Friday, January 25, 2013

O’Henry Bars (AKA Not Healthy Granola Bars)

I can hear the groans.  ANOTHER recipe post.

Eh, you’ll thank me.

Also all I’ve been doing lately is baking and working out.  Makes sense.  But just wait.  There is a lot of DIY goodness planned for next week.  If I stop baking and working out.  I just love kettlebells. And sugar.

Yesterday I almost forgot that I needed to whip up something for the very first craft night with Newlywoodwards.  (More on that next week.)  I also wanted it to double as a blog post. Two birds.  One stone.  I dug through my recipe box and came up with an oldie but a goody.

O' Henry Bars (Not Healthy Granola Bars)

O’ Henry bars a family favorite.  Yesterday was my first time making them.  I Googled the name to see if there are other recipes like this out there.  Only a few. It probably has another name.  Keep in mind, they are nothing like the candy bar with the same name. Go figure.  They look like a Midwest thing.

I like that they have oats in them.  This way you have a nice comeback when your husband says “I thought you were eating healthy this week?”  You can say, “I am.  There are oats and peanut butter in here.”  Basically I consider them a non-healthy granola bar. (Kim didn’t agree.)

Here’s what you’ll need:

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  • 6 cups oats
    • I used Old-fashioned Oats but Quick Oats are fine as well.
  • 1 cup melted butter
  • 1 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 4 1/2 tsp vanilla
  • 3/4 c. white corn syrup
  • 1/2 package chocolate chips
  • 1/2 package butterscotch chips
  • 3/4 c. peanut butter.

Mix oatmeal, butter, brown sugar, vanilla and white corn syrup together.  Spread into a cake pan.

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Bake 15 minutes at 375.  Cool.

Melt chips. (I did this in the microwave.  The stovetop is just fine too.) Add peanut butter.  Spread onto cooled layer.

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Eat ‘em up. And then go do a kettlebell work out!

O' Henry Bars (Not Healthy Granola Bars)

These bars are pretty hard to make look pretty.  But trust me.  Deliciousness.

(There is a fine line between done and not done with these bars.  Mine were a tish uncooked and they fell apart a little.  If you cook them too much, they will be hard.  I prefer the fall apart route and to eat it with a spoon!)

Have you heard of O’Henry Bars?  Who is pumped for DIY posts next week?  Big week-end plans?

34 comments:

  1. YUM. I remember these from my childhood! Pinning. Can't wait to hear about the craft party!

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  2. Oh my does that ever look yummy! I like anything with peanut butter...

    P.s. you can come over anytime for craft night with that dish in hand :)

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  3. Mmmm. These look delicious! And now that I've made your soft pretzel recipe and know that I can trust you 100% when it comes to delicious snack foods, I'm totally in.

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  5. Oh my.... O Henry bars are my mom's specialty recipe. She makes at least two pans everytime we all come home. She uses rice crispies instead of oats and does a white sugar, corn syrup, peanut butter, and vanilla mixture. Top with dark choc chips!!! I was planning on making these this weekend... now I'm def gonna have to do it!

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  6. YUM! These look delicious. I love oatmeal bars. I definitely need to try these. I'm pinning this!

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  7. I hate reading these posts after lunch!! It makes me crave snacks I should not be having in the afternoon! ;) {They look so DELISH!}

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  8. And if I recall correctly, Kim's son was an O' Henry bar for Halloween! SO you get bonus points. :)

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  10. OH FLIPPIN YUM. those look amazing and my kinda healthy LOL

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  11. Yum! These look delicious! I say oatmeal and peanut butter counts as healthy! Lol

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  12. I totally thought you were going to post a home-made candy bar recipe, I've never heard of O'Henry's any other way. And then I cracked up when I scrolled down to see the ingredients pic after you said non-healthy granola bar- hilarious!! These sound yummy! Any tips on knowing when they're done vs. not quite yet??

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  13. These were awesome and I have to say thy they were really awesome after refrigerated. OHMYGOSH so good. I want more.

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