Revel Bars

This was a real pain to cut but boy was it worth it! The chocolate part turned out very gooey fresh from the oven and turned fudgy after I refrigerated it. Really yum. This recipe called for cocoa instead of semi-sweet chocolate which was a good thing because chocolates are a little expensive to buy here in the Philippines and not always available in smaller areas.


Ingredients
3 c. quick cooking oats
2 1/2 c. all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
1 c. butter
2 c. packed brown sugar
2 eggs
4 tsp. vanilla extract
1 (14 oz.) can sweetened condensed milk
1 c. cocoa
2 tbsp. butter
1/2 c. chopped walnuts

Procedure
Preheat oven to 350F. Lightly grease a 9x13 inch baking pan.

In a large bowl, beat together butter and brown sugar until fluffy. Mix in eggs and 2 tsp vanilla. In another bowl, combine oats, flour, baking soda, and salt; stir into butter mixture.

In a medium saucepan, heat sweetened condensed milk and cocoa over low heat, stirring until smooth. Remove from heat. Stir in 2 tbsp. butter, walnuts and 2 teaspoons vanilla.

Pat 3/4 of the oat mixture into the bottom of the prepared pan. Spread chocolate mixture evenly and crumble the remaining oat mixture over the top. Bake for 30 to 35 minutes in preheated oven. Let cool on a wire rack, then cut into bars.

There was this oatmeal bar I used to eat like crazy during my college years called Chantilly Bars. I've been searching the recipe everywhere with no luck so when I first read the ingredients list of Revel Bars I got excited thinking this could be it. It wasn't and it kinda ruin the whole thing for me. A day later I got over it and ate a lot of the bars. But I'm still in search for that Chantilly Bars recipe, anyone?