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This chocolate chip cookie bars recipe is our family’s go-to Sunday night dessert! It’s your favorite cookie in bar-form, perfect with ice cream!
Our FAvorite Cookie in Bar Form!
Over the years, we’ve come to find some go-to desserts for family gatherings and these cookie bars are at the top of the list!
We’ve decided you really can’t beat Chocolate Chip Cookies in bar form. You get all the delicious flavor of your favorite cookie, but it’s ready in only one batch! Our kids especially love whipping these up for family game nights. There are plenty of crispy edges to enjoy and enough gooey centers to make everyone happy.
We often serve them with Vanilla Ice Cream, and I can safely say EVERYONE in the family loves them.
WHY WE LOVE IT:
Ingredients
PREP TIME: 5 minutes COOK TIME: 25 minutes
- 2 cups packed light brown sugar – or dark brown sugar
- ¾ cup unsalted butter melted – or salted butter
- 2 eggs – room temperature
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour sifted – see How to Measure Flour
- 1 teaspoon salt – Reduce or omit if using salted butter.
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- 1½ cups chocolate chips – milk or semi-sweet chocolate chips. Or try dark chocolate chips, white chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, M&Ms, toffee bits, flaky sea salt, or chopped nuts (peanuts, pecans, or walnuts).
How to Make Cookie Bars
- PREP. Begin by greasing a 9×13-inch glass baking dish and setting it aside or Line the Pan with Parchment Paper.
- BATTER. In a medium bowl, combine 2 cups brown sugar, ¾ cup butter, 2 eggs, and 2 teaspoons vanilla. Mix well with a wooden spoon or a mixer on the lowest setting.
- Gradually add 2 cups flour, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon baking powder, and ¼ teaspoon baking soda. Stir until well combined and pour into the prepared baking dish.
- BAKE. Sprinkle with 1½ cups chocolate chips and bake for 24–28 minutes. Let cool completely in the pan before cutting.
- The bars will 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.
- SERVE. Serve warm and eat by themselves or with ice cream.
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Ingredients
- 2 cups packed light brown sugar
- ¾ cup unsalted butter, melted
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups all-purpose flour, sifted
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- ¼ teaspoon baking soda
- 1½ cups chocolate chips, semisweet or milk
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. 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 24–28 minutes. Let cool completely in the pan before cutting.
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Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Recipe FAQ
The dough can be made ahead of time and refrigerated for 1-2 days or frozen for up to 3 months. Thaw, if needed, press into the pan and bake.
Cookie bars can be stored in an airtight container for 3-4 days or in a freezer Ziploc for 2-3 months
This is the absolute BEST recipe. It is my go to for fast treats. Don’t know if I’ll ever make regular chocolate chip cookies again.
Aren’t they the best?! Glad you think so 🙂 Thank you!
Perfect!!!!! I made these for my 91 yr old mom. She and i had a delicious late night snack. And i found a new, ‘go-to’! Just… Wow!
They make a great late night snack!! Glad you both liked them! Thank you!
These are the best chocolate chip cookie bats ever! Thank you for the recipe
You are so welcome!! Glad you like them, as much as we do! Thank you!
I made them with my sp ed kids at school ~ they agreed that they were the best that they have ever had!!! Thanks so much for the easy and most delicious recipe!! ~
You are so very welcome! I am happy they liked them 🙂 Thank you for sharing them with the kids!
Always Enjoy your recIpes! Is there any way you can re-post your cookies and cream Magic bars loVed that recipe in addition to this one
Thank you!! I am not sure which bars you are talking about. Do you remember exactly what they were called & it was from my site?
Yum yummy looks great
They taste great, too!! Thank you so much 🙂
A great recipe and easy to make. One problem. You forgot to say to add the melted butter. I ALMOST FORGOT. ADDED IT WHEN I WAS ALREADY STIRRING THE DRY INGREDIENTS IN.
In step 2, you add the brown sugar, vanilla, & egg to the cooled melted butter 🙂
I can no longer find the regular “chewy chocolate chip cookies” Recipe. When I click on the name and picture for it (where the recipe should be) I am taken to this recipe instead. I have tried e mailing you about it, but haven’t heard back yet. Thank you.
I’m so sorry..we have modified the recipe for these. Here is the link to our favorite chocolate chip cookies…https://lilluna.com/the-best-chocolate-chip-cookies-recipe/. Hope you like these 🙂
These are AMAZIng! My favorite part of a cookie is the dough. These are so chewy and just like i like them!! Great recipe!
These are my dads favorite cookie! I Like that I dont have to bake them in batches Like regular cookies. That means he gets to have them a lot!!!