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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Made this over Easter and they were amazing! Will be trying the other versions soon with non-easter choc as I can’t wait another year to have them again!
They are amazing, i will definitely be making them again..how many calories are in these as my boyfriend is on calorie delict and i don’t think these will be helping ?
Simple to follow recipe and absolutely delicious. Cannot wait to make these again!
I made these over Easter and they were such a lovely treat! Very tasty and easy to make 🙂 will probably make it an Easter tradition!
These are amazing! I’ve made them twice and always had compliments when I’ve given them to my family and neighbours during this lockdown. Such a fool proof recipe. Works perfectly every time! Thank you Jane! X
These are amazing!😍 I’m not the best baker but these came out perfect first time and everyone loved them. Don’t think I can wait another year for mini eggs to come back to the shops, would it work with smarties?
Ahh yay! I find smarties can sometimes really lose their colour, whereas M&Ms don’t as much – but otherwise the idea is the same yes!!
A delicious, fun recipe, perfect for Easter!
Loving baking recipes from your blog – it’s so easy to navigate, the recipes are easy to follow with lovely photographs, and there’s lots of relevant information!
My no.1 for baking recipes!
These are my favourite Easter treats! Fool proof and so delicious.
Simple and delicious. Always get eaten up super quick! A large amount of mini eggs, I may try to reduce slightly to cut down on a few of the calories!
I made these last week for the neighbours as a pick me up during this strange time .. got some cheap eggs on offer after Easter .. it’s brilliant everyone said it was fab and a first time making it and it worked fabulous thanks 😊
Ohh yes! Always got to get some cheap post easter chocolates!! I’m so glad they were a hit!
My new favourite recipe! Have made twice and both times turned out lovely and gooey in the centre. Very popular in our house, thank you!
Ahh yay!!
Do you think this would work with peanut m&m’s??
Yes!!
I spent the whole of the time making this thinking ‘This can’t be right. This is too dry. If I’ve wasted all these mini eggs I’ll be so mad!’ but it was absolutely glorious. Just the right balance between crispy and doughie, the mini eggs were not wasted. I’m planning to make it again next week actually and already can’t wait to eat a piece while it’s still warm 😂
Hahaha amazing!! I’m so glad you love them!
I baked these this morning with my 4 year old daughter and they are amazing! We had to swap a few ingredients due to supply problems because of lockdown but they were still delicious. I love using your recipes Jane, they always turn out perfect even for a novice baker and her daughter. We always watch your vlogs together too!
Awh yay! So glad you liked the recipe!
Fab recipe!! I made it today for my sisters quarantine birthday who loves mini eggs. Got so many compliments, my mum said it’s better than the actual cookie shops! Thanks Jane x
Ah yay! I’m so glad you liked the recipe!
I made these a couple of days ago and they are incredible I’ve being looking for recipes like this for a while and I finally found some I could use
thank you!
Ahh yay!! x
I can’t wait to make this recipe thank you! I only have self raiding flour and cornflour (can’t find plain anywhere). Will recipe still work or could I adapt?
Many thanks!
You can use the self-raising flour, but I would leave out the bicarb – and the texture might be slightly cakeier because of the raising agent in the flour!