Monster Peanut Butter Cookie Bars
Monster Peanut Butter Cookie Bars might just be the perfect Halloween treat! Chocolate chip cookie base and dotted with Homemade Googley Eyes. The ghoulish feature is the festive green peanut butter cups pressed into the freshly baked cookie bars.
Servings 12 bars
Cost $8
Ingredients
- 3/4 Cup Butter Softened
- 3/4 Cup Granulated Sugar
- 3/4 Cup Brown Sugar
- 1 Whole Egg
- 1 Egg Yolk
- 1 tsp Pure Vanilla Extract
- 1 1/2 Cups All Purpose Flour
- 1/2 tsp Baking Powder
- 1/4 tsp Baking Soda
- 1/4 tsp Kosher Salt
- 1 Cup Semi-Sweet Chocolate Chips
- 8 Reese's Peanut Butter Frankincups
- Candy Googley Eyes
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Line a 9x13 baking dish with parchment paper.
- In a stand mixer, cream together softened butter, brown sugar and granulated sugar.
- Blend in egg, egg yolk and vanilla.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, baking soda, and salt together.
- With the mixer on low speed slowly pour in flour mixture.
- Mix on medium low speed just until the flour is just incorporated.
- Pour in chocolate chips and mix.
- Press cookie dough evenly on the bottom of the parchment lined dish.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes or until the edges are lightly golden brown and the center is just cooked through.
- Remove from the oven and immediately press peanut butter cups randomly into the cookie bars. You only need to press gently and make sure they are upside down so the green side is showing.
- Dot the candy googely eyes over the cookie bars and on the peanut butter cups.
- Let it cool in the pan for 1 hour.
- Carefully remove the cookies from the pan by lifting up on the parchment paper.
- Using a sharp knife, cut into 12 bars.
- Serve.