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Chocolate Mint Sugar Cookie Bars Recipe

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This easy Chocolate Mint Sugar Cookie Bars recipe can be made and frosted in one pan.  They are soft and delicious and covered in a sweet vanilla mint frosting and mint chocolate chips. Yeah, that thick layer of frosting on these sugar cookie bars is the best!

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Chocolate Mint Sugar Cookie Bars - soft chocolate cookie bars topped with a creamy vanilla mint frosting and mint chips are so good. Make this easy recipe for dessert or bake sales.

I used to make all kinds of sugar cookies in cute shapes with fun colors. But all that rolling, cutting, coloring, and frosting takes so much time and energy. 

And then there are the sprinkles!  Don’t get me wrong because I love the sprinkle part of a cookie.   But after spending all that time in the kitchen, sprinkles tend to go flying in all directions because you just want to be done. Maybe that’s just me though.

Then one day I discovered how easy sugar cookie bars were to make, and I haven’t looked at another cookie cutter since then.

Chocolate Mint Sugar Cookie Bars - a thick layer of mint buttercream and mint chips adds a delicious flair to these easy chocolate cookie bars. Easy recipe to make for dessert or bake sales.

I’m sure there will come a day when I may need to pull out my box of cute cookie cutters, but until then our sugar cookies are staying square.

Sugar Cookie Bars

These sugar cookie bars are just like the ones you roll out and into cut shapes.  The difference is that this recipe will save you time. Just press and bake. It’s that easy.

Over the years I have made quite a few different varieties of frosted cookie bars.

Chocolate sugar cookies are one of my favorites, so I decided to make them into bar cookies and top them with mint frosting.

Chocolate Mint Sugar Cookie Bars - chocolate cookie bars topped with mint buttercream and mint chips makes an easy treat. Make this fun recipe for bake sales or dessert.

I also found a bag of Andes Mint chips hiding in the back of my baking cupboard!  Woo hoo!  Gotta love a find like that!

Forget the sprinkles on these chocolate cookie bars. The mint chips add the perfect touch.  Does anyone else eat those chips by the handfuls?  

I try to resist them but, well, you know.  A few handfuls may have disappeared before I dumped the rest on top of the mint buttercream.

Chocolate Mint Sugar Cookie Bars - a layer of mint frosting and mint chips makes these soft chocolate cookie bars so good. Great recipe for bake sales or dessert!

How to make Chocolate Mint Sugar Cookie Bars: 

  1. Beat together the butter and sugars until nice and creamy. (full recipe is at the bottom of post)
  2. Add the egg and vanilla and beat again.
  3. Stir together the dry ingredients and slowly mix it into the butter mixture. Make sure to mix it long enough to create a soft dough.
  4. Press the dough evenly into the bottom of a greased pan and bake.

If you are against frosting and extra crunchy things like sprinkles or chocolate chips, go ahead and sprinkle some powered sugar on top and dig in. 

But I’m a fan of a thick layer of frosting and all the sprinkles.

Vanilla Mint Buttercream on Chocolate Cookie Bars:

  • Beat the butter, extracts, and whipping cream until creamy.
  • Slowly add the powdered sugar and salt and beat until fluffy. 
  • Add a little bit of green gel coloring to the frosting and stir.
  • Spread the mint buttercream on top of the cooled cookie bars.
  • Add sprinkles or mint chips to to top and cut into squares.

Chocolate Mint Sugar Cookie Bars - a layer of mint frosting and mint chips make chocolate cookie bars taste so good. Great recipe for bake sales or dessert!

I love picking up stickers and twine from the dollar spot at Target. They are the perfect little accents to keep on hand for decorating the little white boxes I found in one of my closets.  

Yes, I’m a hoarder.  We won’t talk about what else I may have found in my boxes while I was digging.

A plastic bag tied up with twine and a little rustic bow is all the sugar cookie bars need to stay fresh in the cute box.  This is the perfect little treat to gift to a special friend!

Chocolate Mint Sugar Cookie Bars - soft chocolate sugar cookie bars with a layer of mint frosting and mint chips are the best kind of dessert. Make this easy recipe for bake sales or dinner parties.

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Chocolate Mint Sugar Cookie Bars - soft chocolate sugar cookie bars with a layer of mint frosting and mint chips are the best kind of dessert. Make this easy recipe for bake sales or dinner parties.

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Yield: 24 cookie bars

Chocolate Mint Sugar Cookie Bars

Chocolate Mint Sugar Cookie Bars

Chocolate sugar cookies are so much easier when they are made in one big pan. Top them with a mint frosting and Andes mint chips for a fun dessert.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1/2 cup brown sugar
  • 1/2 cup sugar
  • 1 egg
  • 2 teaspoons vanilla
  • 2 Tablespoons milk
  • 2 cup flour
  • 1/2 cup dark cocoa powder
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon salt

For the Mint Frosting

  • 1/2 cup butter, softened
  • 1/4 teaspoon mint extract
  • 1/4 teaspoon vanilla extract
  • 6 Tablespoon heavy whipping cream
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 4 cups powdered sugar
  • green gel food coloring
  • 1 cup Andes Mint chips

Instructions

  1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. Spray a 9x13 pan with non-stick baking spray.
  2. Beat the butter and sugars together. Add the egg and vanilla and beat again.
  3. Stir together the flour, cocoa powder, baking powder, and salt. Slowly add to the butter mixture until everything is mixed in. Press the mixture into the prepared pan 9x13 pan. Bake for 14-15 minutes. Let cool completely.
  4. Beat the butter, extracts, and whipping cream until creamy. Slowly add the salt and powdered sugar until all is mixed in.
  5. Add a little bit of green food coloring for a touch of color. Beat for another minute until creamy.
  6. Spread over the cooled bars. Top with the Andes Mint chips. Cut into bars. Store in a sealed container on the counter.
© Jocelyn @ Inside BruCrew Life
Chocolate Mint Sugar Cookie Bars - adding a layer of mint frosting and mint chips to the top of these soft chocolate sugar cookie bars makes them taste amazing. Make this easy recipe for bake sales or dessert.

*The post for Chocolate Mint Sugar Cookie Bars was first published on January 19, 2015. The post and the photos were updated and republished on March 2, 2020.

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Comments

  2. Mir says

    Why mess with cookie cutters? I mean, I get it, it’s cute, but all that work! And these are just as gorgeous (if not more so) and so delicious! I’m loving the frosting!

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  3. Laura @ Raise Your Garden says

    Chocolate & mint is the ultimate temptation for me, my ultimate weakness. But even after a big dinner, I still want to indulge in fudgy bars like these. No cookie cutter even better. And the dollar section at Target, I must spend a mortgage payment amount there every week! But it’s fun =)

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        • Jocelyn says

          What size pan are you thinking about using? A 15×10 or 12×17? Since I used a 9×13 pan for these, you could just do a single batch for a 15×10, but bake it a minute or two less. If you are using the bigger pan, you may need to do an extra half of a batch. A double batch may be too much, but you could always try it and adjust the baking time a minute or two longer since it will be thicker. Definitely keep me posted on how they turn out in the jelly roll pan.

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  17. Chels+R. says

    Sugar cookie bars are such a genius idea. I love sugar cookies, but don’t always feel like going to the work of them. And I love the chocolate. So good!

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  24. Amy @ Amy's Healthy Baking says

    Sugar cookie BARS?? Where have these been all my life? I get so annoyed when I have to make tons of batches of sugar cookies… It’s fun when it starts, but on batch 22, I never want to see another cookie cutter again. Love these chocolate mint ones! Pinned!

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  29. Stacy says

    I made these today – my kitchen smells wonderful! But alas, they are crumbly. The dough doesn’t stick together. I pressed them into my pan, and the texture of the dough is like wet sand. I went ahead and baked it, thinking that it would turn out all right, but it came out still crumbly. I checked the ingredient list and am pretty sure I measured everything correctly. Any ideas what might have gone wrong?

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    • Jocelyn says

      You need to continue beating the mixture until it forms a soft dough. It should resemble sugar cookie dough. If yours was still crumbly, it wasn’t mixed long enough. I am so sorry they didn’t turn out for you.

      Reply

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