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Chewy Chocolate and Dulce de Leche Bars

Put these Chocolate Dulce de Leche Bars on your must make list! A chewy bar cookie filled with coconut, oats, chocolate chips and delicious dulce de leche. No mixer required and they freeze great!
Prep Time10 minutes
Cook Time30 minutes
Total Time40 minutes
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: North American
Keyword: butter, chocolate, oats
Servings: 25 cookie squares
Calories: 166kcal
Author: Julia Pinney

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups dulce de leche
  • 1 2/3 cups old fashioned rolled oats
  • 3/4 cup shredded coconut
  • 1/2 cup granulated white sugar
  • 1/2 Cup butter unsalted, melted
  • pinch salt
  • 1/2 cup chocolate chips
  • 2 tbsp chocolate chips
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Instructions

  • Preheat your oven to 350 degrees F. Grease and line with parchment paper an 8 x 8 inch baking dish and set aside.
  • In a large bowl combine, oats, coconut, sugar, melted butter and salt. Stir really well and you should have a crumbly texture.
  • In your prepared baking dish, firmly press in the oat mixture, reserving about 1/4 cup (2-3 heaping tablespoons) for the top. Sprinkle over the chocolate chips and then spoon over the dulce de leche. Sprinkle over the remaining oat mixture and top off with the two tablespoons of chocolate chips.
  • Bake these in your preheated oven for about 30 minutes. Remove from oven and let cool on a wire rack. Once they are cooled you can cut them into squares. I got 25 squares out of my pan.
  • They can be stored in an airtight container in the fridge for 4 - 5 days. You can also freeze them up to two months.

*A note on times provided: appliances vary, any prep and/or cook times provided are estimates only.

Notes

  1. Make sure to firmly press the cookie base into the baking pan.  Otherwise, they may crumble apart when cut. 
  2. Cookies will be baked when they are brown and golden at the edges and still soft through the center.
  3. These bar cookies will set as they cool.  Please, allow them to completely cool before cutting.  Otherwise, they will fall apart as you cut them.
Nutrition Facts
Chewy Chocolate and Dulce de Leche Bars
Amount Per Serving (1 square)
Calories 166 Calories from Fat 81
% Daily Value*
Fat 9g14%
Saturated Fat 6g38%
Cholesterol 19mg6%
Sodium 73mg3%
Potassium 87mg2%
Carbohydrates 21g7%
Fiber 1g4%
Sugar 17g19%
Protein 2g4%
Vitamin A 203IU4%
Vitamin C 1mg1%
Calcium 54mg5%
Iron 1mg6%
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.