After a year and a half of making fancy-pants cupcakes, it turns out that what my kids really crave are oatmeal chocolate chip bars.  If I could ignore the two sticks of non-dairy butter and the sugar and the chocolate chips, I guess one could call this a "healthy treat".  Okay, not-so-healthy, but certainly delicious.

I found a great recipe on Quaker's website.  As usual, I made a few changes:
- substituted non-dairy margarine for butter
- used vanilla soy milk instead of cow's milk
- added one bag of non-dairy chocolate chips instead of the 2 c. of the regular variety
- reduced the cooking time from 30-35 minutes down to 20-25

This recipe is delicious and I'll definitely make it again.  In fact, I think I've made it three times this summer, and it's only the beginning of July.

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