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Candy Studded Chocolate Cookie Bars

July 2, 2014 by overtimecook 5 Comments

Candy Studded Chocolate Cookie Bars are an easy, delicious and fun treat that will bring out the kid in all of us!

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Y’know how they say that “Growing old is mandatory, but growing up is optional”? Well I’m a firm believer in that saying. Kids are awesome. Adults? We want a new car and a 20% raise and we still won’t be as happy as a child with a colorful lollypop the size of their face. And a kid can occupy themselves with a cardboard box longer than we can keep busy with an iPad.

Well good news folks. You can feel like a kid again if you make these Candy Studded Chocolate Cookie Bars. They’re simply adorable, and oh-so-fun. But here’s the thing. They taste great. Like, great enough for us sophisticated adults.  Or at least for people like me, who pretend to be sophisticated adults, when all we really want is a huge bite of a Candy Studded Chocolate Cookie Bar.

Oh, one more thing. If you’re only an adult in the sense that you’re tired and have too much to do, there’s good news for you too. These are seriously easy. Practically effortless. Go on. Make them. Your inner child will thank you!

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Candy Studded Chocolate Cookie Bars
Author: Miriam Pascal, OvertimeCook.com
Recipe type: Dessert
Cook time:  15 mins
Total time:  15 mins
 
Originally published in my column in Ami/Whisk magazine
Ingredients
  • 2 sticks (1 cup) margarine or butter
  • 1 cup sugar
  • ⅔ cup brown sugar
  • 1 teaspoon vanilla
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 3 eggs
  • ⅔ cup cocoa powder
  • 2 cup flour
  • 1 cup M&M's or chocolate lentils, preferably mini
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 350. Line a cookie sheet with parchment paper and set aside.
  2. In the bowl of an electric mixer, combine the margarine, sugar and brown sugar and beat until creamy.
  3. Add the vanilla and baking soda and beat until combined. Add the eggs, one at a time, beating well to combine after each addition.
  4. Add the cocoa powder and flour and beat until just combined.
  5. Stir in the chocolate lentils, being careful not to over-mix.
  6. Spread the mixture over the prepared cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for 15 minutes. Remove from the oven and set aside to cool before cutting into squares.
Tips:
  1. Change it up by switching out the chocolate lentils for flavored chips, such as cappuccino chips
  2. Prefer a dense, fudgy brownie texture? Bake the mixture in a 9x13 pan for 35-40
  3. Make this match your party color scheme by getting the correct colored M&M's (i.e. pink for a baby girl party).
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Thanks for stopping by my friends! I hope you enjoy these like a kid in a candy store! Come back soon. 🙂 -Miriam

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Filed Under: Bar Desserts, Chocolate, Cookies, Dessert, Super-Easy Tagged With: bar, candy, Chocolate, cookie, dessert, easy recipe, recipe


Comments

  1. Liz @ Tip Top Shape says

    July 3, 2014 at 7:28 pm

    These remind me of the plastic wrapped chocolate cookie bars you get at the grocery store. Those were my jam growing up (although my mom never let us buy them too often) so I’m sure I would love these!!!

    Reply
  2. Paula says

    July 3, 2014 at 7:40 pm

    These look wonderful and I loved your intro paragraph 🙂 Happy July 4th to you 🙂

    Reply
  3. Rochel says

    July 3, 2014 at 11:14 pm

    Just made them with choc chips and chopped honey glazed pecans. They are really yum! Thanks!

    Reply
    • overtimecook says

      July 7, 2014 at 1:49 pm

      Happy to hear!

      Reply
  4. Miri says

    July 14, 2014 at 7:08 am

    Just made them shabbos. The grandkids devoured them

    Reply

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