These chocolate chip cookie bars are rich, sweet packed with chocolate and great for any party! My Vanilla Malted Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars Recipe are simple to make and they’re the perfect bar to make for your family and friends!
If you love cookies like we do, try our Kit Kat Cookie Bars recipe too.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
Does it get better than Cookie Bars? My Bars have the perfect buttery crisp outsides with the most sinful chocolatey soft centers. They are also great for packaging up for a potluck or gift giving to family and friends. My boys brought them to their Father’s and Son’s Camp trip last weekend and lets just say they didn’t bring any back with them, haha! Enjoy!
Why You’ll Love This Recipe
- Great For Parties. We love making this recipe for just about any party. Everyone loves them!
- Easy To Make. Making cookie bars is nice and easy. The cookie dough is pressed into a baking dish and baked. Once cooled, it’s simple cut into squares.
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What You’ll Need
Here are the ingredients you’ll need to make cookie bars at home. See the recipe card located at the bottom of the post for full details.
- Butter, Salted- For most of my recipes I use salted butter. Unsalted works too.
- Light Brown Sugar– This bar recipe can use light or dark brown sugar.
- granulated sugar– This fine white sugar adds sweetness to the bars.
- Large Eggs– For consistency, I use large eggs in my cooking and baking.
- All-Purpose Flour– Flour is the main dry ingredient in the bars.
- Malted Milk Powder– Find the malted milk powder down the breakfast isles of the grocery store. You can check Amazon too.
- Baking Soda– Baking soda helps the bars rise during baking.
- Kosher Salt– Kosher salt is a course salt commonly used in cooking and baking. I prefer it over table salt.
- Chocolate Chunks or Chips– Look for chocolate chunks near the chocolate chips down the baking isle.
How To Make Malted Bars
Preheat Oven and Prepare Baking Pans. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. and line 2 8×8 inch baking pans with parchment paper.
Cream Butter and Sugars. Place butter and sugars into stand mixer beating until well combined.
Eggs and Vanilla. Add eggs and vanilla beating to combine.
Dry Ingredients. Slowly add flour, malt powder, baking soda, salt and chocolate melts and chips. Stir on low until just combined.
Press Cookie Dough Into Pans. Divide dough into 2 equal parts and spread evenly into prepared baking pans.
Bake. Bake for 30-35 minutes until golden and baked through.
Cool and Cut Into Squares. Let cool completely then cut into bars.
Recipe Tips For Making The Best Cookie Bars
- Don’t alter the recipe, use all ingredients as listed.
- Always use real butter, not margarine. I prefer salted butter for my chocolate chip cookies.
- Don’t skip creaming your butter and sugars for a good 2 minutes. Helps create a fluffy, chewy cookie bar.
- Try sprinkling dough with just a touch of salt for a perfect sweet and salty combination.
- Don’t overtake your cookie bars. Bars will continue to cook on hot cookie sheet when removed from oven.
- Let cookies cool completely before cutting into squares and storing in containers.
How To Serve Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
Serve bars warm or room temperature cut into squares.
How To Store Leftovers
Store any leftover bars in an airtight container room temperature or in refrigerator for up to 2-3 days.
Freezing Instructions
To freeze bars, make sure they’re completely cooled and place into an airtight container or freezer safe bag. Freeze for up to 3 months.
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Malted Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars Recipe
Equipment
- Oven
- 8 x 8 baking dish
- stand mixer
- measuring spoons
- measuring cups
- mixing spoon
Ingredients
- 2 sticks unsalted butter softened
- 1 cup light brown sugar packed
- 1/2 cup granulated sugar
- 2 large eggs
- 1 tablespoon pure vanilla extract
- 2 1/2 cups all-purpose Gold Medal Flour
- 1/2 cup Carnation Malt Powder
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 10 ounce bag Chocolate Melts or chocolate chunks work too
- 1 cup chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees and line 2 8×8 inch baking pans with parchment paper.
- Place butter and sugars into stand mixer beating until well combined. Add eggs and vanilla beating to combine. Slowly add flour, malt powder, baking soda, salt and chocolate melts and chips. Stir on low until just combined.
- Divide dough into 2 equal parts and spread evenly into prepared baking pans. Bake for 30-35 minutes until golden and baked through. Let cool completely then cut into bars.
Nutrition
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Thanks for the recipe Jenny
These look delicious!! Can’t wait to make them, but in Ecuador we don’t have MALT POWDER or malted milk. I will appreciate if you suggest me a substitute or maybe tell me if I can avoid this ingredient.
Thank you sooooo much!
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I do not have Carnation Malt powder, what can you substitute this with?
I see a ton of questions about the malt. I love malt! However, I have chocolate malt in my cupboard, do you think that chocolate flavored would be an okay substitute? It is raining like a beast and I want these bars ASAP!
Well i am really disappointed that i wasted my time and ingredients. I baked these at 350 for exactly 30 minutes and they were totally burned. I mean charred burned. I bake all the time so i know my oven is not the problem. I could eat some at the very center of the 8×8 pan to see what they would have tasted like and it is not a good cookie anyway. Sorry but this recipe is a loser.