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Christmas Cookie Bars

All Archives, Bars, Christmas, Cookies, Dessert, Holidays, Recipes    ·    November 27, 2018

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

Buttering the pan for Christmas Cookie Bars

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

After baking the cookie on a cookie sheet, add broken up Hershey bars on top.

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

Bake in the oven for a few more minutes to let the chocolate melt and spread with a knife or 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.

Let cool for a few minutes and add M & M candies on top of the melted chocolate.

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.

Cut into triangles and serve Christmas Cookie Bars

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

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Christmas Cookie Bars

Easy to make, colorful and delicious Christmas Cookie Bars will be your new go-to treat for the holidays!
Prep Time15 mins
Cook Time10 mins
Total Time25 mins
Course: Dessert
Cuisine: American
Keyword: Christmas Cookie Bars
Servings: 8
Calories: 894kcal
Author: Mique Provost

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

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

Nutrition

Calories: 894kcal | Carbohydrates: 123g | Protein: 10g | Fat: 41g | Saturated Fat: 25g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0g | Trans Fat: 0g | Cholesterol: 113mg | Sodium: 410mg | Potassium: 108mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 84g | Vitamin A: 860IU | Vitamin C: 0.2mg | Calcium: 124mg | Iron: 3.9mg
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Comments

  1. Avatar for MiqueHena Tayeb says

    November 30, 2018 at 11:09 am

    mm these look so good!

  2. Avatar for MiqueBecky Sher says

    November 27, 2018 at 9:21 am

    I’m always on the lookout for great holiday treats! Does the chocolate harden once it cools? I’m just trying to gauge the “wrappability” of these for a bake sale!

    • Avatar for MiqueMique says

      November 27, 2018 at 9:32 am

      Hi Becky- yes the chocolate hardens. They would wrap up easily for a bake sale!

  3. Avatar for MiqueJenny says

    November 27, 2018 at 7:58 am

    You did not list in the ingredients section how many eggs to use.

    • Avatar for MiqueMique says

      November 27, 2018 at 8:11 am

      Hi Jenny – sorry about that! The recipe is updated.

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