If you need an easy dessert that doesn’t take much time, cookie bar recipes are always a great option. I love making bars for parties and potlucks, because you get all the flavors of your favorite cookies but they’re so simple to put together and bake in one pan.
This roundup includes the very best bar cookie recipes that are easy to make and perfect for any occasion. You’ll find a mix of classic favorites and fun new flavor combinations, so there’s something for everyone!
Bar cookies recipes are one of those desserts that make life easier, especially when you don’t feel like dealing with cutting and rolling. They’re simple, versatile, and always a crowd favorite.
- Everything bakes in one pan, so you don’t have to worry about rotating trays or keeping track of multiple batches.
- There’s no scooping or shaping dough; you can simply spread or press the cookie dough into the pan and bake.
- Once they’re cooled, these sweets are easy to slice into squares or bars, making serving quick and simple.
- They’re a great option when you need to feed a crowd, since one batch makes plenty.
- Chewy cookie bars work well for making ahead. Simply bake them in the oven, wrap well, and store according to the recipe directions until you’re ready to serve.
For more simple-to-make treats, check out my roundups of best mini desserts and best easy Christmas cookies.
Toffee Blondies
Sweet, chewy blondies are topped with a layer of chocolate toffee bits and baked to perfection. This easy recipe makes 24 bars, and is guaranteed to make your friends and family happy!
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Smores Bars with Graham Crackers
These easy S’mores Cookie Bars are baked in a 9 x 13 pan with a soft brown sugar and graham cracker crumb base, layers of chopped chocolate, and gooey marshmallow fluff. Made in one bowl and ready in under an hour, they deliver all the classic campfire flavors in a simple bar cookie that’s perfect for sharing.
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Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
These Coconut Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars are a fresh twist on classic magic cookie bars. With a buttery crust and a gooey coconut-chocolate filling, they're the perfect treat for satisfying your sweet tooth!
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Chewy Butterscotch Brownies
Easy butterscotch cookie bars are soft, chewy, and full of rich brown sugar and buttery flavor. Made with simple pantry staples and mixed together in one bowl, the thick batter bakes up perfectly every time. They’re an easy, no-fuss dessert that’s perfect for sharing, snacking, or satisfying a sweet craving fast.
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Cranberry Orange White Chocolate Bar Cookies
This easy cranberry bars recipe features fresh orange zest, tangy dried cranberries, and a drizzle of melted white chocolate on chewy blondies bar cookies. Perfect for holidays, cookie exchanges and snacking!
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Monster Cookie Bars
Indulge in the ultimate sweet treat with our Monster Cookie Bars recipe – packed with chocolate chips, peanut butter, and M&M’s!
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Millionaire Bars Recipe
Silky chocolate tops a gooey caramel filling, all over a buttery shortbread crust. Creamy meets crunchy in these decadent Millionaire Bars!
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Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bars
Chocolate Chip Zucchini Bars – so good, they taste like Grandma made them! Try this easy, better-for-you recipe this zucchini season.
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Sweet Potato Bars
These no-bake sweet potato bars are moist, chewy, and naturally sweetened. Topped with whipped cinnamon honey frosting, they re gluten-free, dairy-free, and irresistibly indulgent.
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Carmelitas Cookie Bars
Carmelitas cookie bars are a rich layered treat made with oatmeal, nuts, chocolate, caramel and crumble crust. Each chewy bite is a perfect blend of sweet, salty and nutty.
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Slow Cooker Peanut Butter Cookie Bars
Soft, chewy, and loaded with peanut butter goodness, these Slow Cooker Peanut Butter Cookie Bars are the ultimate sweet treat! Since they’re made in a slow cooker, this easy recipe is perfect for busy holidays, parties, or any time you have a sweet tooth!
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Chewy Biscoff Blondies with Cookie Butter Icing
Chewy Biscoff Blondies are full of cookie butter flavor and are topped with spiced icing and toffee crunch.
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Root Beer Float Bars
If you’re a root beer fan, you’ll love these Chewy Root Beer Float Bars. Fragrant with spices. Sassafras, winter green, cinnamon, and allspice, these bars are warm and welcoming.
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Peanut Butter Pretzel Bars
Easy peanut butter pretzel bars with chocolate topping! This no-bake dessert features milk chocolate, peanut butter, crushed pretzels, and just two more ingredients, and is ready in 1 hour. A 9- by 13-inch pan makes 24 bars, perfect for parties and family gatherings.
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Easy Lemon Bars
Easy lemon bars with a buttery crust and tangy, sweet filling—perfect for a quick, crowd-pleasing dessert anytime.
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Brownie Blondies (Gluten-Free)
These gluten-free brownie blondies have layers of fudgy chocolate brownies and vanilla blondies. They have crackly tops and a marble swirl!
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Apple Crumble Bars with Salted Date Caramel Drizzle
These apple crumble bars with salted date caramel drizzle blend the cozy elements of apple crumble and pie into an incredibly delicious bar! Key ingredients include Granny Smith apples, rolled oats, and date caramel. These chewy bars are so tasty!
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Brown Butter Blondies
Level up your blondies recipe with these rich, nutty, brown butter blondies that taste like they belong in a fancy bakery but are made right in your own kitchen. When you cook down that butter and those little milk solids start to brown, it smells like heaven.
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Chocolate Peanut Butter Rice Krispies Treats
Chocolate peanut butter rice crispy treats transform a classic dessert into something extraordinary, with no baking required!
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Magic Cookie Bars
Scrumptious Magic Cookie Bars (also known as Hello Dolly Bars) are loaded with milk chocolate chips, peanut butter chips, coconut, and walnuts making them irresistible and addicting.
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Sparkly Unicorn Sugar Cookie Bars
Supremely sparkly and perfect for any occasion — these unicorn sugar cookie bars are almost too much fun!
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5-Ingredient Cake Mix Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
These chewy chocolate chip cookie bars made with cake mix combine the buttery flavor of chocolate chip cookies with the fluffy texture of cake in an easy 5-ingredient dessert that’s quick to mix and bake.
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Hawaiian Magic Cookie Bars with Pineapple, Coconut and Macadamia Nuts!
Hawaiian Magic Cookie Bars are tropical dessert treats that are great anytime of year! These Pineapple Coconut Magic Cookie Bars with macadamia nuts and white chocolate chips are fun and easy to make too!
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Frosted Sugar Cookie Bars
My Frosted Sugar Cookie Bars are soft, buttery and topped with creamy frosting and sprinkles—an easy, festive twist on classic sugar cookies.
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Easy Pecan Pie Bars
Pecan Pie Bars are everything you love about classic pecan pie—just easier, sturdier, and built on a buttery shortbread crust. They’ve become a staple in my holiday rotation!
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Snickerdoodle Bars
Thick and chewy snickerdoodle bars are an easy way to make your favourite snickerdoodle cookies as melt and mix bars instead of cookies.
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Gingerbread Graham Cracker Bars
These spicy chewy gingerbread graham cracker bars are the easiest holiday cookie to whip up with no butter, eggs or mixer required.
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Almond Croissant Blondies Recipe
Taking its cue from almond croissants, these easy no-fail almond croissant blondies have the texture of chewy sugar cookies and the rich flavor of a classic French pastry.
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Easy Blackberry Pie Bars
These delicious gluten free blackberry pie bars feature a simple shortbread crust that’s made in the food processor and a jammy blackberry filling that you will love!
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Cherry Bars with Almond Glaze
These easy Cherry Bars with Almond Glaze, made in a half sheet pan, have a tender crumb, cherry pie filling, and an almond icing glaze.
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Moose Tracks Cookie Bars
These moose tracks cookie bars are stuffed with homemade chocolate fudge, mini peanut butter cups and plenty of chocolate chips!
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Eliza Cross is the creator of Happy Simple Living, where she shares ideas to help busy people simplify cooking, gardening, holidays, home, and money. She is also the award-winning author of 17 cookbooks, including Small Bites and 101 Things To Do With Bacon.
