These delightful treats have a soft, tender crumb that harks back to old-fashioned snack cakes from the grocery store. For little kids: Let them dump the ingredients into the mixing bowls, whisk together the dry ingredients and stir in the chocolate chips. For big kids: Let them measure out the ingredients, spray the baking pan with cooking spray and help spread the batter in the baking pan.
| Level: | Easy |
| Total: | 1 hr 5 min |
| Prep: | 5 min |
| Inactive: | 30 min |
| Cook: | 30 min |
| Yield: | 12 snack cakes |
Ingredients
- Cooking spray
- 1 cup whole-wheat pastry flour
- 3/4 cup rolled oats
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
- 6 tablespoons unsalted butter, melted and slightly cooled
- 1 large egg
- 3/4 cup packed light brown sugar* (See Cook’s Note)
- 1/2 cup unsweetened applesauce
- 3/4 cup semisweet mini chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line the bottom of a 9-inch square baking pan with a foil strip long enough to overhang on 2 opposite sides. Spray the foil lightly with cooking spray; set aside.
- Whisk together the flour, oats, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl; set aside. Whisk the butter, egg, brown sugar and applesauce in a large bowl until combined. Add the dry ingredients to the wet and mix until barely mixed. Stir in the chocolate chips.
- Spread the batter in the prepared baking pan. Bake until the cake is light brown around the edges and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 25 to 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and let cool on a rack for 15 minutes. Use the foil overhang to lift the cake out of the pan and let cool completely on the rack. Invert onto a plate and peel the foil off. Re-invert the cake onto a cutting board, cut into 12 pieces and serve.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 210 |
| Total Fat | 10 grams |
| Saturated Fat | 6 grams |
| Cholesterol | 30 milligrams |
| Sodium | 105 milligrams |
| Carbohydrates | 31 grams |
| Dietary Fiber | 2 grams |
| Sugar | 20 grams |
| Protein | 3 grams |
Reviews
Very delicious! Kids loved it and very easy to make. I added vanilla and sprinkled with coarse sea salt before baking. It’s definitely a cake-like texture, is originally expected more of a dense bar. Snack “cake” is a good description. Not super healthy but better than some recipes. The whole grains and apple sauce are a plus!
This were delicious! I followed the recipe as written.
So I wasn’t sure about these from looking at the recipe. I wasn’t sure how they would turn out but decided to try them because they looked simple. They were simple! While I was making them I was still a little unsure, I wanted to add vanilla or cinnamon or something as there was not anything added to give them flavor but I decided to stick to the recipe. I doubled the batch and recommend you do to or you wont have much, Also I added the chocolate chips by how they looked in the batter as this recipe calls for alot, i used almost that amount for a double batch and there is plenty in there. Anyways I used white flour as that is what I had and I used brown sugar stevia as a sugar replacement… I literally just pulled them out of the oven and they are freakin delicious. make these. simple, great afterschool snack or to pack in their lunch. yum! I will be saving this recipe.
These oatmeal chocolate snack cakes are fantastic. The applesauce makes them super moist and reduces the fat content. Although some may think it has a lot of sugar.. compared to many other kids snacks these are reasonable and it is nice to know what all the ingredients are (as opposed to pre-packaged snack bars/cakes). And best of all.. my kiddos love them!