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Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars (aka Pan Chewies) are our family’s go-to Sunday Night Dessert! It’s your favorite cookie in bar-form, served hot. They’re perfect with ice cream!

If you love Chocolate Chip Cookies, then you’ll love these chewy chocolate chip cookie bars. They’re right up there with our Sugar Cookie Bars and Cake Mix Cookie Bars.

Chocolate chip cookie bars on a sheet of parchment paper.
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Over the years, we’ve come to find some go-to desserts for family gatherings. It may be a long list now, but today’s recipe for Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars aka “Pan Chewies” is one of those deserts.

We’ve decided you really can’t beat Chocolate Chip Cookies in Bar form (go here for even more Cookie Bar Recipes).

We love these because:

  • SO easy. These are so simple and classic, we make them all the time.
  • Delicious. If you love cookies, then you will love these in bar form.
  • Great for gatherings. We love to make these for parties, holidays like Easter and Christmas and family outings.

We often serve them with Vanilla Ice Cream, and I can safely say EVERYONE in the family loves them.

Stirring dough for cookie bars with a rubber spatula in a bowl.

Ingredients

Just a few ingredients and steps are needed to make this chocolate chip cookie bars. Here are the ingredients needed to make the cookie dough:

  • butter
  • brown sugar
  • eggs
  • vanilla
  • flour
  • baking powder
  • baking soda
  • salt
  • semi-sweet chocolate chips or milk chocolate chips
  1. PREP. Begin by greasing a 9-x-13-inch glass baking dish and setting it aside.
  2. WET INGREDIENTS. In a medium bowl, combine brown sugar, butter, eggs and vanilla. Mix well with a wooden spoon or a mixer on the lowest setting.
  3. DRY INGREDIENTS. Gradually add flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Stir until well combined and pour into the prepared baking dish.
  4. BAKE. Sprinkle with chocolate chips and bake for 24โ€“28 minutes. Let cool completely in the pan before cutting.
  5. SERVE. Serve warm and eat by themselves or with ice cream.
A pan of baked chocolate chip cookie bars.

Recipe Tips

Getting perfectly baked cookie bars:

  • Make sure your oven is preheated to 350 degrees before you put your bars in to avoid underbaking.
  • When you remove them from the oven youโ€™ll be able to tell that they are done if they have a slightly dull surface that when you lightly touch it a slight imprint remains. The edges of the crust should also begin to harden and slightly pull away from the surface of the baking dish.
  • If your bars are undercooked, return them to bake in the oven immediately and check them for doneness at 5 minute intervals.

Variations

  • White Chocolate Chips + Butterscotch Chips
  • M&Ms – and we change these up with different M&Ms for the holidays
  • Chocolate Chips + Toffee Bits
  • Chocolate Chips + Chopped Nuts (Peanuts or Walnuts)
Cookie bar recipe cut up in a white baking dish.

Storage Tips

  • To STORE, just cover tightly with foil or saran wrap and store on the counter for up to 3 days.
  • To reheat, just place in microwave for a few minutes to make them gooey and warm.
    • Once cooked and cooled, you can FREEZE these cookie bars by placing a freezer-safe Ziploc bag and freezing for up to 2 months. Thaw overnight and reheat in the microwave.
Cut up cookie bars on a sheet of parchment paper.

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4.93 from 90 votes

Cookie Bars

By: Lil’ Luna
Chocolate chip cookie bars are our family's go-to Sunday night dessert! It's your favorite cookie in bar-form, perfect with ice cream!
Servings: 15
Prep: 5 minutes
Cook: 25 minutes
Total: 30 minutes

Ingredients 

  • 2 cups packed light brown sugar
  • ยพ cup unsalted butter, melted
  • 2 eggs
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • ยผ teaspoon baking soda
  • 1ยฝ cups chocolate chips, semisweet or milk

Instructions 

  • Preheat the oven to 350ยฐF. Grease a 9×13-inch glass baking dish and set aside.
  • In a medium bowl, combine brown sugar, butter, eggs and vanilla. Mix well with a wooden spoon.
  • Gradually add flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Stir until well combined and pour into the prepared baking dish.
  • Sprinkle with chocolate chips and bake for 24โ€“28 minutes. Let cool completely in the pan before cutting.

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Notes

The bars are done when they have a slightly dull surface and the edges of the crust should also begin to harden and slightly pull away from the surface of the baking dish. If the center is undercooked, return them to bake in the oven immediately and check them for doneness at 5-minute intervals.
Store the dough wrapped in plastic and refrigerate for 1-2 days or freeze for up to 3 months. Thaw, if needed, press into the pan and bake.
Store cookie bars in an airtight container for 3-4 days or in a freezer Ziploc for 2-3 months.

Nutrition

Serving: 1bar, Calories: 354kcal, Carbohydrates: 54g, Protein: 3g, Fat: 14g, Saturated Fat: 9g, Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g, Monounsaturated Fat: 3g, Trans Fat: 0.4g, Cholesterol: 49mg, Sodium: 204mg, Potassium: 95mg, Fiber: 1g, Sugar: 40g, Vitamin A: 356IU, Vitamin C: 0.1mg, Calcium: 65mg, Iron: 1mg

Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.

About Kristyn

My name is Kristyn and Iโ€™m the mom of SIX stinkinโ€™ cute kids and the wife to my smokinโ€™ hot hubby, Lo. My momโ€™s maiden name is Luna, and Iโ€™m one of the many crafty โ€œLilโ€™ Lunasโ€ in the fam. On this site I like to share all things creative - from recipes to home decor to gifts and home decor ideas. Welcome!

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252 Comments

  1. Tara says:

    5 stars
    Love these! So much easier than scooping and baking them by the dozens…

  2. Alli says:

    5 stars
    These bars are the simplest and simply the best. We looove making them!

  3. Billy says:

    5 stars
    Love these cookie bars, they look so good. Going to put some ice cream and caramel on the top!

  4. Mallory Lanz says:

    5 stars
    A pan of cookie bars is so much easier than making individual cookies. Thanks for a great recipe!

  5. Sommer says:

    5 stars
    These are every kind of amazing!

  6. Joy says:

    5 stars
    These are by far my favorite!! We’ve tried them with butterscotch chips & m&m’s, too! They are always gone within minutes & I even double the recipe!

  7. Aimee Shugarman says:

    5 stars
    Cookie bars are so easy and fun, plus these taste amazing!

  8. Olivia says:

    5 stars
    The best dessert that resembles a warm giant chocolate chip cookie! Only differeNce is its served as a bar with the chocolate chips on top. We like to serve it ice cream and sometimes hot fudge.

  9. Carissa P says:

    5 stars
    ThesE were so easy to make and i had all the ingrEdienTs in mY pantry! They tasted amazinG too!!

    1. Kristyn Merkley says:

      I love when I have all the ingredients on hand! Glad you liked them! Thank you!

  10. Jenny says:

    4 stars
    I mUst have done something horribly wrong because when i finished mixing everything and started to pour it into my 9×9 pan, i realized there was simply not enough batter to cover the bottom! I tried spreading it as much as i could but it waS spread so thin there were holes everywhere. I decided to double the recipe and add it to the same 9×9 pan. Then it came out fine?? I am seriously not a great cook or baker, so i know it HAS to be my fault somehow haha im always messing things up! I Triple read your recipe and i swear i made no errors! Story of my life though, things not working out quite precisely! Haha ? Tastes great though!!

    1. Kristyn Merkley says:

      Oh, no I am sorry! It should be enough. I’m not sure why it didn’t??