Have you ever been invited to a potluck meal and spend hours trying to figure out what you can take? I like to bake so I try to find an easy and delicious dessert that everyone will enjoy. In my pantry, I have all sorts of candies and nuts for baking. I tend to not use nuts if it will be served to a crowd where someone may have a peanut allergy. These chewy brownie chocolate chip cookie bars with Cadbury Eggs would be ideal and sure to please a crowd.
Brownies and chocolate chips are a great combination for any dessert like these Chocolate Easter Eggs stuffed with frosted Brownie Bites. The recipe is simple and easy to make so in no time you will have the best chocolate chip cookies bars you have tasted. You can always prepare a few days ahead of time and freeze until you are ready to serve them.
Baking with Cadbury Eggs
Most times when we think about Cadbury mini or creme eggs we think about Easter. That’s when all the pretty pastel colours are out and fully stocked. Avid bakers will know that the local grocery store or even Walmart will have them available all year round. While not everyone likes cream eggs, they do make a nice topping for any cookie bar recipe. You can always substitute the eggs with the chocolate candy of your choice.
If you have more eggs to use up and need more recipes for baking delicious treats, check out these 11 recipes that call for Cadbury Eggs.
Brownies with chocolate chip cookie dough
So you decided to bake these thick and chewy brownie chocolate chip cookie bars for your family. What a great choice! This recipe calls for a box of brownie mix and of course homemade chocolate chip cookie dough. When you can’t decide if you want brownies or cookies, this recipe has you covered.
Recipe for brownie chocolate chip cookie bars with Cadbury Cream Eggs
This year for Easter, we are baking with Cadbury Eggs and making these yummy cookie bars with Chocolate chips! This recipe for brownie chocolate chip cookie bars is ideal for Easter treats.
Cookie Bar Ingredients
- 1 stick unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar, packed
- 1 egg
- 1 Tsp vanilla
- 1 cup + 2 Tbsp flour
- 1/2 Tsp baking soda
- 1/4 Tsp salt
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 8-10 Cadbury Mini Cream Eggs, halved for topping (1/2 egg of each piece, so you can add more if you like and you can use mini eggs too, but you will need 16 or so)
- 1/4 cup of pastel (or other colours) M&M’s for topping
- 1 box of brownie mix with eggs, oil, and water for brownie mix
- Butter to grease pan or parchment paper
How to make brownie chocolate chip cookie bars
1. With an electric mixer, cream butter and sugars in a small mixing bowl.
2. Add vanilla and egg; cream again until smooth.
3. Add the flour, baking soda, and salt.
4. Stir gently until incorporated.
5. Stir in chocolate chips.
6. Store in the refrigerator until ready to use.
7. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
8. Prepare brownie batter as directed. Pour batter for the chocolate chip cookie bars into a greased glass 9×13 baking dish or use parchment paper.
9. Scatter pieces of cookie dough over the top of the brownie batter.
10. Bake for 35-40 minutes or until you can insert a toothpick and it comes out clean. If you are covering with foil to keep the cookies from getting too brown on top, leave for 50 minutes or more and keep checking every 5 minutes until you can insert a toothpick and it comes out clean.
11. While baking take your Cadbury creme eggs and half them, then set aside.
12. Once out of the oven quickly place the Cadbury creme eggs on top and
the pastel M&M’s.
13. Let stand for 15-20 minutes and cut into pieces for serving.
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Cadbury Brownie Cookie Bars with Chocolate Chips
Equipment
- Electric mixer
- 9×13 baking dish
Ingredients
- 1 stick unsalted butter
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1/2 cup brown sugar packed
- 1 egg
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup flour
- 2 tbsp flour
- 1/2 tsp baking soda
- 1/4 tsp salt
- 1 cup chocolate chips
- 10 Cadbury creme eggs halved for topping (1/2 egg of each piece, so you can add more if you like and you can use mini eggs too, but you will need 16 or so)
- 1/4 cup M&M's pastel or other colours M&M’s for topping
- 1 box of brownie mix
- eggs, oil, and water for brownie mix
- butter to grease pan or use parchment paper
Instructions
- With an electric mixer, cream butter and sugars in a small mixing bowl.
- Add vanilla and egg; cream again until smooth.
- Add the flour, baking soda, and salt.
- Stir gently until incorporated.
- Stir in chocolate chips.
- Store in the refrigerator until ready to use.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
- Prepare brownie batter as directed.
- Pour batter into a greased glass 9×13 baking dish ( or use parchment paper).
- Scatter pieces of cookie dough over the top of the brownie batter.
- Bake for 35-40 minutes or until you can insert a toothpick and it comes out clean. If you are covering with foil to keep the cookies from getting too brown on top, leave for 50 minutes or more and keep checking every 5 minutes until you can insert a toothpick and it comes out clean.
- While baking take your Cadbury creme eggs and half them, then set aside.
- Once out of the oven quickly place the Cadbury creme eggs on top and the pastel M&M’s.
- Let stand for 15-20 minutes and cut into pieces for serving.
These Cadbuy cookie bars look amazing, not only for Easter but year round.
The cookie bars looks delicious I love the blue bowl so pretty
These cookie bars look so delicious! I’m sure they would be a huge hit with my grandchildren.
Hoping they like them!
These Cadbury cookie bars are so gooey chewy, they’re so good.
I would love to make this recipe with my grandchildren. Cadbury eggs are their favorite and this recipe looks like the perfect sweet treat.
These cookie bars look so good. We will have to try them at Easter.
Looks so tempting to eat 😛