Oatmeal Coconut Bars

We love using Sunspire chocolate and Carob products (sounds like a commercial). They just simply taste good and are not full of ingredients you don't want in your body. I wanted something sweet for dessert tonight and these Oatmeal Coconut Bars are just perfect. I had the carob chips on hand, so that is what I used. The chocolate chips would work great too.

This is an easy treat to make...

Oatmeal Coconut Bars
Crust:
1 1/2 cups uncooked oatmeal
2 Tablespoons melted butter or vegetable oil
1/4 cup maple syrup

Topping:
I cup carob baking chips
1/2 cup chopped walnuts of pecans
1 cup shredded coconut
1/4 cup maple syrup
1 teaspoon vanilla

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Mix oatmeal, maple syrup and butter or oil together thoroughly. Press mixture evenly over bottom of lightly oiled 8 inch square baking pan.
Stir together carob chips, nuts, coconut, maple syrup and vanilla. Spread evenly over oatmeal crust. Bake for 25 minutes, until golden brown. Remove from oven and let stand until cool. Cut into 1 x 2 inch bars.

Recipe from back of package of Sunspire Vegan Carob Chips
photo from their web site !