Best 6 Touchdown Bacon Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookie Bars Recipes

CHOCOLATE-TOPPED PEANUT BUTTER-BACON BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Lightly spray 9- or 8-inch square pan with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, stir together cookie mix, oil, syrup and egg until soft dough forms. Reserve 1/4 cup bacon for garnish. Stir remaining bacon and peanuts into dough. Press evenly in pan.
• Bake 20 to 25 mintues or until golden brown. Remove from oven; sprinkle with chocolate chips. Return to oven; bake 1 minute. Immediately spread chocolate over bars. Sprinkle reserved 1/4 cup bacon over chocolate. Cool completely, about 1 hour or until chocolate is set.
• For bars, cut into 4 rows by 4 rows. Store tightly covered in refrigerator.

CHOCOLATE-TOPPED PEANUT BUTTER-BACON BARS

Steps:

• 1. HEAT OVEN TO 350F. LIGHTLY SPRAY 9 INCH SQUARE PAN WITH COOKING SPRAY.
• 2. IN A LARGE BOWL, STIR TOGETHER COOKIE MIX, OIL, SYRUP AND EGG UNTIL SOFT DOUGH FORMS. RESERVE 1/4 CUP BACON FOR GARNISH. STIR IN REMAINING BACON AND PEANUTS INTO DOUGH. PRESS EVENLY INTO PAN.
• 3. BAKE 20-25 MINUTES OR UNTIL GOLDEN BROWN. REMOVE FROM OVEN, SPRINKLE WITH CHOCOLATE CHIPS. RETURN TO OVEN; BAKE 1 MINUTE. IMMEDIATELY SPREAD CHOCOLATE OVER BARS. SPRINKLE RESERVED BACON OVER CHOCOLATE. COOL COMPLETELY, ABOUT 1 HOUR OR UNTIL CHOCOLATE IS SET.
• 4. FOR BARS, CUT INTO 4 ROWS BY 4 ROWS. STORE TIGHTLY COVERED IN REFRIGERATOR.

PEANUT BUTTER-CHOCOLATE CHIP-BACON COOKIES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment paper. Combine the flour, baking soda, baking powder, cinnamon, chile powder and salt in a large bowl.
• Cook the bacon in a large skillet over medium heat until crisp, about 4 to 6 minutes per side. Transfer to a paper towel-lined plate; reserve 2 tablespoons of the drippings and set aside to cool. Crumble the bacon, discarding any chewy bits.
• Beat the butter and reserved bacon drippings in a large bowl with a mixer on medium-high speed until smooth, about 1 minute. Beat in the peanut butter until combined, about 1 minute. Beat in the granulated and light brown sugar until creamy, about 4 minutes, then add the egg and vanilla and beat until light and fluffy, about 2 more minutes.
• Reduce the mixer speed to low; add the flour mixture in 2 additions, scraping down the bowl as needed, until just combined. Stir in the peanuts and all but 2 tablespoons each of the chocolate chips and bacon.
• Form the dough into 12 balls and arrange 2 inches apart on the prepared baking sheets. Flatten with your fingers (the cookies will not spread in the oven); press the reserved bacon and chocolate chips on top. Bake until golden, 12 to 14 minutes. Let the cookies cool 2 minutes on the baking sheets, then transfer to a rack to cool completely. Store in an airtight container for up to 3 days.

CHOCOLATE PEANUT BUTTER COOKIE BARS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F
• Coat a 9x13" baking pan lightly with non-stick cooking spray.
• Beat cake mix, oil and egg in large mixing bowl, on medium speed until somewhat crumbly. Add peanuts and stir. Measure out and set aside 1 1/2 cups of the cake crumb peanut mixture to be used later. Pour remaining mixture into prepared pan and press out to evenly cover the bottom of the pan.
• Beat sweetened condensed milk and peanut butter in a medium bowl until smooth (hint: use the same bowl you used for cake crumbs). Spread this over the prepared cake crust. This will be a bit challenging. Be careful but don't worry if you struggle with the cake layer a bit.
• After spreading the mixture sprinkle about 4 oz of semi sweet chocolate chips evenly over the peanut butter mixture.
• Pour reserved cake crumb mixture over the top and spread evenly, pressing down gently.
• Bake 25 - 30 minutes until set. Remove from oven. Turn oven off. Top with Remaining about 6 oz more of chocolate chips. Return to oven for 1 minute and then remove from oven. Use a spatula to spread the chocolate evenly over the top of the bars. Cool and store in covered container. Enjoy.
• Note: You can be creative with this recipe. The cake flavor may be changed. Other flavor chips may be substituted for chocolate. Other nuts may be substituted or combined for/with peanuts. Other nut butters may be substituted for peanut butter. This one basic recipe can produce many bar variations.

CHOCOLATE-PEANUT BUTTER BARS (COOKIE MIX)

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Spray bottom only of 13x9-inch pan with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, stir cookie mix, oil, water and egg until soft dough forms. Press in pan. Bake 12 to 15 minutes or until edges are light golden brown. Cool 5 minutes.
• In small microwavable bowl, microwave chocolate and butterscotch chips on High 1 to 1 1/2 minutes; stir until smooth. Spread over bars. Refrigerate about 30 minutes or until chocolate is set.

TOUCHDOWN CHOCOLATE BARS

Steps:

• 1. Preheat oven to 350.
• 2. Combine flour, sugar and cocoa, cut in margarine until crumbly.
• 3. Add egg; mix until well blended.
• 4. Reserve 1 1/2 cups crumb mixture.
• 5. Press remainder evenly on bottom of greased 13x9\" baking pan.
• 6. Bake 10 minutes.
• 7. In saucepan, combine sweetened condensed milk and 1 cup chocolate chips.
• 8. Over low heat, cook and stir until chips melt and mixture is smooth.
• 9. Spread evenly over prepared crust.
• 10. Add nuts and remaining 1 cup chocolate chips to reserved crumb mixture; sprinkle evenly over top.
• 11. Bake 25-30 minutes or until center is set.
• 12. Cool.
• 13. Cut into bars.
• 14. Store covered at room temperature.