Chocolate flapjacks

Name: Chocolate flapjacks
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Ingredients: 150 g butter; 125 g golden syrup; 50 g demerara sugar; 220 g porridge oats; 150 g chocolate chips; 150 g milk chocolate

Chocolate flapjacks are the perfect, easy bake for kids. Using storecupboard ingredients they are the ultimate comfort food.

Flapjacks are a great, easy bake for children. Using storecupboard ingredients you can add whatever you like to the basic recipe and these chocolate flapjacks do exactly that. With chocolate chips in the mix and a layer of chocolate on top they’re the perfect treat for any chocoholic. My son loves chocolate and my daughter loaves oaty bars so these are the ultimate combination.

Chocolate flapjacks feel quite indulgent so they’re certainly not a healthy bake. If you want a slightly healthier version, why not try our fruity honey flapjacks, they’ve got no refined sugar so are great if you want to limit your kid’s sugar intake.

If you like the sound of this chocolate flapjack recipe, you’ll also love some of our other easy chocolate bakes including our easy chocolate biscuits and delicious chocolate brownies.

How can kids help make chocolate flapjacks?

Flapjacks including these chocolate flapjacks are quite an easy bake for kids to do that don’t need any specialist equipment. They can measure out the ingredients, help melt the butter and syrup and then mix it all together with wooden spoons. There’s no eggs to worry about, or rolling out or cutting out, so they’re great for toddlers and young children.

Useful equipment

You might need the following baking tools/gadgets to make these chocolate flapjacks:

Digital scales
Sauce pan
Measuring cups
Spatula
Mixing bowl
Baking tin

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Difficulty: Easy
Time: 20 minutes plus 20 minutes baking
Serves: 16

Ingredients

150g (2/3 cup) butter
125g (3/8 cup) golden syrup
50g (1/4 cup) demerara sugar
220g (2 1/2 cups) porridge/rolled oats
150g (1 cup) chocolate chips
150g (1 cup) milk chocolate

How to make chocolate flapjacks

Preheat your oven to 180C / 170C Fan / 350F and line a 18cm square baking tin with baking or parchment paper.

Melt the butter, sugar and syrup

Get your kids to measure the butter, sugar and golden syrup into a small pot. Heat it over a gentle heat, stirring it until it has all melted.

Measure the oats

Weigh the oats and add them to a large mixing bowl.

Mix everything together

Once the butter mixture has melted, pour it into the oats and stir it all together until all the oats are coated. All it to cool slightly then pour in the chocolate chips and stir them in.

Bake the flapjacks

Pour the flapjack mixture into your prepared baking tin and press it down with the back of a spoon, levelling the top and pressing it into the corners.

Bake the flapjacks for 20-25 minutes. They’re ready when they’ve turned a nice golden brown colour.

Remove them from the oven and leave to cool for a few minutes before taking it out of the tin and leaving to cool completely.

Add the chocolate topping

Break the chocolate into small pieces and melt in the microwave. Get your kids to drizzle or pour it over the cooled flapjack.

Leave the chocolate topping to set, then out the flapjacks into squares.