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These easy double chocolate chip cookie bars are chewy chocolate bar cookies with two kinds of chocolate morsels. The perfect dessert recipe for chocolate lovers!
Easy Chocolate Cookie Bar Recipe
If you love chocolate as much as I do, this easy recipe for double chocolate chip cookie bars is for you! These rich chocolate chocolate cookie bars are a cross between a fudgy brownie and a chewy cookie. They are basically my double chocolate cookies in bar form, so they are super quick and easy to make — perfect when you are craving chocolate cookies like now! My kids love these double chocolate cookie bars with a tall glass of cold milk, and I love them with my morning cup of coffee.
Ingredient Notes
Here’s a quick overview of what you need to make this easy dessert and why. Full amounts are in the printable recipe card below.
- Butter — I use salted butter, but unsalted butter is fine. let it soften to room temperature for easier mixing
- Brown and white sugars — a blend of both sugars keeps these bars soft and adds sweetness.
- Eggs — helps to bind the dough
- Vanilla extract — for flavor. Try peppermint or mint for Christmas or St. Patrick’s Day!
- Flour — the base of the bars
- Baking soda — a leavening agent
- Sea salt — just a pinch for flavor and to help cut the sweetness
- Cocoa powder — I use unsweetened dutch process for rich flavor. Regular will also work.
- Chocolate morsels — both semi-sweet chocolate chips and dark chocolate for extra flavor. You can use your favorite chocolate flavor here or even white chocolate chips, though.
- Optional — dress them up with flaky salt after baking or top with seasonal candies or M&M’s for different holidays, like Easter, Christmas and St Patrick’s Day.
How to Make Double Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
First, you cream the butter and the sugars together using a hand mixer or stand mixer. Then, mix in the eggs and vanilla until just combined. Add the flour, salt and baking soda, and sift in the cocoa powder. This prevents clumps and ensures a smoother dough. Finally, stir in the chocolate morsels, and spread the cookie dough into a parchment-paper lined baking dish. Bake for 25-30 minutes, then cool, slice and enjoy!
Recipe Tips
Use parchment paper to line the pan, and lift out after cooling for easy slicing.
Don’t over mix the dough. Mix until just combined to prevent the bars from being too cakey.
Don’t over bake the bars. When done, a toothpick should come out mostly clean, although there may be melted chocolate on the toothpick. The center may still be soft, but will firm up as the bars cool.
Storage
Store the cooled bars in an airtight container at room temperature. They stay fresh for 3-4 days, and actually taste better the next day, as the chocolate flavor deepens overnight. You can place a piece of sandwich bread in the container to help them stay nice and soft. These cookie bars freeze well for up to 3 months.
More Cookie Bars to Try
Love easy desserts? Try my popular sugar cookie bars or chocolate chip bars or these fun monster cookie bars next!
Double Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
Ingredients
- 1 cup butter softened
- 1 cup brown sugar firmly packed
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon sea salt
- ½ cup cocoa powder
- 1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips plus extra for the top
- 1 cup dark chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350℉ and prepare a 9×13 baking dish with parchment paper or nonstick spray
- In a large mixing bowl, cream the softened butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar together until fully combined
- Beat in the eggs and vanilla extract
- Add in the flour, baking soda and sea salt
- Sift in the cocoa powder and mix until just combined
- Stir in the chocolate chips using a spatula or large spoon
- Evenly spread cookie dough into prepared baking dish
- Top cookie bar dough with extra semi sweet chocolate chips
- Bake for 25 minutes, or until edges are firm and toothpick comes out clean
- Remove from oven, allow to cool slightly, then transfer to wire rack or cool surface to cool completely
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Notes
Nutrition
Nutrition information is automatically calculated, so should only be used as an approximation.
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Tons of chocolate! Made these and they only lasted two days. Going to make them again right away. Yummy!
Thanks for the wonderful review, Cindy.
So chocolatey and delicious! Before I knew it I’d accidentally eaten half the batch!
Wow! Glad you enjoyed the cookie bars!