These are the foods I really don't like. There are more, but let's leave it at these 4 for now. This recipe called for raisins, but it also called for peanuts and cinnamon. I don't dislike peanuts and cinnamon, but they're not my favourites, either, so I left them out. What was I left with? Oatmeal, butter, brown sugar, chocolate, vanilla, salt and condensed milk. I can quite happily live with that. I replaced the chocolate chips with some dark, bittersweet chocolate, as other TWDers had commented on the powerful sweetness of these bars. Mine were not too sweet and I was quite happy with them. They taste like the oat fudge bars you can buy at Starbucks, except they're homemade. And that's a good thing.
This week's recipe was chosen by Lillian of Confectiona's Realm. Check out her blog for the recipe and also the TWD blogroll to see what everyone else has come up with.
Ciao ! Very well done ! I wish I used bitter chocolate too !!
ReplyDeleteOoh, yum! These bars are just too dangerous for me. I used pecans and caramel instead of peanuts and raisins!
ReplyDeleteI left the raisins out of mine... Your bars turned out really nice!
ReplyDeleteI didn't add raisins either, or the cinnamon, but I did add something to the topping.
ReplyDeletei added dried craisins and loved it! I really enjoyed this recipe and used bittersweet chocolate too!
ReplyDeleteyours look awesome! the chocolate layer looks perfect.
ReplyDeletemmm I think these would have been delicious without the items you listed. :)
ReplyDeleteYour bars look amazing!
ReplyDeleteThese were delicious! And I omitted the raisins, too!
mmm they look great!!
ReplyDeleteI debated leaving out the peanuts too, so it's good to know how it turns out without them! Your bars look really tasty. Yum.
ReplyDeleteYour opening line definitely provoked a reaction from me. Those foods you don't like, particularly combined, would make one heck of a casserole.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you did a great job weeding out the things you don't like to create a streamlined and still delicious bar!
I left those nasty little raisins out too!!;) I thought they were wonderful with walnuts and pecans. Im not much of a peanut lover either. Your bars look gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteyum! I think I'll use dark chocolate next time I make these because the condensed milk does make them a tad sweet with regular semi-sweet choc. I actually love raisins but didn't know if they'd really be tasty in these bars!
ReplyDeleteI am with you on the raisins thing! Yuck! These really look great - I love your first picture!
ReplyDelete-Amy
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Those look delicious! We enjoyed it with the raisins. Ah well.
ReplyDeleteVery pretty - love how your top layer came out! :)
ReplyDeleteSeems like it was not your week, with all the ingredients you don't like... Fine you found a way to still make it! Looks like you enjoyed them nevertheless
ReplyDeleteI was so relieved after getting past your first 4 words. I was wondering if you put all four of those ingredients in your bars then started laughing. My day must be starting out slow after getting past the holiday weekend!
ReplyDeleteWell, I love your ingredients you were left using. The bars 'do' have a fudgy look to them and I am glad to hear you enjoyed the flavor too.
Your pictures look great! I think these little bars are quite flexible--add or subtract a few ingredients and they still turn out great!
ReplyDeleteWhat a fun treat this was! Many ways to personalize it. Next time I want to try dried cherries and pecans!
ReplyDeleteSounds like a delicious variation! I could have done without the raisins too.
ReplyDeleteThese would be great even without the peanuts and raisins - it's that fudgy filling of chocolate and condensed milk that is the star, in my view. These look delish.
ReplyDeleteThey look terrific. They would be great in an assortment of cookies.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you on the mushrooms and seaweed! :-) Your bars look great!
ReplyDeletemmm, that thick chocolate in the middle is so tempting! I wish I could have that for dessert right now!
ReplyDeleteNisrine
You made some really creative changes. I used cranberries instead of raisins - I think that reduced some of the sweetness.
ReplyDeleteYour simplified version sounds great! I like your idea to sub some of the chocolate with bittersweet.
ReplyDeleteLOL LOL Raisins and mushroom are some of my favorite foods, okay, just not together! LOL The clash of the titans! LOL
ReplyDeleteWell raisins or not, you seem to have mastered this one pretty nicely!
This was one of my favorite Dorie recipes so far! Thanks so much for stopping by my place and leaving your comment, Mary!
ReplyDeleteKindly, ldh
Thankfully, there were enough ingredients that leaving out a few still turned out a pretty good bar. I like the bottom layer of yours, looks crunchy and delish!
ReplyDeleteHHMMM!!!! no nuts at all. I will have to try that.
ReplyDeleteLove the side shot with the layers and oatmeal showing.
I'm glad that you liked the dark chocolate addition! I was wondering why Dorie went with semi-sweet, but I actually liked it because the chocolate was not too overpowering! Will have to try these with dark chocolate next!
ReplyDeleteAnother delicious treat Mary. Just wondering if figs would work here....or not.
ReplyDeleteJudy
I too think I would really like them without the peanuts and cinnamon - just chocolatey covered oatmeal bars wouldn't be a bad thing at all - yum!
ReplyDeleteThey look yummy!
ReplyDeleteI think I'm going to follow your lead and leave out the raisins next and sub bittersweet chocolate. These were just too sweet for me (but refining them might make them impossible to resist.) Yours look terrific...and yummy!
ReplyDeleteI agree with you on the raisins and mushrooms, although not the scallions (and I've never tried seaweed). But I loved these cookies without the raisins. Thanks for baking with me this week!
ReplyDeleteI had to laugh when I read your first line of your post! I was wondering where you were going with that! I have to admit, I don't like raisins either but I do like green onions, mushrooms, and seaweed!
ReplyDeleteYour cookies look yummy - I love that I can see the oats in the cookie layer! =)