Recipe For Cooking Chocolate Oatmeal Bars

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Chocolate Oatmeal Bars

2/3 C. butter or margarine, softened
1 C. packed brown sugar
1/3 C. corn syrup
1 tea. vanilla extract or flavoring
4 C. quick-cooking oats
1 (11 1/2 oz.) pkg. milk chocolate chips
2/3 C. chunky peanut butter
4 (1.4 oz.) Heath candy bars, crushed

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 13 x 9-in. baking pan.

In a mixing bowl, cream butter and brown sugar. Add corn syrup and vanilla extract or flavoring; beat well. Stir in oats; press into prepared baking pan. Bake for 12 to 15 min. or until golden brown. Cool on a wire rack.

Melt chocolate chips and peanut butter in a heavy saucepan or in a microwave; stir until blended. Spread over cooled bars. Sprinkle with crushed Heath bars. Refrigerate until set before cutting.

Makes approximately: 3 dozen