Easy Halloween cookie bars filled with chocolate chips and Halloween sprinkles. A soft, chewy Halloween cookies recipe the whole family can make, no rolling or decorating required.
WHY YOU'LL LOVE THIS RECIPE
These bars are soft and chewy in the middle with slightly crisp edges, the best of both.
The recipe skips the cookie scooping entirely. Spread, bake, and slice.
The chocolate chips and fun sprinkles make these a Halloween cookies recipe kids can help with from start to finish.
They bake in one 9x13 pan, so they are easy to bring to a party, classroom, or Halloween dinner.
HOW TO MAKE HALLOWEEN COOKIE BARS
- Preheat and prepare. Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a 9x13 inch dish with parchment paper and spray with baking spray.
- Mix the wet ingredients. Melt the butter, then let it cool for a few minutes. In a large bowl, stir the melted butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar together until combined. Add the eggs and vanilla and stir until smooth.
- Mix the dry ingredients. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Combine. Add the dry ingredients to the wet along with 1 ½ cups of the chocolate chips and half of the Halloween sprinkles. Stir until just combined, do not overmix.
- Spread and top. Spread the batter evenly into the prepared pan. Sprinkle the remaining ½ cup chocolate chips and the rest of the sprinkles over the top.
- Bake. Bake for 26 to 28 minutes, until the edges are golden and the center looks set.
- Cool. Let the bars cool in the pan for at least an hour before slicing. They will fall apart if you cut them warm.
QUICK TIPS
Use dark brown sugar, not light. It gives these bars a deeper, more caramel flavor that holds up to the chocolate.
Let the butter cool. Hot melted butter will cook the eggs and make the batter greasy. Let it sit a few minutes after melting.
Do not overbake. The center should look slightly underdone when you pull the pan. It will finish setting as the bars cool, which keeps them soft and chewy.
Line with parchment. The overhanging parchment makes it easy to lift the whole pan of bars out and slice neat squares.
Cool completely. This is the one step you cannot rush. An hour in the pan makes the difference between clean slices and a crumbly mess.
If you want that same festive look in a peanut butter and oat cookie, my Halloween Monster Cookies are the swap, chewy, loaded with M&Ms, and just as easy.
MORE HALLOWEEN TREATS
If you want individual cookies instead of a shared pan, my Simple Halloween Sugar Cookies are the same easy idea in drop cookie form, soft and loaded with M&Ms.
📖 Recipe
Halloween Cookie Bars
Equipment
Ingredients
- ¾ cup unsalted butter
- 1 cup dark brown sugar
- ½ cup granulated sugar
- 3 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 ¾ cups all purpose flour
- 2 ¼ teaspoons baking powder
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 2 cups chocolate chips - divided
- ¼ cup Halloween sprinkles - divided
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350°F. Line a 9x13 inch dish with parchment paper and spray with baking spray.
- Melt the butter, then let it cool for a few minutes. In a large bowl, stir the melted butter, brown sugar, and granulated sugar together until combined. Add the eggs and vanilla and stir until smooth.
- In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, baking powder, and salt.
- Add the dry ingredients to the wet along with 1 ½ cups of the chocolate chips and half of the sprinkles. Stir until just combined.
- Spread the batter evenly into the prepared pan. Sprinkle the remaining ½ cup chocolate chips and the rest of the sprinkles over the top. These Halloween cookie bars bake up soft in the middle with slightly crisp edges.
- Bake for 26 to 28 minutes, until the edges are golden and the center looks set.
- Let the bars cool in the pan for at least an hour before slicing. The full hour keeps these Halloween cookie bars from crumbling when you cut them.
Notes
- Use dark brown sugar for a deeper caramel flavor.
- Let the melted butter cool before adding the eggs so they do not cook.
- Do not overbake, the center should look slightly underdone when you pull the pan, it will finish setting as the bars cool.
Nutrition
Nutritional information is an estimate based on third-party calculations. Actual values may vary due to ingredients, measurements, and serving sizes.
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