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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
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.
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
How to Make Cookie Bars
- PREP. Begin by greasing a 9-x-13-inch glass baking dish and setting it aside.
- 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.
- DRY INGREDIENTS. Gradually add flour, salt, baking powder and baking soda. Stir until well combined and pour into the prepared baking dish.
- BAKE. Sprinkle with chocolate chips and bake for 24–28 minutes. Let cool completely in the pan before cutting.
- SERVE. Serve warm and eat by themselves or with ice cream.
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 you’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)
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.
For more Bar Recipes
Cookie Bars Recipe
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 degrees F. Grease a 9-x-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
Variations: You can swap out the chocolate chips for a variety of other toppings to change up these bars. Here are some of our favorite combinations:
o White chocolate chips + butterscotch chips
o M&M’s (we love to use colored M&M’s for the different holidays!)
o Chocolate chips + toffee bits or peanut butter chips
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
Kristyn
I tried these tonight with OUR family dinner…they are fabulous! Easy to make too. Kids can’t stop eating them.
Thanks so much for posting
Rachelle
YAY!! So glad you guys liked them. They’re definitely easy and delicious and we make them ALL the time. Thanks for stopping by. 🙂
Great recipe and super easy to make. I always have the ingredients on hand! My friends were hooked and wanting more, I might have to make a double batch next time!
I made these cookie bars and they turned out great! I used 1 cup of all purpose flour and one cup of white whole wheat flour. I used mini mms instead of chocolate chips. The whole pan was gobbled up in one night. Thanks for sharing this easy and delicious recipe.
LOVE the idea of adding M&Ms instead!! YUM! So glad everyone liked them. 😉
I read so many reviews trying to see if anyone had doubled the recipe, and made it the the Pampered Chef Large Bar Pan (about 11×16). Well – no one had but I took a chance… and it’s the perfect size for double this recipe. If you tripled the recipe and put it in a bar pan it would definitely run over the edges while baking since the lip is only about 1 inch high!! It took about 20-25 minutes to bake still… until the center was done!!
Ooooh – good to know!! I will need to add that to the recipe so others know as well. Thanks! 😀
I made this tonight and it tastes yummy but is really, really gooey in the middle although the edges look like they’re starting to burn. I don’t have a 9×9 pan so I used 8×8 but they’re obviously too thick. Have you ever used a 7×11 brownie pan for this recipe? I wonder if I should have used that instead.
I used a 7×11 the first time I made them… worked perfectly!!
Glad they worked great. They’re such a great and simple treat, huh!? Thanks for stopping by!
Made these bars for the first time tonight because I needed a quick treat for some company that was coming over. I was worried how this recipe would come out since I hadn’t tried it yet. Turned out perfectly! Very chocolatey, chewy, and absolutely delicious! Thank you!:)
Eeek! Sorry for my double comment. I thought I accidentally deleted the first one. Haha
found this recipe on Pinterest. Needed to make a treat for some company that was coming over. Made these for the first time (always risky business when you’re using a new recipe that you haven’t tried and tested yet). These bars were delicious! Came out perfectly! I’m holding on to this one 🙂 thank you!
Ohhhhh yummmy! I can’t wait to make these little bits of yummy goodness for my little fam!
They will love them, Michelle! Seriously – an ALL-TIME family favorite treat!!
These look so yummy!!! I’m diabetic, so I’ll have to alter it a little, but I think it would make a nice little bite if I “need” to cheat! 😉
Oh, they are definitely addicting! It’s a great recipe for a little “cheat.” 😉 Thanks for stopping by!
Oh, my goodness! I just made these. They are fabulous! All the gooey deliciousness of chocolate chip cookies without the hassle of make individual cookies. I mixed the chips in with the batter. Thanks for posting!
We LOVE them too. They are one of the “go-to” desserts when I need a quick one. 😉