chocolate chip cookie brownie bars
Chocolate chip cookies meet rich and fudgy brownies in these decadent chocolate chip cookie brownie bars, the best of both classic favorites. There’s no need to choose between cookie or brownie here, making these layered treats a must for any dessert lover.
Topped with chocolate chips and baked until just set (go for a slightly gooey center!), there’s nothing better than a chocolate chip cookie brownie collision.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Brownie Bars
- Yield: 12 bars
Ingredients
Brownie Layer
- 1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/4 cup unsalted butter, cubed
- 2 large eggs, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 3/4 cup flour
Cookie Layer
- 1 1/4 cups flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1/2 cup unsalted butter, at room temperature
- 1/2 cup sugar
- 1/4 cup light brown sugar
- 1 large egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1/2 cup semisweet chocolate chips
Topping
- 2 Tbsp semisweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F and line an 8-inch square baking pan with parchment paper. For the brownie layer, combine chocolate chips and butter in a microwave-safe bowl and heat together in 30 second intervals, stirring after each interval until smooth and glossy. Let cool slightly.
- Combine eggs, sugar, salt, and vanilla in a medium mixing bowl. Whisk together until light and fluffy, about 1 minute. Whisk in melted chocolate. Fold in flour just until incorporated. Pour batter into prepared pan and smooth with an offset spatula.
- For the cookie layer, whisk together flour, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl. Beat butter and sugars in a large mixer bowl at medium speed until creamy. Beat in egg and vanilla until combined. Reduce speed to low and gradually add flour mixture; beat just until incorporated. Fold in chocolate chips.
- Drop spoonfuls of cookie dough evenly over brownie batter (don’t worry about a completely even layer of dough). Gently smooth cookie dough with an offset spatula and sprinkle dough with chocolate chips, pressing gently to adhere.
- Bake for about 38 to 40 minutes, until top and edges are golden and set (tent with foil after 25 minutes of baking time to prevent over-browning). Cool completely in baking pan on a wire rack. Lift parchment to remove bars from pan and place on a cutting board; cut into bars with a sharp knife.
Keywords: Cookie Bars, Bars, Brookies, Brownie Cookie Bars
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These look absolutely delicious Laura! Two treats in one! Your photos are just gorgeous!!
This is my kind of dessert, they looks irresistible, sharing!
What a surprise of chocolate is hiding in the brownie layer! This is a bar everyone would love!
Yum, these look mighty delicious, Laura. Thank you for this and the amazingly constant stream of fun recipes you bake up for the rest of us. Cheers, Ardith
Delicious! Love the look of these Laura!
You just combined 2 of my favorite desserts. In love with these bars!
My family thanks you in advance for combining these two all-time favorite desserts! They look amazing!
I love these kind of treats where I don’t have to decide 🙂 Perfectly delicious!
Those cracks on the crust is so perfect! cookie and brownie together .. cannot beat that 🙂
Love this recipe! Combining a cookie and brownie in the same dessert sounds too delicious!
Brilliant idea to combine both desserts into one! I can only imagine how decadent and divine these are! My kids would go nuts over it 🙂
These were delicious! Love the combination of two of my go-to desserts. Thanks for the recipe and also for the recommendation of tenting the bars with foil at the 25 minute mark.
★★★★★
Thanks so much, Ana! Happy to hear that! 🙂