Even Better Than Starbucks Oat Bars
It’s true, these oat bars are Even Better Than Starbucks Oat Bars! Made with simple ingredients you can have a batch ready to enjoy in less than 30 minutes.
I have loved Starbuck Oat Bars for ever. They’re just SO delicious…oat-y, sweet and rich, but expensive when you end up buying one every time you grab a coffee. So I knew I had to find a recipe and make them at home, and that’s exactly what I did. I have tried and tested a few different oat bar recipes over the years, and I’ve finally ended up with a variation of them that we love! Now you can make these oat bars at home too.
These oat bars are made with the most simple ingredients, all of which you likely have in your pantry already. Quick oats, butter, brown sugar, vanilla and sweetened condensed milk…the combination is decadent!
They’re so simple to make too…with just a few minutes of prep, and 15 or so minutes of baking time, they’re ready to be cut into 25 bite-sized bars, or 15 bigger bars.
Delicious, chewy, and oat-y. These nut-free bars are perfect for lunch boxes, snacking and with your morning coffee or tea. Enjoy!
Oat Bar Recipe Tips:
- These bars are a little crumbly. Just make sure to get the oat mixture batter patted down into the pan really well before baking. Patted down and right into the corners of the pan.
- If you want to use less sugar, try using 1/3 cup of brown sugar.
- Make sure to use quick oats, not rolled oats!
- These oat bars freeze well.
Even Better Than Starbucks Oat Bars
It’s true, these oat bars are Even Better Than Starbucks Oat Bars! Made with simple ingredients you can have a batch ready to enjoy in less than 30 minutes!
- Prep Time: 10 minutes
- Cook Time: 18 minutes
- Total Time: 28 minutes
- Yield: 25 squares 1x
- Category: Snack
Ingredients
- 3 1/2 cups quick oats
- Take 1 1/2 cups of these oats and pulse them in a food processor for a few seconds (until they are like coarse meal.)
- Set aside the remaining 2 cups of quick oats.
- dash salt
- 1/2 cup butter
- 1/2 cup brown sugar
- 1/2 cup sweetened condensed milk
- 1 tsp vanilla
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 325 degrees F.
- Line an 8×8 square baking tin with parchment paper. Set aside.
- As mentioned above, take 1 1/2 cups out of the 3 1/2 cups of quick oats and pulse them in a food processor for a few seconds, until they are like coarse meal.
- In a mixing bowl combine the ground oats with the remaining 2 cups of quick oats.
- Mix in a dash of salt, and set aside the oat mix.
- In a sauce pan over low heat, melt the butter.
- Then stir in the brown sugar and sweetened condensed milk. Stir until combined. Be careful not to boil the mixture, you just want everything combined, but not cooked.
- Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla.
- Add the sugar mixture to the oat mixture and mix well.
- Press the mixture into the parchment paper lined baking tin, making sure to spread the mixture evenly.
- Bake for 15 – 18 minutes. The edges should be slightly golden brown.
- Let the squares cool for about 10 minutes, then remove them from the pan and cut into 25 squares.
More Delicious Recipes Made with Sweetened Condensed Milk:
Condensed Milk Chocolate Chip Cookies
Chewy Date Oat Bars
S’more Magic Cookie Bars
Fudge Ice Pops
Date Granola Bars Coming Soon
Have a delicious day!
I used sweetened condensed oat milk for this since my husband can’t handle dairy and it was very tasty!
These oat bars look absolutely amazing! I’ve been a huge fan of Starbucks oat bars for ages, but the cost really adds up. I can’t wait to try this recipe at home and indulge in these even better homemade versions. The combination of quick oats, butter, brown sugar, and sweetened condensed milk sounds incredibly decadent and irresistible. I’ll definitely make sure to pat down the oat mixture really well before baking to avoid any crumbliness. Thanks for sharing this fantastic recipe!
Thanks for experimenting and posting your version of these oat bars. I’ve never had them and thought they were delicious. If they were just for me, I would reduce the sugar as you mentioned in your narration; seems as I’ve gotten older, I have less of a sweet tooth. My second batch, I upped the salt (kosher) to 1/4 tsp as I used unsalted butter, added 1/2 tsp cinnamon, and threw in some hemp hearts-very yummy as well. Since I have the time, next time I might brown the butter, pre-toast the oats and add chia seed along with the hemp hearts for the added nutrition, although will have to keep the sugar the same because my sweetheart has a sweet tooth. Thanks again!
Amazing!!
I stumbled upon this recipe after Googling “recipes with sweetened condensed oat milk” since I had bought some a while back and needed to use it up. I’ve never had a Starbuck’s oat bar so I had nothing to compare it to, but they turned out SO good. I browned the butter, added a little cinnamon, and of course substituted the regular SCM for oat-SCM. They taste like if a warm, gooey granola bar and an oatmeal cookie had a baby. Chef’s kiss! I want to make these again but with those puffed rice/grain(?) things you find on some granola bars. I think it would also taste really good if you substituted the brown sugar with honey. Wonderful recipe, and it keeps people boycotting Starbucks if they can just make these themselves at home! 🍉