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Betty Crocker's Diabetes Cookbook shares a recipe! Looking for a little treat? Indulge in a chocolate-oat bar.

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Prep Time 20 min
Total Time 2 hr 15 min
Servings 16

Ingredients

Filling

3/4: cup semisweet chocolate chips

1/3: cup (from 14-oz can) fat-free sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated milk)

Bars

1: cup Gold Medal® whole wheat flour

1/2: cup quick-cooking oats

1/2: teaspoon baking powder

1/2: teaspoon baking soda

1/4: teaspoon salt

1: egg

3/4: cup packed brown sugar

1/4: cup canola or vegetable oil

1: teaspoon vanilla

2: tablespoons quick-cooking oats

2: teaspoons butter or margarine, softened

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Directions

1 Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 8- or 9-inch square pan with cooking spray.
2 In 1-quart heavy saucepan, heat filling ingredients over low heat, stirring frequently, until chocolate is melted and mixture is smooth.
3 In large bowl, stir together flour, 1/2 cup oats, the baking powder, baking soda and salt; set aside. In medium bowl, stir egg, brown sugar, oil and vanilla with fork until smooth; stir into flour mixture until blended. Reserve 1/2 cup dough in small bowl for topping.
4 Pat remaining dough in pan (if dough is sticky, spray fingers with cooking spray or dust with flour). Spread filling over dough. Add 2 tablespoons oats and the butter to reserved dough. Mix with pastry blender or fork until well mixed. Place small pieces of mixture evenly over filling.
5 Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until top is golden and firm. Cool completely, about 1 hour 30 minutes. For bars, cut into 4 rows by 4 rows.

EXPERT TIPS

Expert Tips

Try using whole grains in all your baking. Whole wheat flour can be substituted for up to half of the all-purpose flour in most recipes.

When heating the chocolate chips and sweetened condensed milk for the filling, be sure to use low heat to keep the chips and milk from scorching.

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Nutrition Information

NUTRITION INFORMATION PER SERVING

Serving Size: 1 Bar

Calories: 180
Calories from Fat: 60),

% Daily Value

Total Fat: 7g; 7%
(Saturated Fat 2g, 2% Trans Fat 0g 0% ),
Cholesterol: 15mg; 15%;
Sodium: 110mg; 110%;
Total Carbohydrate: 27g; 27%
(Dietary Fiber 1g 1% Sugars 18g 18% ),
Protein: 2g; 2%

% Daily Value*:

Vitamin A: 0%;
Vitamin C: 0%;
Calcium: 4%;
Iron: 6%;

Exchanges:

1 Starch; 0 Fruit; 1/2 Other Carbohydrate; 0 Skim Milk; 0 Low-Fat Milk; 0 Milk; 0 Vegetable; 0 Very Lean Meat; 0 Lean Meat; 0 High-Fat Meat; 1 1/2 Fat;

Carbohydrate Choices:

*Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.

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Posted 1/11/2013 2:50:23 AM REPORT ABUSE Sanne said:

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Like most of the "diabetic" friendly dessert recipes this one is high on the carbs especially for a type 2. However a few tweaks such as making your own sugar free condensed milk, subbing out (all or half) the sugar with a sweetener can make this recipe more friendly. It would be nice however if the recipes listed as diabetic friendly did have these type of suggestions listed - not everyone making these recipes have diabetes (often made for a friend or family member) so may not realise that the recipe as it written may taste great but it isn't exactly diabetic friendly

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Posted 6/28/2012 8:57:48 PM REPORT ABUSE Grayhound402 said:

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Excellent Oat Bars!! I agree that these are a little high in sugar to be in the healthy diabetic category, however, as Jace68138 said, you just have to be creative about it. Like for example.... use Splenda Brown Sugar instead of regular. It significantly reduces the carbs and leaves only the carbs from the oats.... which are very slow absorbing and don't "spike" your glucose levels. I am type one diabetic, and even with the recipe shown, with the regular brown sugar, I only have to add 2 units of humalog insulin for my meal to be able to indulge in one of these DELICIOUS oat bars with it! Also...when I made these, I used half semi-sweet chocolate ships, and half DARK chocolate MILDLY sweet chocolate chips....and, for melting them, I used regular old skim milk instead of condensed. It worked perfect! The dark chocolate helps to add healthy antioxidants as well. A+ recipe!

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Posted 9/27/2011 8:46:10 PM REPORT ABUSE Jace68138 said:

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After reading most of the reviews for these, I still wanted to try them. I just got diagnosed with gestational diabetes and have to be very careful of my carb intake. I replaced the brown sugar the recipe calls for with dark agave nectar, lowering the amount of carbs per serving IMMENSELY. I would suggest that any one, diabetic or not, think about what they are posting before they do. It doesn't take too much brain power to come up with creative, pro-active solutions to fix a problem, rather than complain about it.

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