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These Chewy Double Chocolate Cookie Bars are like half brownies and half cookies! Super rich and fabulous topped with ice cream 🙂
Chocolate Cookie Bars
Double Chocolate Cookie Bars! They are chewy, so chocolatey, so fast to make a batch and are incredible topped with ice cream. {Especially this ice cream!} These are the perfect cookie bar for a crowd and it makes a fabulous sweet treat for any summer picnic.
Main Ingredients Needed
Here’s everything you’ll need to make these divine Chocolate Cookie Bars!
- Butter – this is necessary for the texture of the cookie.
- Sugar – regular granulated sugar here, to sweeten.
- Egg – for structure.
- Vanilla Extract – for flavor.
- All-Purpose Flour – this fills out the rest of the cookie bars.
- Cocoa Powder – unsweetened, for super chocolatey flavor.
- Baking Soda – this is our leavening agent.
- Salt – to balance out all the sweetness.
- Mini Chocolate Chips – I used semi-sweet chocolate chips for this recipe because milk chocolate would be too sweet.
Love chocolate cookies? Try these ones next: Hot Pot Chocolate Cookies Recipe, Chocolate Fudge Cake Mix Cookies, Chocolate Mint Cookies, and Double Chocolate M&M Cookie Recipe.
How to Make Chocolate Cookie Bars
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheet with parchment paper or silicone baking mat and set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Stir in egg and vanilla. Scrape sides and whip until light and fluffy. Stir in all dry ingredients until just incorporated. Scrape sides and mix again briefly. Stir chocolate chips into the dough.
- Spread a thin layer onto prepared baking sheets and bake approximately 12 minutes. Cool cookie bars completely before slicing.
- Serve with ice cream…and chocolate sauce for good measure.
Leftovers
Any leftover cookie bars can be stored in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
More Cookie Bars to Try!
- Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
- Sugar Cookie Bars
- Carmelitas
- Caramel Snickerdoodle Bars
- Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Bars
- S’mores Bars
If you loved this Chocolate Cookie Bars recipe you definitely need to check out my other cookie bars!
Printable recipe card is below, print it, pin it, bookmark it. Happy baking 🙂
Double Chocolate Cookie Bars
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1 cup granulated sugar
- 1 egg
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup all purpose flour
- 1/2 cup unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 cup mini semi sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Line baking sheet with parchment paper or silicone baking mat and set aside.
- In a large bowl, cream butter and sugar. Stir in egg and vanilla. Scrape sides and whip until light and fluffy. Stir in all dry ingredients until just incorporated. Scrape sides and mix again briefly. Stir chocolate chips into the dough.
- Spread a thin layer onto prepared baking sheets and bake approximately 12 minutes. Cool cookie bars completely before slicing. Store in an airtight container for up to 3 days.
- Serve with ice cream…and chocolate sauce for good measure.
Cannot wait to make this today. My kids love brownies and lots of chocolate.
Just saw the answer above! Thanks!
These look so good, Lauren! Can you tell me what size baking sheet you used? Thanks!
Holy cow this batter is super thick and difficult to spread!
I made these this past weekend & they were so yummy! We actually cut them up & made them into ice cream sandwiches! Very very good!
These look good. I was looking for a chocolate cookie to make an ice cream sandwiche. What size baking sheet do you spread the dough on? Do you know how the cookie freezes? Thanks for the recipe.
It’s a half sheet pan, which is 18×13. Did you want to freeze them before or after baking. As long as you wrap them well, it should be fine either way.
I made these last weekend & actually made them into ice cream sandwiches & they worked really well!
I love love love ice cream and brownies!!!! Have fun this weekend!
I was going to request brownies and ice cream for my birthday. I have changed my mind to this. My husband will be trying out this recipe next week!
What size pan please?
I used a half sheet pan which is 18×13.
I love chocolaty cookie/bars like this with ice cream on top. Reminds me of my childhood.