We have been dieting at my house lately. Well actually my husband has been pretty good about dieting lately, but I haven’t been baking much. When my son asked me to make cookies I told him no. 🙁
But the next day I saw this quick and easy recipe for Very Berry Crumble Bars on Megan’s Munchies and I thought it was a good compromise. Well, at least it had fruit and oats in it. The recipe does have a cup of oil in it, but I think next time I’ll try it with less oil. It makes a 9×13 pan of cookies, so I cut them up into bars and after we each had one, I froze the rest.
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I really didn’t plan on eating any more, but some how every night around 8:00 I just couldn’t resist these delicious bars! I think they may be addicting! Although one bar did seem to satisfy my sweet tooth. Especially when I warmed it up in the microwave and topped it with a little Cool Whip. It was Light Cool Whip though, so really I was being good, right?
Thanks Megan for sharing the recipe!
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Very Berry Crumb Bars
Ingredients
- 1 pkg. yellow cake mix
- 2 cups oats
- ½ cup brown sugar
- 1 cup canola oil
- 1 egg
- ¾ cup strawberry ice cream topping
- ¾ cup blueberries
Instructions
- Mix the cake mix, brown sugar and oats together. Add the oil and the egg and mix well. Pat half of the dough into a prepared 13 x 9-inch pan. Spoon the strawberry topping over the dough, and top with the blueberries. Crumble the rest of the dough over the topping and blueberries.
- Bake at 350 degrees for 30 to 35 minutes. Cool and cut into bars.
Jude
This looks like it's really living up to its name. A nice cup of coffee would go so well with this.
♥Deeba @Passionate About Baking♥
I don't think I could resist these delicious nibbles either Barbara. WOW!! That's a great recipe!
Chef Jeena
Yummy this looks fabulous!
Palidor
I love berry bars. This looks like a great recipe.
Joyce
Oh sure, it is the low fat cool whip that makes it OK for me to eat the entire tray of these goodies:) Kidding here as we are all dieting this summer and I have lost 9 pounds and thought I would have lost more but for some reason my metabolism must have died:)
Joyce
Jerri - Simply Sweet Home
This looks scrumptious!
RecipeGirl
These just came out of the oven… I used a raspberry filling instead of the strawberry ice cream topping. Used 1/2 c. cinnamon applesauce and 1/2 c. oil. 1st taste was a good one!
RecipeGirl
We're having a zillion people over for a bbq tomorrow so I've just jotted this down to try!
Gabe's Girl
Warmed it up and then added cool whip? How yummy. Nice recipe.
Maria
The bars look fantastic!
Talita
What an incredible bar! I'm trying to lose some weight too.
Melody
Oooh! These look good! I've been dieting too, but it make blogging so much harder!
Lorraine @ Not Quite Nigella
These look scrumptious and good on you and your family for going on a health spree! Using light cool whip is definitely a good step! It's like having Diet Coke or mineral water with fried chicken. I know people chuckle but it does help doesn't it 😛
Megan
I thought you were going to say you topped them with a scoop of ice cream! 🙂 Thats what I would do! They look terrific and I love it starts with a cake mix.
Christy
Dieting…what a yucky word, especially when browsing blog after blog of yummy recipes this this one!! Looks wonderful!
Pam
I could eat one or two of these right now…they look great.
Mar
A delicious recipe, Do you give me a little, I´m hungry!
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