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Chocolate Mint Sugar Cookie Bars

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Want a delicious sugar cookie, but do not want to spend the time all day in the kitchen?  These Chocolate Mint Sugar Cookie Bars can be made and frosted in no time at all.

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These chocolate cookie bars are topped with mint frosting and Andes Mint chips. So delicious and so easy!!!

I used to make all my sugar cookies in cute shapes with fun colors.

But that takes a lot of time with all the rolling, cutting, coloring, and frosting.  And then there are the sprinkles!  Don’t get me wrong because I love the sprinkle part of the 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. Oh…maybe that’s just me.

Then I discovered sugar cookie bars…and I haven’t looked at another cookie cutter since then. 

These chocolate cookie bars are topped with mint frosting and Andes Mint chips. So delicious and so easy!!!

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

These chocolate cookie bars are topped with mint frosting and Andes Mint chips. So delicious and so easy!!!

Recently I made these Eggnog Sugar Cookie Bars, and I knew I wanted another version that wasn’t so holiday related.

Chocolate is always a good option, so I had to go with it.  And of course mint is always a great choice to pair with it.

Easy chocolate sugar cookie dough gets pressed into a pan and baked for 14 minutes.  Do not over bake the cookie bars!  Let them cool before spreading on your mint frosting goodness.

These chocolate cookie bars are topped with mint frosting and Andes Mint chips. So delicious and so easy!!!

I 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 cookie bars…these mint chips are all I need.  Does anyone else eat those by the handfuls?  I try to resist them but, well, you know.  A few handfuls may have disappeared…

Chocolate Mint Sugar Cookie Bars in a cute package!

I just love the dollar spot at Target…my wallet not so much!  Last week I found these cute stickers and twine.  They were the perfect little accents for these white boxes I found in my hall closet.  Yes, I’m a closet hoarder.  We won’t talk about what else I may have found in my boxes while I was digging.

Oh, yeah I also found that cute polkadot box liner at Target too.  They are actually little paper bags that were in the party section.  Rip them apart and they make great filler paper!

A plastic bag tied up with twine and a little rustic bow is all the cookies need to stay fresh in the cutesy box.  Perfect little treat to gift a special friend with!

These chocolate cookie bars are topped with mint frosting and Andes Mint chips. So delicious and so easy!!!

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Chocolate Mint Sugar Cookie Bars

Yield: 24 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
  • 1/2 teaspoon mint 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, mint extract, 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. Spread over the cooled bars. Top with the Andes Mint chips. Cut into 24 bars. Store in a sealed container on the counter.
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These chocolate cookie bars are topped with mint frosting and Andes Mint chips. So delicious and so easy!!!

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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.

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