Made with graham crackers, powdered sugar, margarine, peanut butter, chocolate chips
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Dessert Bars and Squares

Bars, also called "squares" or "bar cookies" are a popular dessert or treat. Denser than cake but softer than cookies and sweeter than bread. Usually baked in a square or rectangular pan. Great for picnics, school parties, or taking to the office. Very versatile as you can see by the thousands of recipes we have!
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Almost Reeses Peanut Butter Bars
Black and White Bars
Made with hazelnuts, evaporated milk, butter, chocolate chips, white chocolate, vanilla extract
Method: stovetop, oven
Time: over 5 hours
Malted Milk Squares
Made with sugar, eggs, flour, baking powder, salt, malted milk powder, milk, vanilla extract
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 1-2 hours
Blueberry Oat Bars
Made with water, sugar, oats, all-purpose flour, brown sugar, nuts, baking soda, salt, margarine or butter, blueberries
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Prune Squares
Made with walnuts, prunes, flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, margarine, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla extract
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
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Cowboy Candy Bars
Made with peanut butter, chocolate chips, oatmeal, butter, corn syrup, brown sugar
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Kit Kat Bars
Made with peanut butter, semisweet chocolate chips, Ritz crackers, graham crackers, brown sugar, sugar, butter or margarine, milk, vanilla extract, butterscotch chips
Method: stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Melt Away Bars
Made with colored sugar, butter or margarine, sugar, egg, vanilla extract, flour, nuts
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Quick & Nutty Cheese Bars
Made with golden cake mix, butter, walnuts, cream cheese, brown sugar
Time: 30-60 minutes
Bakery Cafe Pecan Bar Cookies
Made with heavy cream, egg yolks, flour, butter, brown sugar, sugar
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Cardamom Barfi
Made with pistachios, walnuts, sugar, milk, salt, corn syrup, margarine or butter, cardamom
Method: stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Crispy Brown Rice Squares With Almond Butter, Tahini, and Carob Chips
Made with coconut, carob, almond butter, tahini, rice syrup, vanilla extract, salt, brown rice cereal, almonds
Method: stovetop
Time: 1-2 hours
Almond Pastry
Made with almonds, almond extract, refrigerated crescent dinner rolls, cream cheese, eggs, sugar
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Easy Lemon Squares
Made with butter or stick margarine, eggs, sugar, lemon rind, lemon juice, all-purpose flour
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Soft Granola Bars
Made with baking soda, brown sugar, vegetable oil, eggs, oats, flour, raisins or chocolate chips, nuts or flaked coconut, ground cinnamon, ground cloves
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Cherry Mash
Made with peanut butter, nuts, semisweet chocolate chips, cherry frosting, marshmallow creme
Method: microwave
Time: 2-5 hours
Butterscotch Oatmeal Bars
Made with butterscotch morsels, flaked coconut, nuts, butter or margarine, sugar, brown sugar, egg yolks, vanilla extract, all-purpose flour, rolled oats
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Apple Cranberry Crumb Bars
Made with baking powder, salt, butter, tart apples, sugar, flour, lemon juice, orange juice, cranberry sauce
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Coconut-Corn Flake Squares
Made with confectioners' sugar, butter, sugar, all-purpose flour, corn flakes, coconut
Method: stovetop, oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Funky Frito Fruckies
Made with milk chocolate, Fritos corn chips, sugar, corn syrup, peanut butter
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Coconut Goo Goo Bars
Made with all-purpose flour, baking soda, salt, unsalted butter, sugar, light brown sugar, egg, vanilla extract, flaked coconut
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Strawberry Ribbon Squares
Made with lemon juice, frozen sliced strawberries, water, flour, sugar, butter or margarine, instant vanilla pudding mix, milk, Dream Whip dessert topping mix, strawberry...
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 2-5 hours
No-Bake Cranberry Coconut Bars
Made with walnut, butter, brown sugar, quick rolled oats, corn syrup, dried cranberries, flaked coconut
Method: microwave
Time: under 30 minutes
Heavenly Almond Bars
Made with almond extract, egg whites, almonds, sugar, egg yolks, baking powder, salt, flour
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Coconut-Pecan Bars
Made with flaked coconut, butter or margarine, sugar, salt, eggs, vanilla extract, brown sugar, all-purpose flour
Method: oven
Time: 2-5 hours
Whole Wheat Carrot Date Bars
Made with walnuts, carrots, whole wheat pastry flour, baking powder, salt, eggs, honey, vanilla extract, dates
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Vanilla Pudding And Pineapple Cream Layered Squares
Made with whipping cream, graham cracker crumbs, butter, vanilla pudding and pie filling, milk, crushed pineapple
Method: stovetop, oven
Time: 2-5 hours
Pumpkin Mousse Bars
Made with flour, quick oats, brown sugar, butter, instant French vanilla pudding mix, milk, canned pumpkin, pecans
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Iced Spiced Ginger Bread Bars
Made with shortening, butter, hot coffee, salt, cloves, ginger, cinnamon, baking soda, sugar, flour
Time: 30-60 minutes
Apricot Cookie Bar
Made with vanilla extract, dried apricots, butter or margarine, sugar, baking powder, salt, flour, brown sugar, eggs
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Best Zucchini Bars
Made with zucchini, carrot, rolled oats, margarine, almond extract, vanilla extract, powdered sugar, salt, cinnamon
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Buttermilk Coconut Bars
Made with sugar, brown sugar, all-purpose flour, butter, coconut, walnuts, baking soda, salt, ground cinnamon, egg
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Caramel Slice
Made with margarine, brown sugar, coconut, egg, flour, baking powder, salt, vanilla extract, pecans
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Candy Corn Rice Crispy Treats
Made with yellow and red food coloring, candy pumpkins, butter, crispy rice cereal, miniature marshmallows, candy corn and Indian candy corn, miniature chocolate chips
Method: stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Frosted Peanut Butter Bars
Made with eggs, vanilla extract, all-purpose flour, baking powder, salt, milk, peanut butter, shortening, confectioners' sugar
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Caramel Kellogg's Rice Krispies Treats
Made with non-stick cooking spray, Kellogg's Rice Krispies cereal, margarine, marshmallows, miniature marshmallows, caramel ice cream topping
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Haupia, Hawaiian Luau Cake
Made with cornstarch, coconut milk, water, sugar
Method: stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Cheesecake Squares
Made with toppings, sour cream, eggs, graham cracker crumbs, butter, sugar, cream cheese, lemon juice, lemon peel, vanilla extract
Method: oven
Time: 2-5 hours
Cherry Cheesecake Squares
Made with cherry pie filling, eggs, vanilla extract, graham cracker crumbs, sugar, butter or margarine, cream cheese
Method: oven
Time: 2-5 hours
Chocolate Cherry Bars
Made with milk, sugar, semisweet chocolate chips, devil's food cake mix, cherry pie filling, almond extract, eggs, butter
Method: stovetop, oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Bars
Made with powdered sugar, peanut butter, chocolate chip cookie dough, vanilla extract
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Special K Bars
Made with chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, corn syrup, sugar, peanut butter, Special K cereal
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Pumpkin Cheesecake Bars
Made with ground allspice, ground cinnamon, all-purpose flour, brown sugar, butter, pecans, cream cheese, sugar, pumpkin puree, eggs
Method: oven
Time: 2-5 hours
Chinese Chews
Made with eggs, flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, dates, walnuts
Method: oven
Time: under 30 minutes
Chocolate Mincemeat Bars
Made with confectioners' sugar, semisweet chocolate chips, shortening, sugar, eggs, all-purpose flour, baking soda, mincemeat
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Graham Cracker Peanut Butter Bars
Made with milk chocolate chips, peanut butter, butter, powdered sugar, graham crackers
Method: stovetop
Time: 2-5 hours
Butterscotch Cheesecake Bars
Made with vanilla extract, egg, graham cracker crumbs, butterscotch morsels, cream cheese, margarine, sweetened condensed milk, nuts
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Halva (Almond Dessert)
Made with cream of wheat, sugar, honey, water, cinnamon, butter, almonds
Method: stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Pumpkin Bars
Made with pecans, butter, eggs, pumpkin, sugar, salt, ground ginger, ground cinnamon, groundcloves, yellow cake mix
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Glorified Graham Crackers
Made with graham crackers, sugar, egg, nuts, milk, coconut, graham cracker crumbs, butter
Method: stovetop
Time: 1-2 hours
Crystallized Ginger Bar Cookies
Made with flour, brown sugar, ground ginger, baking powder, salt, butter, crystallized ginger
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Creme de Menthe Bars
Made with cocoa powder, confectioners' sugar, butter, egg, vanilla extract, graham cracker crumbs, creme de menthe, semisweet chocolate chips
Method: stovetop
Time: 2-5 hours
Low-Fat Blueberry Popcorn Bars
Made with margarine or butter, white vanilla chips, miniature marshmallows, dried blueberries, microwave popcorn, popcorn
Method: microwave
Time: under 30 minutes
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