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GoGo’s Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Bars
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4.80 from 35 votes

GoGo’s Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Bars

Total Time45 minutes
Servings: 20 bars

Ingredients

Instructions

  • Preheat the oven to 325 degrees and line a 9x13 metal baking pan with parchment paper.
  • In a large mixing bowl with a paddle attachment, combine the avocado oil, water, egg, softened butter, smart sugar (or brown sugar if using) and only ½ of the bag of the vanilla cake mix. Mix at medium speed until well combined.
  • Add the remaining cake mix and the oats. Mix over medium speed once more until just combined.
  • Fold in the chocolate chips. Transfer to the parchment-lined baking pan and spread into an even layer using a rubber spatula.
  • Transfer to the preheated oven and bake until the center has just set (you want it to still be pretty soft in the center so try to not over cook)-- mine takes exactly 30 minutes. It might not look completely done, but once it has time to set it will be perfect and still chewy in the center.
    Allow the bars to cool completely, at least 30 more minutes, before lifting the parchment paper out of the baking dish and carving into squares.

Notes

  • Quick oats does not work as an alternative in this recipe!
  • 1:1 substitute for brown sugar
  • I do not like plain coconut sugar as a sub in this recipe
  • I have tried grain-free boxed yellow cake mix as an alternative and it did not work the same.