Over the weekend I was sorting through my tinsy pantry, trying to “organize” the food mess going on. Why is pantry organizing so hard? It seems no matter how hard I try, the darn thing always looks so cluttered.
While cursing all the boxes, bags and cans, I stumbled upon this.
The cursing suddenly stopped and I had a flashback to these goodies that Jessica made.
And wouldn’t you know that there was a canister of oatmeal in the tinsy pantry. My brain started swirling with thoughts of oatmeal.
Have I ever mentioned how much I love oatmeal?
No?
Well I do. I really do.
I think this may have been the only time that I didn’t have oatmeal for breakfast in over a year. Hey, I like what I like, and am definitely a creature of habit.
Something I love even more is when I can have oatmeal for dessert. It makes my dessert feel more healthy…therefore I eat more than I probably should. I love oats.
And when oats start off looking like this, what’s not to love?
I took one more devilish step by adding some semi-sweet chocolate chips.
Muah-ha-ha!
(Which were not found in the tinsy pantry, but in the freezer. All of my baking chips live in the cold, lonely freezer)
My mouth was literally drooling as I was making these easy peasy oatmeal bars.
One thing that I would do differently next time is the rough chop the cherries, just so they can better distribute throughout the batter.
Do you see that MELTY CHOCOLATE CHIP?!
Yeah. That’s what I’m talking about.
The oatmeal has a slightly chewy texture, which really gets me excited.
Then there’s the burst of the cherry in your mouth, combined with a gooey chunk of chocolate.
These bars mean business. They’re not here to play around.
They are here to make all your worries disappear.
They want to become the person you will call late at night when you can’t sleep.
They will be your best friend.
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oh gosh DANG good golly girlfriend!! these look amazing. love the melty chocolate – definitely a great addition.
I’m feeling the same way about my pantry right now – overflowing and crazy unorganized. I suppose I should feel lucky about that, right?
Looks great! Wonder if I have a can of cherries lingering in my pantry…
Yummy yummy totally in my tummy!
Yum! It’s like a melty granola bar! Love the idea.
These bars look soooo good! Cherries & chocolate = yummy combo
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Cherries, chocolate, oats….fabulous!! The bars look so good…that would be a great afternoon snack!
i have been on such a cherry kick, these sound like just the thing to fulfill my craving.
I wish I found a can of cherries in my pantry! These bars look so amazing and cherry is my favorite! Putting them on the grocery list now!
Love the pantry inspiration! I sometimes feel like my life is a continual battle against random bottles and jars of specialty ingredients and spices threatening to take over my kitchen. And the cherry-choco combination looks delish…
Wow! Those look like some amazing “clean out your pantry” bars! Nice work!
These look so good! Chocolate and cherry is a great combo!
Oh, yummy! Steph, if you have any leftovers, you may find me knocking on your door
I just love when you post recipes like this, where I have all the ingredients to make this in my pantry… lol! Yum!
I love recipes that clean out the pantry AND are delish! (It’s like a weird victory) Those bars sound great!
Wow these bars look amazing! I love the chocolate cherry combo. Yum!
Hmmm. I think your pantry needs to come talk to my pantry. Looks great.
These look incredible, Steph! What a great way to use up a can of cherries.
Yum! And I fell in love with these on Jessica’s site too! Cherry? Yes please! I love it when the baking gods work in our favor. ha ha
Now I want to go digging through my pantry to see if I have a can of cherries in it. This looks amazing.