Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

Name: Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 18 min
Total time: 28 min
Ingredients: 3/4 cup butter (1 1/2 sticks or 12 tablespoons); 1 cup packed brown sugar; 1/2 cup granulated sugar; 1 large egg; 1 egg yolk; 2 teaspoons vanilla; 2 cups all purpose flour; 1/2 teaspoon baking soda; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/2 cup semi-sweet mini chocolate chips; 1/2 cup chocolate chunks; 1/2 cup walnuts (chopped)

August 4, 2018 · 31 Comments

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Soft and chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars recipe! Filled with mini chocolate chips, chocolate chunks, and walnuts.

In honor of National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day on August 4, I thought I’d post an easy and crowd-pleasing recipe that everyone should have. We all have a chocolate chip cookie recipe we love, but do you know what is even better than chocolate chip cookies? Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars full of chocolate, sugar, and walnuts.

Today, with these Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars, I have partnered with DoubleTree by Hilton in celebration of their new Cook(ie) Book, Start with Cookies. All opinions expressed below are completely my own.

Chocolate Chip Cookie Bar Recipe

For this chocolate chip cookie bar recipe, you’re going to want to gather up all of the regular ingredients you’d use for normal cookies. Plus a couple of special mix-ins. Here’s what you’ll need:

Butter – delicious fat to start these cookies off right.
Brown Sugar and Granulated Sugar – creamed with the butter, these are both used for sweetening and flavor.
Egg and Egg Yolks – these are both used for the structure and texture of the cookie bars.
Vanilla – for flavor.
All-Purpose Flour – to fill out the bars.
Baking Soda – the leavening agent.
Salt – to balance out all the sweetness.
Walnuts – chopped. You could also sub these out for a nut that you like.
Mini Chocolate Chips – I used semi-sweet mini chocolate chips.
Chocolate Chunks – buy storebought or a chocolate bar chopped up.

How to Make Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line glass 9×13 dish with parchment paper and set aside.
Place butter into a large bowl and melt together in the microwave. Stir in brown sugar and granulated sugar until well combined.
Add in egg, egg yolk and vanilla. Mix until lighter in color.
Add in the flour, baking soda, and salt. Scrape the sides of the bowl and the bottom really well to ensure a smooth, well-stirred batter.
Hand-stir the mini chocolate chips, chocolate chunks, and walnuts into the batter and press into prepared pan.
Bake 15-18 minutes or until the center is mostly cooked.
Cool 15 minutes before cutting into bars and serving.

You can definitely cut these when they’re warm (because warm cookies always win over room temperature cookies), but you run the risk of not getting perfect edges. If you’re not photographing them for your blog (ahem), then by all means, dig in immediately. Perhaps with some ice cream too.

More Recipes for National Chocolate Chip Cookie Day!

And don’t forget to celebrate #NationalChocolateChipCookieDay this Saturday (Aug. 4) with a warm DoubleTree Cookie. All DoubleTree by Hilton hotels in the U.S. are giving out free cookies, so swing by!

Printable recipe card is below, print it, pin it or bookmark this page so you can make these Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars anytime you want! Happy baking 🙂