Oatmeal Smores Bar Recipe:

3/4-1 cup butter (1 cup if you feel the base is too dry)

1 cup brown sugar

1 1/2 cups of oats

1 1/4 cups all purpose flour

1/2 tsp salt

1/2 tsp baking soda

1 cup chocolate chips (we used semi-sweet, but you could use milk, dark or even white chocolate!)

3-4 cups mini marshmallows

1) Cream butter and sugar together

2) In a separate bowl mix together the dry ingredients

3) Add the dry ingredients to the butter and sugar and mix well

4) In a 9X13 pan, spread the oat crust into the pan but make sure to separate 1 cup extra

5) After forming the crust, spread the chocolate chips followed by the mini marshmallows

6) Sprinkle the 1 cup of oat mixture you separated on top of the marshmallows

7) Bake at 325F for 18-20 minutes

Yes, the answer is yes. The pan is supposed to be filled with chocolate and marshmallows to the point that it looks like there is not a centimeter covered.

The bars turned out to be a favorite at the bake sale and we sold out within an hour! These are easy to make, and sure to please any child...and adult.