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These chocolate chip cookie bars are so rich and gooey! The browned butter gives them great flavor and the dark chocolate chunks are like little pools of heaven. You can swap out milk or semi-sweet chocolate if that’s more your speed, too.
Can we talk about chocolate chip cookies for a minute here?
They’re my favorite. That simple, classic cookie that everyone instantly recognizes, with no strange ingredients or difficult steps. Just a perfectly soft, somewhat chewy, chocolate loaded cookie. My favorite recipe comes straight from Anna Olson of The Food Network. I discovered her recipe when my girl, Sally of Sally’s Baking Addiction, shared her slightly modified recipe. Since then? Total favorite. They became an instant hit and I always go back to that recipe.
I went ahead and doctored the recipe up just slightly by turning them into bars, browning the butter to give it some more depth, and replacing my usual milk chocolate chips with a bar of dark chocolate, chopped into chunks. The pools of melty chocolate will make you lose your mind. Truth. Best part about cookie bars? You don’t need to chill the dough before baking!
I baked an entire 9×13 pan of these cookies for only 15 minutes which meant that they were so perfectly underdone that they just melt in your mouth. If you don’t like gooey cookies, keep these in the oven for an extra 3 or 4 minutes. Don’t go too long, though, because who wants crispy, crunchy cookie bars?
You’ll want to let these bars cool for as long as you can stand it (for me, that meant about 30 minutes) before cutting. Like I said, they are underdone and gooey. They will fall apart if you don’t let them cool a bit. Then again, nobody said you can’t eat these with a fork, so if you’re really impatient, go ahead and dig in!
My daughter took one bite of these bars and proclaimed them the best ever. Her exact words were “these taste like a miracle.” Have I convinced you to let these be your favorite cookie, too?
Dark Chocolate Browned Butter Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
Ingredients
- 3/4 cup butter
- 3/4 cup brown sugar
- 1/4 cup granulated sugar
- 1 large egg
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons corn starch
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 7 ounces dark chocolate chopped (milk or semisweet can be substituted)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Add the butter to a small saucepan set over medium heat and cook until it melts. Whisk the butter constantly. It will foam and bubble.
- Continue whisking until the butter has turned a golden brown color and smells nutty. Remove from the heat, let cool 5 minutes, and add to a large mixing bowl.
- Beat the butter and sugars together until well combined. Stir in the egg and vanilla.
- In a medium bowl, whisk together the flour, corn starch, baking soda, and salt. Stir into the butter mixture and mix until well combined. Stir in the chocolate chunks.
- Line a 9x13 baking dish with parchment or foil. Press the dough into the prepared pan. Bake for 15 minutes exactly for bars with a gooey, underdone center. Bake a few minutes longer for firmer, more set bars.
- Cool for at least 30 minutes before cutting, longer if you don't want your bars to fall apart.
Nutrition Information:
Can’t get enough cookies? Check out some of my other favorite cookie recipes!
Salted Caramel Browned Butter Cookie Cups
Oatmeal Craisin Breakfast Cookies
Browned Butter Oatmeal Cookie Cups
Graham @ Glazed & Confused says
As if a title that long didn’t hook me in immediately, you definitely got me when I started scrolling! My god, these look absolutely amazing! I wish I could have one right now, but I guess I’ll have to settle for baking some later.
Kayle (The Cooking Actress) says
omgosh that is so cute: They LOOK like they taste like a miracle! I love browned butter and cookies and dark chocolate and these look sooooo gooooooey!!!
Dorothy @ Crazy for Crust says
Oh my goodness. I’m drooling. Underdone = the only way to eat a cookie!
Angelyn @ Everyday Desserts says
The melty chocolate in the pictures???? I’m done! Looks amazing!!
Erin | The Law Student's Wife says
Can I swim in these chocolate pools please???
Karly says
@Erin | The Law Student’s Wife,
Don’t forget your floaties!
Heather @ French Press says
well, my plan to eat healthy today…shot to hell 🙂 for a good cause
simple green moms says
Totally want to make (and eat) an entire batch of these right now!
katie says
I crave chocolate chip cooking anything daily. I need this right now. Darn you–I know what I’ll be doing tonight. Baking up a batch of these!
Melissa {Persnickety Plates} says
What a beautiful mess! I think I need to try these.
Rachel @ Baked by Rachel says
I need this in my life asap!
marcie says
Oh, these look insanely gooey and decadent! That browned butter has to make these even more delicious than ever.
Ashley | Spoonful of Flavor says
Oh man, pass me a few of these! I love ooey gooey bars and these ones are over the top!
Belinda@themoonblushbaker says
GOD!!! I am in love with the chocolate puddles. I want these in my life, so stunning for a Monday post!
Charlotte says
OMG I need these in my life. I may well make them in about half an hour. They look like melty deliciousness, and the brown butter sounds like it’ll add fantastic depth!
Thank you for improving my Monday.
Taylor @ Food Faith Fitness says
Read the title. I thought I died.
Saw the pictures. Died x2.
These look INSANE Karly. Like, I need them in my life yesterday! Pinned!