Chocolate Jumbles

This has always been one of my favorite bar recipes. It's got such a wonderful blend of smooth velvety fudge swirling around crunchy oatmeal cookie-like pieces. I've always gotten rave reviews when I serve them.

Crust

• 1 cup butter, softened (you can also replace 1/2 of the butter with peanut butter for Chocolate PB Jumbles)
• 2 cups brown sugar (I prefer dark brown sugar)
• 2 eggs
• 3 cups quick cooking oats
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon baking soda
• 1 teaspoon vanilla
• 2 1/2 cups flour

Chocolate Topping

• 12 ounces semisweet chocolate chips
• 1 can (14 ounces) sweetened condensed milk
• 2 Tablespoons butter

Directions

Crust and chocolate layer in place

1. Cream all cookie mixture ingredients together except the flour. Stir in 1 cup of flour at a time.
2. Spread 3/4 of cookie mixture in greased pan.
3. Melt chocolate and butter together in a small saucepan on the stove. Add milk and heat till smooth. Or toss the chocolate chips, butter, and milk in a bowl and microwave for 1-2 minutes. Stir. 
4. Spread chocolate topping over cookie crust.
5. Top with remaining 1/4 cookie mixture
   crumbles.
6. Bake at 350 degrees for 15-20 minutes until golden brown.
7. Cool 15-20 minutes before serving.

I like to serve these with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Mmmmm...

Just before baking