Best 20 Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars Recipes

CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Position the rack in the middle of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F.
• Put the butter in a microwave-safe bowl, cover and microwave on medium power until melted. Alternatively melt the butter in a small saucepan. Brush some butter on the inside of a 9-by-13-inch pan and cool the remaining butter slightly. Whisk the remaining cooled butter, brown sugar, eggs and vanilla in a large bowl until smooth.
• Whisk the flour, baking soda and salt in another bowl. Stir the dry ingredients into the wet ingredients with a spoon or spatula, taking care not to over mix. The batter should be thick and all of the flour mixture should be fully incorporated. Fold in the chocolate chips.
• Spread the batter evenly in the prepared pan. Bake until the edges are browned and the center is completely set, about 30 minutes. Cool completely, at least one hour, cut into 24 pieces and serve.

CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, beat together the butter, vanilla and sugar until light and fluffy. Sift together the salt and flour and mix into the butter mixture. Fold in the chocolate chips and nuts. Mix until well blended. Press batter into a 15x10 inch jelly roll pan.
• Bake 20 minutes or until golden brown. Cut into bars and let cool in pan on wire rack.

SHEET PAN CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, cream together butter, brown sugar and sugar.
• Add vanilla and eggs and combine.
• Fold in flour, baking soda and salt.
• Mix in 2 cups of mini chocolate chips.
• Spray a 18"x13" sheet pan with nonstick cooking spray and spread cookie dough out evenly in pan.
• Sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup chocolate chips on top.
• Bake for 20-25 minutes or until middle is set up and edges are golden brown.
• Let cool and cut into squares.

CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, mix cookie mix, butter and egg with spoon until soft dough forms. Stir in butterscotch chips and white vanilla baking chips. Using floured fingers, evenly press dough in pan.
• Bake 18 to 22 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely on cooling rack, about 1 hour. Cut into 6 rows by 4 rows. Store in airtight container at room temperature.

WHITE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE BARS WITH OATMEAL AND CRANBERRY

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking pan.
• Beat butter, brown sugar, and white sugar together in a mixing bowl using an electric mixer until creamy. Add eggs and vanilla extract; continue mixing until well blended.
• Add flour, baking soda, cinnamon, and salt to sugar mixture; mix well. Stir in oats, cranberries, and white chocolate chips. Pour into the prepared baking pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted into the center of the bars comes out clean, 25 to 28 minutes.
• Remove baking pan from the oven and let stand for 30 minutes. Cut into bars.

KIRSTEN'S DARK CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a 9x13-inch baking dish.
• Mix butter, brown sugar, and white sugar together in a bowl; beat it eggs and vanilla extract until smooth and creamy. Stir flour, baking soda, salt, and baking powder into the creamed butter mixture until batter is well mixed. Fold chocolate chips into batter; spread into the prepared baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, about 40 minutes. Cool before cutting into bars.

CHOCOLATE CHIP-CARAMEL-PUDDING COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 9-inch square pan with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, mix cookie mix, butter, egg and dry pudding mix with spoon until soft dough forms. Stir in chopped chocolates. Press evenly in pan.
• Bake 28 to 32 minutes or until golden brown. Cool completely, about 1 hour. Cut into 4 rows by 4 rows. Store in airtight container at room temperature.

CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Set oven to 350 degrees F.
• Set oven rack to second-lowest position.
• Grease a 13 x 9-inch pan (for thinner bars bake in a larger pan and reduce the baking time slightly).
• In a large mixing bowl cream butter with both sugars until fluffy.
• Add in eggs and vanilla; beat until well combined.
• In another bowl mix together flour with cinnamon, baking soda and salt; gradually add to the creamed mixture until combined.
• Mix in chocolate chips and nuts (batter will be very thick).
• Transfer the mixture to prepared baking pan then spread out using a spoon.
• Bake for about 25-30 minutes or until golden brown.

SPICED CHOCOLATE CHIP BANANA COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease and flour a 9x13-inch baking pan.
• Mix sugar, sour cream, butter, and eggs in a large bowl using an electric mixer on low speed for 2 to 3 minutes. Scrape bowl and add bananas, vanilla extract, and rum flavoring; beat well.
• Combine flour, salt, baking soda, cinnamon, ginger, and nutmeg in a bowl; mix well. Stir flour mixture into banana mixture and beat on medium speed until well mixed, 1 to 2 minutes. Fold in chocolate chips. Spread batter into the prepared pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean, 20 to 25 minutes. Cool completely before cutting into bars.

PEANUT BUTTER/CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Melt butter over low heat.
• Pour butter into 13 x 9 inch pan. Sprinkle graham cracker crumbs over butter.
• Pour condensed milk over crumbs. Sprinkle chocolate and peanut butter chips over milk mixture and press down firmly.
• Bake 25 to 30 minutes.

CHOCOLATE CHIP MARSHMALLOW COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Lightly coat a 9-by-13-inch baking pan with butter.
• Whisk together the butter, brown sugar, granulated sugar, eggs and vanilla in a large bowl until smooth. Whisk together the flour, baking soda and salt in a medium bowl. Stir the flour mixture into the butter-sugar mixture. Stir in 2 cups of the chocolate chips.
• Spread the batter in the prepared pan. Bake until the edges are light brown and set, about 45 minutes. Cool slightly.
• Preheat the broiler. Cover the cookie bars with the marshmallows and remaining 1 cup chocolate chips. Broil at least 8 inches from the heat until the marshmallows turn golden brown, about 2 minutes. (Watch carefully to make sure the marshmallows toast but don?t burn.) Cool and then cut with a sharp knife.

SOFT-BAKED CHOCOLATE CHIP-CREAM CHEESE COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray bottom and sides of 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, stir all ingredients until soft dough forms. Spread dough evenly in pan.
• Bake 20 to 24 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely on cooling rack, about 1 hour. Cut into 6 rows by 4 rows. Store in airtight container.

CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°. In a large bowl, cream butter and sugars until light and fluffy, 5-7 minutes. Beat in eggs, vanilla and water. Combine flour, baking soda and salt; gradually add to creamed mixture and mix well. Fold in chocolate chips and nuts. , Press into two greased 15x10x1-in. baking pans. Bake until golden brown, 18-20 minutes. Cool in pans on wire racks. Cut into bars.

CHOCOLATE CHIP BANANA COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Mix cake mix and pudding mix together in a large bowl by hand. Add oil; mix well. Mix in egg. Add banana and mix until combined. Stir in chocolate chips and nuts until evenly distributed. Spread into a 9x13-inch baking pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, puffed, and slightly soft to the touch, about 25 minutes. Place on a cooling rack until set, at least 10 minutes.

CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE CREAM CHEESE BARS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 325*F.
• Lightly grease a 9x13 pan.
• With one package of cookie dough tear apart and sprinkle over the entire bottom of the pan. Spaces between cookie dough is ok and preferred. Lightly pat down. **To help from cookie dough sticking to fingers wet hands before handling.
• With Cream Cheese, Sugar, Vanilla and Eggs, lightly mix in mixer until creamy. Little chunks of cream cheese is ok. Pour mixture over cookie dough in pan. Spread out to fill all nooks and crankies with spatula.
• With remaining cookie dough tear apart and sprinkle over cream cheese mixture. As before spaces between cookie dough ok. Lightly pat down.
• Place in oven for 30-35 minutes until even light browning on top or tooth pick comes out clean in middle.
• Cut up into 15 large bars or 24 smaller ones. Eat and enjoy!

LAZY CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE BARS (FROM CAKE MIX!)

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients together.
• Spread in a greased 9x13 glass dish.
• Use wet hands to spread this out evenly, batter will be THICK!
• Bake at 350 for 20 minute.
• Allow pan tyo cool on top of stove for 1 hour.
• Cut with a pizza cutter into squares.
• Great served with a dollop of vanilla ice cream, but this is one bar that can stand on its own.

CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE DOUGH CHEESECAKE BARS

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 350ºF.
• Line a 9x9-inch baking pan with foil, leaving extra foil extending over the edges.
• Spray the foil with nonstick cooking spray.
• In a medium bowl, stir together graham cracker crumbs and melted butter until crumbs are moistened.
• Stir in the miniature chocolate chips.
• Press into the bottom and 1-inch up the sides of the pan.
• Bake for 6 min or until set, and cool on a wire rack.
• Decrease oven to 325ºF.
• In a large bowl, beat the cream cheese and 1/4 cup sugar at low speed until smooth.
• Beat in the egg and 1 tsp vanilla until just blended.
• Pour the filling into the prepared crust.
• In the same large bowl, beat 5 Tbs butter, brown sugar, 3 Tbs sugar, 1 tsp vanilla and salt at medium speed for 1 min or until blended.
• Beat in the flour at low speed just until incorporated.
• Stir in 1 cup of chocolate chips by hand.
• Drop teaspoonfuls of the dough over the filling.
• Bake for 30-35 min or until the top feels dry and looks set when shaken gently.
• Cool completely on a wire rack.
• Dip a fork into the melted chocolate chips and drizzle over the top of the bars.
• Let stand until set.
• Using the foil edges, lift bars from the pan; peel away the foil.
• Cut into 16 pieces and serve at room temperature.
• Cover and refrigerate any leftovers.

CHOCOLATE CHIP-PRETZEL COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray. In resealable food-storage plastic bag, place 1 cup of the pretzels; seal bag, and coarsely crush with rolling pin.
• In large bowl, mix cookie mix, softened butter, egg and crushed pretzels with spoon until soft dough forms. Stir in butterscotch chips. Spread dough evenly in pan. Break remaining 1 cup pretzel twists in small pieces, and sprinkle on top; press lightly into dough.
• Bake 18 to 22 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 30 minutes.
• In small microwavable bowl, microwave chocolate chips uncovered on High 30 to 60 seconds, stirring halfway through, until chips can be stirred smooth. Spoon into resealable food-storage plastic bag; partially seal bag. Cut small tip from corner of bag; drizzle chocolate over top. Let stand about 1 hour 30 minutes or until chocolate is set. Cut into 6 rows by 4 rows. Store covered in airtight container.

CARAMEL CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE BARS RECIPE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Make the caramel by adding unwrapped caramels and cream into a microwave safe bowl. Microwave at 20 second intervals stirring until all are melted and smooth. Set aside.
• Melt the butter in a saucepan over medium heat. Cook and stir often until it becomes brown in color, about 6 minutes. It will start to foam, then reduce down and then start to foam again.
• When it starts to brown, stir constantly so it doesn't burn. When it's done the foam is light brown. Remove from heat and let cool for about 5-7 minutes.
• Once cool, pour butter into a large mixing bowl.
• Add sugar and brown sugar and mix with a hand mixer on low speed until combined. Set aside for a few minutes.
• In a medium bowl combine flour, baking soda and salt. Set aside.
• Add eggs into the cooked butter mixture and mix on low setting or by hand. Add in vanilla to the mixture.
• Add flour mixture with the wet ingredients and mix until combined. Stir in chocolate chips.
• Grease a 9 x 13 inch pan with non stick cooking spray.
• Press half of the cookie dough into the prepared pan.
• Go up the sides of the pan about 1/4 -1/2 inch. Spread and pat down the dough with hands until bottom of pan is completely covered.
• Pour the caramel mixture over the cookie dough. Place the Hershey bar pieces over the caramel layer.
• Place flattened pieces of the remaining cookie dough all over the chocolate pieces until mostly covered. (there will be spots that aren't covered).
• Bake for about 30 minutes until golden brown.
• Cool and slice into bars.

GHIRARDELLI CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE BARS RECIPE - (3.7/5)

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. 2. In a large bowl, beat butter with brown sugar and vanilla at medium speed until light and fluffy. 3. Add eggs, one at a time, mixing on low speed until combined. 4. In a small bowl combine flour, baking powder, and salt; gradually add to egg mixtuer while mixing on low speed. 5. Fold in chocolate chips and nuts, if using. 6. Spread batter evenly in an ungreased 13x9 inch (3.5L) pan. Bake for 25 to 30 minutes or until a wooden pick inserted in centre comes out clean. 7. Cool completely in pan on wire rack. Remove from pan and cut into squares. ***Instead of adding nuts you can add mini m&m's