Description
Chocolate chip cookie bars deliver pure comfort straight from your home kitchen to the plate. Packed with melted chocolate and a perfect golden-brown edge, these bars turn classic cookie love into an easy, shareable treat that brings smiles around the table.
Ingredients
Scale
Chocolate Chips:
- 2 cups chocolate chips
Base Ingredients:
- 2 cups flour
- ¾ cup butter
- ½ cup brown sugar
- ½ cup granulated sugar
Supporting Ingredients:
- ½ cup heavy cream
- 1 tablespoon instant coffee granules
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon salt
- 2 teaspoons cornstarch
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 350°F and grab a 9×13-inch baking pan.
- Combine 2 cups flour, 1 teaspoon baking soda, ½ teaspoon salt, and 2 teaspoons cornstarch in a medium bowl.
- Beat ¾ cup softened butter with ½ cup granulated sugar and ¾ cup brown sugar until the mixture becomes fluffy and light.
- Crack one egg into the butter mixture and blend thoroughly.
- Mix in 1 tablespoon instant coffee granules and 1 teaspoon vanilla extract until evenly distributed.
- Gradually fold the dry flour mixture into the wet ingredients at low speed.
- Gently stir 1 ½ cups chocolate chips into the batter.
- Spread the batter evenly across the ungreased baking pan.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes until the edges turn golden brown.
- Remove from oven and let the cookie base cool completely at room temperature.
- Heat ½ cup heavy cream over low heat until it almost reaches a simmer.
- Pour the hot cream over the remaining ½ cup chocolate chips in a separate bowl.
- Let the cream and chocolate sit for 2 minutes, then whisk until smooth and glossy.
- Pour the chocolate ganache evenly over the cooled cookie base.
- Refrigerate for 30 minutes until the chocolate layer sets completely.
- Slice into bars and serve chilled.
Notes
- Always use room temperature butter for the most consistent cream texture and better mixing.
- The coffee intensifies the chocolate flavor, so don’t skip this ingredient even if it seems unusual.
- Avoid overmixing the flour mixture to keep the bars tender and prevent a tough texture.
- Chilling the bars helps the chocolate topping set perfectly and creates cleaner slicing results.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 25 minutes
- Category: Dessert Bars
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: American
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 12
- Calories: 288 kcal
- Sugar: 19 g
- Sodium: 145 mg
- Fat: 16 g
- Saturated Fat: 9 g
- Unsaturated Fat: 6 g
- Trans Fat: 0.3 g
- Carbohydrates: 35 g
- Fiber: 2 g
- Protein: 3 g
- Cholesterol: 30 mg