Mini Egg Cookie Bars
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A yummy mini egg & chocolate chip cookie traybake perfect for Easter.. Mini Egg Cookie Bars are my new favourite!
Easter Recipes
SO, today is the second day of March. This year Easter is quite late in comparison to last year, but that isn’t stopping me… HELLO EASTER RECIPES! Honestly, I won’t only be doing Easter related recipes up until the big day, but I felt like posting this one now as its so good.
I made this one the other day on a whim because I had bought what felt like a bucket load of Mini Eggs, and my friend and I were both craving some. To be honest, I question why I hadn’t made anything like this sooner!
Mini Eggs
I absolutely ADORE Easter baking. Like I love it just as much as christmas baking which says a lot really. My No-Bake Mini Egg Cheesecake recipe and my Mini Egg Fudge recipe were so so so successful last year that I knew you guys would love this one.
Honestly there is just something about Mini Eggs which would probably make me say that they are my favourite chocolate, maybe ever? I know I say chocolate orange is a favourite, and it is, but that’s year round… I crave mini eggs where you can’t get them all year around.
I would happily make things all Mini Egg related it I could, and I have many many other mini egg recipes on my blog already – nearly 20 of them! I just can’t get enough.
Cookie Bars
I based this delicious treat on my rolo cookie bars and oreo cookie bars recipes because they were so successful. You can always make this into a chocolate cookie traybake by using my M&M Cookie Bars recipe, or even make a mini egg brownie if you’d prefer something super chocolatey.
To make these chocolatey, all you have to do is to take out 50g of plain flour, and add in 25g of cocoa powder to the mix! It’s literally so simple, and both methods work really well!
These delicious beauties, like my oreo cookie bars, needed less time in the oven in comparison to the rolo cookie bars as they isn’t as much gooeyness in them. I prefer mine softer compared to crisper so I did mine for 20 minutes and they were ideal!
Tips & Tricks
- I would always recommend using a 9″ square tin for a bake like this for best results – it creates the perfect depth of cookie bar.
- These beauties last 3-4+ days at room temperature, if they even last that long!
- You can freeze these for 3+ months once baked.
- You can swap the mini eggs for other easter choccies if you prefer, or a combination of!
I’m not even exaggerating when I say I want to make these again and again as they’re the perfect mix between blondie/cookie/brownie and delicious Mini Egg heaven. I hope you love these as much as I did, enjoy!! x
Mini Egg Cookie Bars!
Ingredients
- 115 g unsalted butter (melted or room temp)
- 135 g light brown soft sugar
- 55 g granulated sugar
- 1 medium egg
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 275 g plain flour
- 1 tsp bicarbonate of Soda
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 tbsp cornflour
- 100 g milk chocolate chips
- 100-300 g mini eggs
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 190ºc/170ºc fan and line a 9x9inch square rin with parchment paper, and leave to the side for now.
- Add the butter to a bowl, and add in the two sugars. Mix until combined
- Add the eggs and vanilla and mix again
- Add the flour, cornflour, bicarbonate of soda and salt and mix again
- Add the chocolate chips and most of the mini eggs and mix into the cookie dough
- Press the mixture into the bottom of the tin and press in the handful of mini eggs into the top for decoration.
- Bake the traybake in the oven for 18-22 minutes, until the top of the cookie bake looks ‘dry’!
- Leave the cookie bars to cool, and then portion and enjoy!
Notes
- If you don’t want to use Mini Eggs you can use M&Ms, Smarties, or anything chocolatey. I wouldn’t advise using Creme Eggs though because it will just turn into a sloppy mess! You could use caramel eggs, but they might need 5 minutes longer in the oven if they ooze everywhere.
- These delicious beings will last in an airtight container for up to 5 days, but honestly, they’ll be eaten before then.
- Try microwaving them when they’ve cooled if you want a gooey cookie, or even add a scoop of ice cream!
- If you can't access cornflour - use 25g more flour, but the texture will change.
- Also, if you can't access Plain Flour, you can use self raising, but again the texture will change.
- If you can't find bicarbonate of soda, leave it out - but again the texture might change!
ENJOY!
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These tasted great and all of the family loved them, any idea why my mini eggs faded in colour and cracked? Lovely recipe will definitely try the rolo ones!!
I believe the recipe in the mini eggs might have changed slightly this year as they definitely never used to, but it might mean your oven was a little hotter so it caused them to melt a bit .. x
I would love to make these but as Easter now over I am sad to say can’t get hold of mini eggs now! What would you say is a good substitute?
You could use just chocolate chips, or even stuff like smarties!! x
Oh my, made these tonight and they turned out perfectly. Absolutely delicious, don’t think they’ll last long! Thank you for so many amazing recipes, not come across one yet that didn’t work!! My waistline is not so happy though!!!
I used Aldi brand min eggs to make this a bit cheaper and they were delish!
So making these this weekend!
I’ve made a couple of your cheesecake recipes (Oreo & Rolo) and they’ve always gone down really well x
oh. my. gosh.
Stop it, stop it right now.
I want ALL of these in and around my mouth.
You domestic goddess, you.
Betty x
The Betty Stamp
Hahaha no never! ?? Thank you lovely lady! xx
Bookmarked this recipe for later, thank you!
Thank you!! x
Eeeek! I am so making these today, they look amazing! I made your chocolate orange cheesecake last weekend, the m&m traybake yesterday and I cannot get enough! (I am 6 months pregnant though so have an excuse….I think so anyway!!) Trying to pick just one of your recipes at a time is the issue! They are all amazing!
Keep up the excellent work! You’ve revamped my baking joys!! Xx
Awwww well congratulations on the baby, cake is the perfect thing to be doing! I hope you love these if you do actually make them! Thank you and good luck! xx
Made these today and they turned out amazingly well, timings were spot on and the taste was delicious- so moreish.
We’ve already added the recipe to our favourites but next time are going to experiment with white choc chips instead as I think this will perfectly offset the mini eggs!
Oooh thats AMAZING! I am so so glad! These are definitely some of my new favourites.
omg! these look great but whenever i make cookies and cake they tend to be quite eggy i don’t know what it is but i can’t fidure out why?
It might be that you’re not mixing them correctly? Or I hate to say it.. using the wrong size? I’ve never experienced an eggy tasting cookies or cakes before but I’ve heard it can be the mixing isn’t correct in the first place? X
I love Easter and Christmas baking the most too. There is something extra special about it I think. And I’m a sucker for novelty sweets. These look like the perfect Easter treat 🙂
Ooh thank you! Easter & christmas are just delicious times of the year ahah!
Hi Jane
These look yummy! Do you think you could replace the plain white flour a gluten free version like for like?
Thanks!
Leanne.
You’d have to try it as you go… this mixture is very thick and has to be like pushed into the tray. I often find GF flour means you need more? It might just end up quite gooey! x
Thank you, will give it a go! x
Let me know how you get on, I am intrigued!! x
Oooh yum these look delicious! I can’t wait till Easter, I’m definitely going to be doing lots of baking this Easter for the family 🙂
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Yum! I’m getting a new kitchen fitted next week and it should all be done by Easter. I’ve decided this is going to be my first Easter recipe that I cook in my new kitchen! xx
Ahhh YES Holly that will be amazing! ❤️
These sound amazing. This week I found some Galaxy Golden eggs which are galaxy chocolate with crunchy caramel rolled in gold. Thought they may look great with specks of gold showing through but do you think they will be ok to use bearing in mind your comments on using creme eggs
Yeah they’d be fine, but might make it need longer in the oven as they can melt and ooze everywhere! X