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Soft, chewy cake mix cookie bars are made with just 4 easy-to-find ingredients and taste like they came from a professional bakery! These have to be the easiest cookies ever to put together.
This is the perfect recipe to grab when you’re having a mad crazy cookie craving or when your kid tells you at 10 pm they need to bring cookies to the bake sale at 7 am the next morning!
If you’re a fan of the fabulous bar cookie then I hope you’ll try more of our family’s favorites! 7 layer bars, carmelitas, S’more bars, and sugar cookie bars!
CAKE MIX COOKIE BARS INGREDIENTS
- Yellow Cake Mix: Any brand will work.
- Eggs: Large eggs.
- Butter: You can swap this out for vegetable oil or even applesauce.
- Chocolate Chips: I used semisweet but any type will do. My hubs like it best with milk chocolate chips and my son likes it with peanut butter chips.
STORING + FREEZING + MAKE-AHEAD
- How Long Can You Keep This In The Fridge? Slice the leftovers and place them in an airtight container, these chocolate chip cake mix cookie bars can be stored in the fridge for a week.
- Can You Freeze This? Yes. Simply wrap individual slices well (I suggest you hotel wrap it for maximum freshness. Here’s how to do it!) and freeze for up to 4-6 months. To thaw, let sit in the fridge overnight.
- Make-Ahead Tips: This chocolate chip cookie bars made with cake mix is so easy to make, but you can bake this ahead of time, this can be kept on the kitchen counter for a day or two. You can also go to the fridge and freezer route.
- Food Safety: If you’d like more info on food safety check out this link.
TIPS
- Tips for spreading the batter: When the dough is mixed it becomes very thick. Use a rubber spatula or your hands with a little bit of butter on them to spread the dough into the baking dish.
- Do Not Overmix: Because this cake mix bars is so simple, it’s easy to accidentally overmix the bars. I fold the chocolate chips in rather than use the mixer for this reason.
VARIATIONS FOR CHOCOLATE CHIP CAKE MIX COOKIE BARS
Since these start with a cake mix, variations are as easy as switching up the flavor of the mix!
Try These Next!
- Spice cake mix with white chocolate chips.
- Red Velvet cake mix with white chocolate chips.
- Funfetti cake mix with white chocolate chips.
- Chocolate cake mix with peanut butter chips.
- Strawberry cake mix with dark chocolate chips.
HOW TO MAKE 4 INGREDIENT CAKE MIX COOKIE BARS
- Lightly beat the eggs.
- Combine the cake mix, eggs, and butter.
- Mix with a hand-held electric mixer.
- Fold in the chocolate chips.
- Spread dough evenly in the prepared baking dish and bake.
***See the full instructions below
MORE DESSERT BAR RECIPES YOU’LL LOVE ♥
- Lemon Bars
- Strawberry Bars
- Cranberry Bliss Bars
- Blueberry Cheesecake Bars
- Lemon Blueberry Bars
- Coconut Bars
- Blackberry Pie Bars
- Pecan Pie Bars
- Peach Crumb Bars
- Pumpkin Bars
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Cake Mix Cookie Bars
Soft, chewy cake mix cookie bars are made with just 4 easy to find ingredients and taste like they came from a professional bakery!
Servings: 16 servings
Ingredients
- 1 (15.25-ounce) box yellow cake mix
- 2 large eggs, lightly beaten
- 1/3 cup butter, melted
- 1 (12-ounce) bag chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°F (177°C). Spray a 9X13 inch baking dish with nonstick baking spray.
- In a small mixing bowl, lightly beat the eggs (2).
- In a large mixing bowl, using a hand-held electric mixer, mix together cake mix (1 box), eggs, and melted butter (1/3 cup).
- Fold in chocolate chips (12 ounces) until evenly dispersed.
- Spread dough evenly in the prepared baking dish. The dough is very thick.
- Bake in preheated oven for 20-22 minutes, or until the toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. Cool completely, then cut and serve!
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Notes
- Tips for spreading the batter: When the dough is mixed it becomes very thick. Use a rubber spatula or your hands with a little bit of butter on them to spread the dough into the baking dish.
- Do Not Overmix: Because this recipe is so simple, it’s easy to accidentally overmix the bars. I fold the chocolate chips in rather than use the mixer for this reason.
Nutrition
Serving: 1serving | Calories: 262kcal | Carbohydrates: 36g | Protein: 2g | Fat: 12g | Saturated Fat: 7g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Trans Fat: 0.2g | Cholesterol: 37mg | Sodium: 272mg | Potassium: 10mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 25g | Vitamin A: 200IU | Vitamin C: 0.1mg | Calcium: 29mg | Iron: 0.4mg
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I’ve been thinking what will I do with my yellow cake mix in the pantry that was about to expire, but I don’t want cake again, Gurl, I’m glad I saw this recipe! I tried this with dark chocolate chips!
Hey, Angela! So happy you made this 🙂 I gotta try this with dark choco chips next.