Christmas Cookie Bars

Easy to make, colorful and delicious Christmas Cookie Bars will be your new go to treat for the holidays!

Cookie Bars

Over the years I’ve made dozens, if not more, of Christmas treats during the holidays.  We like to deliver treats to friends and family each year.  These Christmas Cookie Bars are easy to make in bulk, don’t cost a lot and taste amazing.  You should try them out to deliver to your friends and neighbors!

Other Christmas Treats

If you love this easy Cookie Bar recipe, you’re going to love these other Christmas treats. Please click each link below to find the easy, printable recipe!

• Reindeer Rice Krispies 
• Peppermint Homemade Oreos
• Cranberry Orange Bread
• Cranberry Pistachio Christmas Cookies

How to Make Cookie Bars

Normally I don’t share as many pictures of the process of my recipes.  As I was making these cookie bars, I did step by step so that you can see exactly how they come together.  The full recipe is at the bottom of this post.

Quick tip: I typically soften my butter in our microwave since it has a “soften” setting.  After I add all of the butter to the cookie batter, I set the butter wrapper aside to use on my cookie sheet.  It’s perfect for this type of recipe that calls for butter and flour.  Or you can use baking spray – that works too!

Oh and make sure to get yourself some of the best baking sheets. I swear by these!

After baking the base of these bars, you’ll break apart Hershey bars or whatever kind of chocolate you want to use.  Like so:

Then stick it back in the oven to let the chocolate melt and spread it with a knife or a spatula.

Next add treats – I like Christmas color M & M’s but you can use whatever you’d like! Change up the colors and make these for other holidays too.

At the last minute I decided to use colorful sprinkles just because the bars look even more festive! Once the bars are cool (you can place them in the fridge to harden quicker), cut into triangles and pull them apart.

I mean, come on… they look so good and colorful don’t they?!

Cookie Bar Recipe

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Christmas Cookie Bars

Prep Time

15 mins

Cook Time

10 mins

Total Time

25 mins

 

Easy to make, colorful and delicious Christmas Cookie Bars will be your new go-to treat for the holidays!

Course: Dessert

Cuisine: American

Keyword: Christmas Cookie Bars

Servings: 8

Calories: 894 kcal

Ingredients

• 1 c butter unsalted softened
• 1 c brown sugar
• ¾ c sugar
• 2 eggs
• 1 tbsp vanilla
• ¾ tsp baking soda
• ¾ tsp salt
• 3 c flour
• 6.8 oz milk chocolate Hershey Bar broken into pieces
• 11.4 oz M&M's holiday colors

Instructions

1. Cream butter and sugars.
2. Add eggs and vanilla.
3. Then add dry ingredients.
4. Spread in a greased/floured cookie sheet.
5. Bake at 350 degrees for 9-11 mins, until golden brown on top.
6. Remove from oven and immediately place broken chocolate bar on top of the cookie dough.
7. Return to oven for 2-3 minutes (keeping an eye on it), just to melt the chocolate.
8. Take out of oven and spread the chocolate with a knife or spatula to the edges of the cookie dough.
9. Let cool for 10 minutes. Add M&M's to the top (nuts can be added too).
10. Cut into triangles.
11. Serve and enjoy!

Nutrition Facts

Christmas Cookie Bars

Amount Per Serving

Calories 894 Calories from Fat 369

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 41g 63%

Saturated Fat 25g 125%

Trans Fat 0g

Polyunsaturated Fat 0g

Monounsaturated Fat 0g

Cholesterol 113mg 38%

Sodium 410mg 17%

Potassium 108mg 3%

Total Carbohydrates 123g 41%

Dietary Fiber 2g 8%

Sugars 84g

Protein 10g 20%

Vitamin A 17.2%

Vitamin C 0.3%

Calcium 12.4%

Iron 21.4%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.