I have never been a fan of oatmeal as a meal and don’t get me started on overnight oats haha, just not my thing, but I do love baking with oats and I wanted to create a tasty oatmeal bar that would make a great grab and go breakfast. These oatmeal chocolate chip squares are for one, HUGE and taste so good, the chocolate chips are just enough to make them feel like a decadent treat! The recipe is simple to make with ingredients you likely have in the cupboard already, makes 9 large squares at 5 smart points each on WW freestyle.
Oatmeal chocolate chip squares
4-6PP, 5SP blue, 6SP green, 4SP purple
Ingredients
- 3 eggs
- 1/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/3 cup unsweetened apple sauce
- 1/4 cup milk I used 1%
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup flour
- 1 1/3 cup oats quick oats work fine
- 2 tsp baking powder
- 1 tsp cinnamon
- 1/4 cup mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F and spray a 9x9 baking dish with some non stick spray.
- In a bowl whisk the eggs with the brown sugar.
- Mix in the apple sauce, milk and vanilla.
- Stir in flour, oats, baking powder and cinnamon, mix well then fold in mini chocolate chips.
- Pour batter out into the baking dish and bake in the oven for approximately 35-40 minutes.
- Let cool, then use a knife to scrape around edges and remove the squares from the pan, I was able to remove as whole and then cut into 9 equal square.
- Keep in sealed container, best stored in fridge or freezer after a couple days.
Notes
Personal Points- 4-6 depending on your 0PP foodsÂ
Freestyle SP- (blue) 5 using WW recipe builder
Smart Points- 6 (green) using WW recipe builder
Smart Points- 4 (purple) using the WW recipe builder
Points Plus- 5 using PP calculator
Nutritional info per square- Calories.. 171...Fat 4.5g...Sat fat 1.8g...Carbs 27.9g...Fiber 1.6g...Sugar 9.2g.. Protein 4.9g using My Fitness pal *Note includes all ingredients, if you enter these numbers in a freestyle calculator you may get a higher reading since eggs are a zero food.
Smart Points- 6 (green) using WW recipe builder
Smart Points- 4 (purple) using the WW recipe builder
Points Plus- 5 using PP calculator
Nutritional info per square- Calories.. 171...Fat 4.5g...Sat fat 1.8g...Carbs 27.9g...Fiber 1.6g...Sugar 9.2g.. Protein 4.9g using My Fitness pal *Note includes all ingredients, if you enter these numbers in a freestyle calculator you may get a higher reading since eggs are a zero food.
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25 Comments
I baked these for my husband , he likes them because they are not overly sweet . And because of that , he thinks that he can have one before breakfast with his coffee .
Thank you for your hard work in running this site . When will you be sending out new recipe emails again ? I miss them .
Hi Robin, I am so glad he enjoys them 🙂 I’m sorry I have not sorted out the email subscription yet, I plan to have it all sorted by the end of the summer .. just not sure which route to take is all
Looking forward to trying this oatmeal square recipe. I like that your recipes use “normal” ingredients that I usually have on hand.
Thanks Karen, me too 🙂 not into fake ingredients nor is my tummy!
I made the oatmeal chocolate chip squares. They are absolutely delish! I cut them and wrapped individually and froze so I can have whenever. Thanks for the great recipe!
Hi Karen, so glad you enjoyed them 🙂
I am making these for the 3rd time this month already. I eat one square every afternoon and it keeps me full until dinner. I was eating the chocolate chip Bobo’s but I’m getting ingredients I know, better taste and the same points!
I will be making these tonight or tomorrow. I slowly scrolled down the ingredient list and breathed a sigh of relief because there was NO banana in the recipe- can’t stand those things! Thank you for simple recipes.
Haha! You are not alone, I personally love banana’s but a lot don’t so I always make sure I have plenty of recipes without them 🙂 Hope you enjoy them!
I loved these! I’m not a huge chocolate fan, so the small amount of mini chocolate chips was perfect. I wonder if I could substitute blueberries or chopped apples.
Hi Karen, so glad you enjoyed them 🙂 Yes I think you could add in the fruit, for blueberries I’d suggest maybe frozen wild ones as they are smaller, large fresh ones might result in messy squares
Can I use self rising flour instead of regular flour? If so, would I just use 1/2 tsp of baking powder instead of 2 tsp? Thanks!
Yes you can, and yes 1/2-1 tsp of baking powder should be fine
could you make theses with raisens as I don`t like the chips
Sure you can swap out for raisins 🙂
Just made the oatmeal cookies really good
Glad you enjoyed them Mary 🙂
Do you think subbing almond flour would work for this recipe? Or oat flour (even though there’s already oats in it!)?
Hi, I know almond flour bakes differently so I am not too sure, all I can suggest is to give it a go and see
These are so good! I will definitely be making them frequently and will enjoy as a breakfast treat. I started WW around 2 months ago and just miss muffins and other baked things with my coffee:) Your recipes are so awesome. Thank you!
Hi Charlene, thank you 🙂 I am so happy to hear you are enjoying the recipes, good luck on your journey!
So I made these today, I used almond milk instead and added some peanut butter. My family loved it but said it could be a bit sweeter. I was wondering what can I put? Thank you
Hi Michelle, that all depends on if you are trying to keep the points the same, if not feel free to add in a bit more brown sugar, I keep it low to keep the points low, you could use a sugar replacement as well, I just avoid them as they don’t agree with me .. glad you all enjoyed them none the less 🙂
Can I bake it in a loaf pan?
Hi, I’m not sure it will rise as a loaf would, you could try but I think it will be too flat.