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Fudgey Chocolate Cookie Bars

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Details

Timing
Timing
Total:
3 Hr.
Bake:
35 Min.
Prep:
15 Min.
Skill Level:
Beginner
Yields:
24 bars

The fudge and cookie lovers alike will be thrilled when you make a tray of these easy, layered fudgey chocolate cookie bars. Each dense, chocolaty, chewy bar cookie starts with a sweet, crumbly HERSHEY'S Cocoa-based cookie layer followed by a fudgey filling and topped with HERSHEY'S SPECIAL DARK Mildly Sweet Chocolate Chips and nuts. Fudgey Chocolate Cookie Bars are deliciously chewy chocolate perfection! They come together quickly and will become a favorite treat at your house.  Don't you love cookie bar mash-up recipes? Make room for these Chocolate Chip Candy Cookie Bars on the dessert plate, too! A cookie bar-candy combo recipe that's an oh-so-sweet treat.

Ingredients & Directions

Prep Time
15 minutes
Bake Time
35 minutes
Cool Time
2 hours

Ingredients

  • 1-3/4 cups
    flour
  • 3/4 cup
    powdered sugar
  • 1/4 cup
    HERSHEY'S Cocoa
  • 1 cup
    butter or margarine (2 sticks), cold
  • 2 cups
    HERSHEY'S SPECIAL DARK Mildly Sweet Chocolate Chips or HERSHEY’S Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips (12 oz pkg.), divided
  • 1 can
    sweetened condensed milk (not evaporated milk) (14 oz)
  • 1 tsp
    vanilla extract
  • 1 cup
    chopped nuts
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Step-By-Step Directions

Equipment Needed 
oven & stovetop oven & stovetop
mixing bowl mixing bowl
wooden spoon wooden spoon
measuring cups measuring cups
13x9x2-inch baking pan 13x9x2-inch baking pan
parchment paper or foil parchment paper or foil
saucepan saucepan
wire rack wire rack
1

Heat oven to 350°F.

2

Stir together flour, sugar and cocoa in medium bowl; cut in butter until crumbly (mixture will be dry). Press firmly on bottom of 13x9x2-inch baking pan. Bake 15 minutes. Meanwhile, combine 1 cup chocolate chips, sweetened condensed milk and vanilla in medium saucepan. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly, until chips are melted.

TIP

Try experimenting with different combinations of chocolate chips.
3

Pour evenly over prepared crust. Top with nuts and remaining 1 cup chips; press down firmly. Bake 20 minutes or until set. Cool in pan on wire rack. Refrigerate, if desired. Cut into bars. Store tightly covered.

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