Copycat Starbucks Oat Fudge Bars
Buttery and chewy oatmeal cookie bars filled with thick gooey fudge. These fudge bars are truly a decadent dreamy delight.
So Starbucks who loves it and who thinks it’s overrated? I personally enjoy it every now and then but it can be pricey; I get it. I usually just grab a latte but if I add a baked good or a sandwich it adds up. Again it’s a rare treat.
One of those baked goods are their fudge bars, I mean they are good aren’t they. Oatmeal cookie bar with layer of thick fudge um yes please. Well my version is just as good maybe even better. I took my oatmeal cookie dough recipe as the base and then made an easy fudge to come up with this great combo. It’s buttery and chewy and filled with thick fudge and just ultimately decadent. When that craving hits these are sure to hit the spot.
What You Need To Make Oat Fudge Bars
Most of these ingredients are pantry staples you may have already!
- Butter
- Brown Sugar
- Granulated Sugar
- Eggs
- Vanilla Extract
- Salt
- Baking Soda
- All-purpose Flour
- Quick Oats
- Sweetened Condensed Milk
- Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
Tips For Making These Oat Fudge Bars
These fudge bars are pretty straight forward and come together easily. You make the cookie dough followed by the fudge (no thermometer required) and just assemble; that’s it.
- Use room temperature butter and eggs. This makes a different in the dough it will make it light and fluffy and overall a better dough.
- When making the fudge low heat is key, you can easily burn it if you rush it. You can also just warm up the condensed milk and then add chocolate chips to it to melt while you stir.
- As always don’t overbake the bars, you want them to be chewy and gooey in the middle with a crispy exterior.
- With that said don’t overmix the dough you don’t want a dense cookie bar either.
These fudge bars are sure to be a hit don’t just take it from me try them for yourself. The chewy oatmeal cookie bar and the thick fudge layer will have you coming back for more; and best part is you don’t even have to leave the house to go to Starbucks, unless you need your coffee fix.
Happy Baking and don’t forget to tag me those pics on my IG @marisblissfulbites!
XOXO Mari!
Copycat Starbucks Oat Fudge Bars
Ingredients
- 1 cup of soften unsalted butter
- ½ cup of brown sugar
- ½ cup of granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs room temp.
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp baking soda
- 1½ cups of all purpose-flour
- 1 cup of quick oats
For Fudge Center
- 1 can (300mL) of sweetened condensed milk
- ⅔ cup of semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F and line a 8×8 or 9×9 baking pan with parchment paper and set aside.
For Dough
- In a bowl whisk flour, salt, baking soda and quick oats and set aside.
- With stand mixer or hand held mix together butter and both sugars for about 5 mins until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs and vanilla and mix again for another few minutes.
- Now with mixer on low speed add in your bowl of dry ingredients and mix until just combined.
- Place bowl of dough in fridge for about 10 mins. to chill while you work on fudge center.
For Fudge
- In a sauce pan on med-low heat add condensed milk and chocolate chips and stir until completely melted and smooth. About 5 mins.
Assembling Bars
- Take half of your dough and place into prepared baking sheet and smooth out.
- Add the fudge sauce over top of dough and top with remaining dough. Doesn't have to be perfect it will spread during baking.
- Bake for 25-30 mins and let cool in pan for 20 mins. before transferring to cool rack to completely cool and firm up for another 20 mins.