Mint Chocolate Chip Sugar Cookie Bars #ChristmasWeek #CakeBossBaking
Welcome to Day #6 of Christmas Week, a multi-blogger event co-hosted by Kim of Cravings of a Lunatic and Jen from Juanita’s Cocina! Each day we will be celebrating the holidays with a different set of Christmas-themed treats, as well as a fabulous Christmas giveaway. We hope you enjoy this fabulous event. Tune in each day starting Monday, December 9th and ending Saturday, December 14th.
I’m so sad that today is the end of #ChristmasWeek but we’re ending it with a bang! First, these Mint Chocolate Chip Sugar Cookie Bars are A.Mazing! And the giveaway we have to end this week is even more A.Mazing!!
So keep on scrolling down, check out the recipe & then get entered to win some serious goodies from #CakeBossBaking!
Mint Chocolate Chip Sugar Cookie Bars
Ingredients
for the sugar cookie bars:
- 2 & 1/2 cups flour
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 1 cup sugar
- 2 eggs
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
for the mint chocolate chip frosting:
- 1/2 cup butter softened
- 2 & 1/2 cups powdered sugar
- 1 & 1/2 teaspoons peppermint extract
- 2 tablespoons milk
- 4-5 drops green food coloring
- 1/2 cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
for the sugar cookie bars:
- Preheat your oven to 375 degrees. Grease an 8x8 pan with non-stick cooking spray
- In a large bowl sift together flour, salt, and baking soda.
- Using a stand mixer or hand mixer, cream the butter and sugar until fluffy. Add the eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each egg. Mix in the vanilla. Reduce the mixer speed to low and slowly add the flour mixture to the butter mixture and mix just until combined.
- Spread into prepared baking dish.
- Bake for 10-15 min, until light golden brown or until a toothpick comes out clean
- Cool completely.
for the mint chocolate chip frosting:
- While the cookie bars are cooling, make the frosting -
- Cream the butter. Beat in the sugar and peppermint extract. Add the milk (add more sugar or milk to get desired consistency, I made it exactly as written.) Add drops of green food coloring until you get your desired color of green. Fold in the chocolate chips.
- Frost cookie bars. Cut into squares.
Notes
Now be sure to head over & check out all of the other #ChristmasWeek Peeps for more Holiday Baking Goodness:
- How To Make Perfect Gingerbread People by Cravings of a Lunatic
- Slow Cooker Pumpkin Cobbler by Juanita’s Cocina
- S’mores Fudge by Hezzi-D’s Books and Cooks
- Cherry Noir Noel by Noshing With The Nolands
- Japanese Blondies by Ninja Baking
- Peanut Brittle by Food Lust People Love
- Elf Nibbles by Dizzy Busy and Hungry
- Cheesecake Chocolate Chip Cookies with Salted Caramel by Rants From My Crazy Kitchen
- Gingerbread Men Cookies by Dinners, Dishes, and Desserts
- Mint Chocolate Chip Sugar Cookie Bars by Mom’s Test Kitchen
- Penuche by Cooking In Stilettos
- Triple Orange Biscotti by Liv Life
- Homemade Caramels by Jen’s Favorite Cookies
- Kerstol (Dutch Christmas Bread) by The Dutch Baker’s Daughter
- Dark Chocolate Orange Ricotta Tart with Honey Almond Crust by Cupcakes & Kale Chips
- Tropical Toffee Brittle by Home Cooking Memories
- Chocolate Raspberry Linzer Cookies by Pineapple and Coconut
- Lemon-Pistachio and White Chocolate Biscotti by The Little Ferraro Kitchen
And now for the awesome giveaway:
Today’s #ChristmasWeek giveaway comes courtesy of Cake Boss Baking. Cake Boss Baking is the new branded bake ware from Buddy Valastro, the talented chef and baker behind the TLC TV show, “Cake Boss”. Cake Boss Baking features a full line of cake pans, decorating tools, dessert plates and more, with product for all levels of expertise.
Cake Boss Baking is offering one #ChristmasWeek reader the opportunity to win a prize package full of baking tools and essentials {ARV: $260}, including:
- 1 Basics 6 Cup Mini Loaf Pan
- 1 Deluxe 11×17 Cookie Pan with Drop Zones
- 1 Professional 3-Piece Cake Stacking Set – Round
- 1 Novelty 12 Cup Molded Cookie Pan – Star
- 1 Novelty 6 Cup Flower Cakelette Pan
- 1 12-Piece Basic Tip Set
- 1 Large 12″ Disposable Icing Bags
- 1 Set of 2 Bowl Scrapers
- 1 10″ Icing Spatula w/ Serrated Edge
- 1 Mechanical Cookie Scoop
- 1 Spoonula/Spatula 2 Piece Set
- 1 Ceramic Tool Crock
- 1 4 Piece Classic Fondant Imprint Mat Set
- 1 Flower Cake Decorating Kit
- 1 “Mini Cakes” Cake Carrier
To enter, read the details and use the Rafflecopter below!
***This giveaway is for one Cake Boss Baking baking essentials prize pack (details listed above)! This giveaway is open to Continental US residents only . When the contest concludes, the winner will be chosen by random draw. The winner will be notified through e-mail and they will have 3 days to respond or another winner will be chosen.***
***Disclaimer: This giveaway is being provided by Cake Boss Baking. #ChristmasWeek bloggers have not received product or been compensated as a part of this giveaway.***
Such a great idea! Made two batches and both were still under cooked. Perhaps a longer time or a bigger tray for a thinner bar. 10-15 minutes is not enough! No one like food poisoning.
That totally sucks they were undercooked Gabby! Mine came out fine in that amount of time but my oven is pretty temperamental & can sometimes cook things really fast!! Maybe try 15-20 minutes if you still use an 8×8 & just keep an eye on them those last few minutes to make sure they don’t get too done 🙂
I would love to win so I can make some of my banana bread and some sweet potato bread.
I would make chocolate cupcakes with cream cheese frosting
have to start with this recipe, yum!
I would make mini lemon poppy seed bread loaves. Yum!!
I would make snowball cookies for chirstmas!
Thank you for the giveaway. The bars look delicious! Can’t wait to try them!
Thank you Cindi!
Christmas Week rocks, but man I was tired by the end of it. Lol. I am sad it’s over though.
Thanks so much for joining us. It was a pleasure to have you.
Lol, I can imagine you were tired!! Thank you so much for putting this event together!! You are amazing! 🙂
Oh my minty heavens!!! I’m a sucker for a good sugar cookie… but a bar?? Yes please!! And that frosting is just a bonus!!
Thank you so much Kim! The frosting was amazing! I could have just eaten it with a spoon! 😉
I would make a gingerbread cake!
I would make a New Year’s Eve cake!
All the holiday treats for our neighbors!!
Love this! I just went to a cookie party and one of my friends made mint chip cookies!
Thank you so much Samantha!
I love mint chocolate chip and I’m quite excited you paired it with sugar cookie bars!
Thank you Carla! They were delicious! 🙂
Cheery, bright and perfect for Christmas! You can bet I’ve printed your recipe for my files =)
Thank you Kim!
These look ridiculously good, I will DEFINITELY be making these in the near future!
Thank you Kristin! I hope you like them!
Wow, those are not only gorgeous but they look so yummy!!!
Thank you Tara!! 🙂
Mint chocolate chip things make me swoon every time. LOVE these!
Happy day #6!
Thank you Jen!
Yum! I can almost taste the mint frosting on top of those cookies!
Cookie bars or cupcakes! What a fun giveaway! 🙂
I would make a cake for Christmas!