Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
One of my all time favorite bar treats is the classic chocolate chip cookie bar. Are you surprised since I am obsessed with chocolate chip treats? I love chocolate chip cookies, chocolate chip muffins, and I even created a chocolate chip cookie milkshake 
I’ve been making these bars since I was a kid. My brother, sister, and I liked to whip these up when we were allowed to make a mess in the kitchen. I was craving them the other day and realized I never shared the recipe on our site. Oops! Everyone needs this easy recipe for chocolate chip cookie bars!
The cookie dough is easy to make. You should have all of the ingredients at home. Feel free to use whatever chocolate chips you like. I usually use semi-sweet chocolate chips, but I have made them with milk chocolate chips and white chocolate chips. If you are a butterscotch lover, feel free to throw those in as well. I love that you don’t have to form the cookies into dough balls, you just pour the cookie dough right into the pan-the joy of bar treats. Before baking, I like to sprinkle the cookie bars very lightly with sea salt. I love the hint of sea salt in my cookies. If you are not a salt fan, feel free to skip this step.
The chocolate chip cookie bars bake up in about 30 minutes. They are great for when you are short on time and need a killer dessert. Everyone loves these bars. They transport well and are also wonderful with a scoop of ice cream on top.
If you are a chocolate chip cookie fan, you will love these chocolate chip cookie bars. The bars are thick, chewy, and loaded with chocolate chips. Our family loves them and I am sure yours will too.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
Yield: 24 cookie bars
Cook Time: 25-30 minutes
Ingredients:
2 1/8 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
12 tablespoons butter, melted and cooled to room temperature
1 cup light brown sugar
1/2 cup granulated sugar
1 large egg
1 large egg yolk
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
2 cups chocolate chips
Sea salt, for sprinkling over bars-optionalDirections:
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Spray a 9x13-inch baking pan with nonstick cooking spray and set aside.
2. In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, salt, and baking soda. Set aside.
3. In the bowl of a stand mixer, mix the melted butter and sugars together until combined. Add the egg, egg yolk, and vanilla extract and mix until smooth. Slowly add the dry ingredients and mix on low, just until combined. Stir in the chocolate chips.
4. Pour cookie dough into the prepared pan, smoothing the top with the spatula. Sprinkle cookie bars very lightly with sea salt, if desired. Bake cookie bars for 25-30 minutes or until the top of the bars are light golden brown and the edges start to pull away from the pan. Cool bars on a wire rack to room temperature. Cut bars into squares and serve.
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I love your gift for making sweet things. Your baby is going to be the happiest kid! Have a wonderful weekend!
Chocolate chip cookies in any form are perfection in my book. I can imagine using these bars as a base for s’mores…oh yum.
I couldn’t agree more with Tracy – any form of chocoalte chip cookies is a winner in my books!!! These look gorgeous, I love the little stack with the ribbon – would make a great little gift
Such an awesome treat! And they look so pretty all wrapped up in ribbon
I’m seriously drooling. Who doesn’t love chocolate chip cookie bars?!? Or chocolate chip cookie anything for that matter…
So we are sitting around, and my 20 yr old son says, let’s bake something sweet. Somehow I ended up on your blog, and guess just what came out of the oven, looking as beautiful as yours? Chocolate chip cookie bars! Yum. We might even gift some with a blue ribbon too. Thanks!
Two Peas replied: — June 25th, 2011 @ 11:24 am
Cookie bars make a great gift! Glad you enjoyed them!
I want to eat that cookie dough right off the screen!
Just made these and they are delicious!~ Mine actually look as good as yours too! This recipe is a keeper!
Two Peas replied: — June 25th, 2011 @ 11:23 am
Glad you liked the cookie bars!
I love your chocolate chip cookie obsession (mainly because I’m glad I’m not alone)! You’re right, these are a great option for a quick, impressive dessert. Thanks for the reminder of such a sweet treat!
These look wonderful…and a great dessert for company! Thanks for sharing!
I often make chocolate chip cookie bars rather than cookies – so much easier! These look really good, Maria.
I love chocolate chip anything too! These look incrdible! My mom got me a dalring Double chocolate chip cake from Cold Stone Creamery for my birthday! It was SO darn good!!
WOW! these look delish!
You always manage to make food look so pretty – these look fab
Two Peas replied: — June 26th, 2011 @ 6:01 pm
Thanks Beth!
Maria, everything you post is always amazing and is exactly as you post. You are phenomenal, can’t wait to try. I’ve made like every cookie recipe you’ve posted. So, I know this will be fabulous. Question: I love sea salt too- when you make your cookies and other baked goods in general, what type of salt do you use? I see you sprinkled a little sea salt on top of these, is sea salt in the dough as well?
Two Peas replied: — June 26th, 2011 @ 6:01 pm
Thanks Heather! Real Salt, Celtic, and Maldon are all good brands of sea salt. I did sprinkle a smidge of sea salt on the bars before baking. I like the salty kick:)
Made these last night for a BBQ and everyones was going nuts over them. In fact I caught people snitching them before dinner. I love this recipe, it is a definite keeper!!! Thanks!
Two Peas replied: — June 26th, 2011 @ 5:59 pm
I would be snitching them before dinner too:) Glad everyone liked the cookie bars!
My sister just made chocolate chip cookie bars this weekend and we were both saying how much we love them, but we FORGET to make them! Love your addition of the sprinkle of sea salt! Will try that next time!
Extra moist and chewy, just the way a cookie should be…
Perfect potluck food. I was at one today and have another to go to for the 4th.
Yum, chocolate chip bars, now I love the idea of that, all I need is a tall glass of milk to wash them down with. I would (and still do) take a huge spoonful of batter and eat it.
yum yum yum! love these!
These were amazing! I made these Saturday morning and they were gone by Sunday morning! My family loved them but I think I probably ate half the pan myself. Not sure if it is safe to make them again!
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These look delicious! Have you tried them as cookies (not bars, even though bars are amazing)? They are one of my favourite cookie recipes, from Cook’s Illustrated! Yum!
Love these! Chocolate chip cookie bars were also my baking staple when I was younger. I always liked to add peanut butter chips to mine along with the chocolate chips. Now I want to make them again!
i just ran across your blog + LOVE it. i was drooling over these cookie bars at work yesterday and went straight home to whip them up. i loved the addition of sea salt sprinkled on top! thank you for sharing!
The perfect recipe to use to make my Chocolate Chip Cookie Cake! Thanks for checking it out!
http://www.thegunnysack.com/2011/06/mid-week-munchies-chocolate-chip-cookie.html
This was an excellent recipe! You posted it on a day that I needed a quick dessert to bring to a church picnic. This was quick and delicious. I’m making it for the second time. It will definitely be one of my go to quick dessert recipes! Thanks!
My daughter made these yesterday — she was in charge of dessert and I was in charge of dinner. Big fail on my part but wow! These were amazing!! The light sprinkling of salt made them perfect!
Hi! These look delicious. I was wondering if you thought the bars were hearty enough to be cut into star shapes using a cookie cutter (after cooling). I’m trying to make star-shaped cookies. Any advice is greatly appreciated!
Two Peas replied: — July 12th, 2011 @ 9:33 am
Let the bars cool and then cut them into shapes. Enjoy!
I made these for my co workers this week and they were a hit! They were gone before lunch time even hit and they were asking for more, lol! Thank you for such yummy recipes!!
Two Peas replied: — July 18th, 2011 @ 10:04 am
Glad your co workers enjoyed the cookie bars!
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OOOOOHHHHHHHHHH! I love this! A people pleaser that lets me sleep! YUMMY!!!
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I made these last night as appreciation gifts to summer camp counselors who have been looking after my girls this summer. So good! Thanks for providing 1) an awesome CC recipe and 2) a recipe that makes loads of bars which in turn make perfect gift items. I am on my way to trying out some more of your dessert recipes!
Two Peas replied: — August 12th, 2011 @ 9:39 am
Glad you liked the chocolate chip cookie bars! They are one of my favorite treats!
I just made a very similar recipe – wish I had sprinkled them with sea salt tho.
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Thank you for this delicious recipe! It is now one of our new favorites!