I agreed to make something for a student’s birthday today in my class, and I already had the bones of this recipe. It’s really quick and easy.
Ingredients:
4 sticks of butter
2 cups of brown sugar
2 squirts of honey
3 cups of rolled oats (I used Quaker Oats – available in Itaewon or some department stores)
2 cups of dark chocolate (I used a bar of dark cooking chocolate from a bakers market)
2 cups of peanut butter
Unfortunately being in Korea, I only have one heated cooking ring and one saucepan to work from, so I split the butter, sugar and oats and made it in two batches, so I could melt the chocolate in the middle. I’ll assume more people have more than one and will write the instructions that way.
1. Melt the butter in a saucepan on a low heat until it’s fully melted then whisk in the brown sugar and honey on a medium heat.
2. Using a separate saucepan, melt the peanut butter and chocolate in a bowl of near boiling water in the saucepan.
3. While the chocolate and peanut butter are melting, add the oats to the butter mixture and cook for 2-3 minutes on a medium heat until they’re fully coated and slightly softened.
4. Press half of the oat mixture into a tin (I had to use two square pans but it also fills a regular deep baking tray).
5. Pour over and evenly spread the melted chocolate and peanut butter, leaving a couple of tablespoons left in the bowl.
6. Gently crumble a second layer of the oats over the chocolate layer so as not to disturb the melted chocolate underneath. (I put a lump of sticky oats onto the wooden spoon and used my hand to sprinkle it evenly). This gives it a sandwich effect when sliced.
7. Koreans seem to love cutesy decoration so I splashed the remaining chocolate over the top and threw on some sprinkles from Artbox. (Personally I prefer them looking more natural for these particular bars)
Cailín meets Korea 