Cake Mix Cookie Bars
on May 07, 2021, Updated Aug 09, 2024
Need a quick and easy dessert? These Cake Mix Cookie Bars are made with just 4 ingredients. The flavor possibilities are endless!
These cake mix cookie bars have fast become top of my easy dessert list. With just 4 ingredients and a few minutes you can make homemade cookie bars in a fraction of the time.
Have a bake sale coming up and need an easy dessert recipe? Or need a last minute dessert for the holidays? This is the PERFECT recipe!
You can use any flavor of cake mix and add in different mix ins. There are so many flavor possibilities that you could make with this recipe as a base.
I have made them for birthday parties, Christmas, dinner gatherings, graduations, and more. Basically any time I am asked to bring a dessert!
You can find the full recipe and instructions at the bottom of this post, but here’s what you’ll need to make it.
Ingredients You’ll Need
- yellow cake mix: or any flavor cake mix
- eggs
- oil: any neutral oil like olive oil or vegetable oil
- chocolate chips
How to make cake mix cookie bars
Step 1: Preheat your oven to 350 degrees. Beat the eggs in a small bowl. Add the cake mix and oil to the beaten eggs and mix well to combine.
Step 2: Beat in the chocolate chips (the batter will be very thick).
Step 3: Grease a 9 X 13 baking dish with cooking spray. Spread the cookie bar batter evenly in the dish (this will take several minutes to spread evenly).
Recipe Tip
Use wet or greased hands or a rubber spatula to spread the batter into the dish. The batter is very thick and this will make it a little easier to spread!
Step 4: Bake the cookie bars at 350 degrees for 20 – 25 minutes, or until toothpick inserted comes out clean. Once cooled, cut the cookie bars into squares.
Serve warm with ice cream for an extra delicious treat!
If you’ve never made these before, you will be surprised at just how good they are!
The texture of these bars is the thickness of a brownie with the taste of a chocolate chip cookie. They’re just so fun to eat and really satisfying and thick and chocolatey.
Storing
Leftover cake mix bars can be stored in an airtight container at room temperature for 3-4 days, if they last that long!
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Cake Mix Cookie Bars
Ingredients
- 15 ounce box of yellow cake mix
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 1/3 cup olive oil, or vegetable oil
- 12 oz chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees
- Beat the eggs in a small bowl
- Add the cake mix and olive oil to the beaten eggs and mix well
- Beat in the chocolate chips (the batter will be very thick)
- Grease a 9 X 13 baking dish (see notes for the thickness)
- Spread the batter evenly in the dish (this will take several minutes to spread evenly as it is very thick and sticky)
- Bake the cookie bars at 350 degrees for 20 – 25 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted comes out clean
- Once cooled, cover or store leftover bars in an airtight container
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Notes
- The batter will be thick and hard to spread (this is normal) I found that using a rubber spatula and a spoon made it easier to spread into the pan. It may take a couple minutes, but it’s so worth it!
- The thickness of the cookie bars will depend on how large of a baking dish you use.
Nutrition
Really easy and tasty! Thank you for the recipe. They didn’t last long!
I used applesauce instead of oil! Great!
I lightly use vegetable oil on waxpaper to spread the mix in the pan. Keeps my hands from being very sticky. Love this simple recipe !
So glad you enjoyed it!
I used a 16 oz gluten free cake mix, added vanilla, walnuts and choc chips. Came out spectacular!
Always delicious! My family loves them and I’ve made them several times.
Made these. They were fast and easy to make. I suggest when you spread it in the pan, I used a piece of wax paper sprayed with Pam.
Great tip!
Delicious! Made them for my college granddaughter to serve at a get-together for her pickle ball team. Every single one gone! Glad I had 2 before they came over, lol. Next time for myself, I’ll cut down on the amount of chips and use pecans , just a little bit too sweet for us, but that’s just me.
So glad you enjoyed the recipe!
What about icing the bars before cutting?
@Susan,
I keep homemade cream cheese vanilla icing made up in the refrigerator in one of those empty store-bought icing containers. (It’s freezable too) I can ice each square individually as needed then store the rest of the bars in a plastic container or freeze half for later. Let the icing get room temperature while the cookies are baking and cooling, then spread or pipe it on. You can also use store-bought icing mixed with a little cream or squirt whipped cream to it to make it smoother.
Love this recipe, always make a double for church, chocolate chips , cranberry’s , after a couple tries I found an easy way to put in a large cookie tray, I wet my hands a couple times and it works great
So easy and super good! My kids love cookie cake and I made this as an alternative for my daughter’s bday. I used strawberry cake mix and white chocolate chips! It was so delicious and my 5 kiddos loved it! Will definitely be making this more.