Made with eggs, sugar, flour, sweetened condensed milk, flaked coconut, almonds, unsweetened chocolate, confectioners' sugar, cream or milk, butter
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 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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Almond Joy Bars
Prune Squares
Made with walnuts, prunes, flour, baking powder, salt, cinnamon, margarine, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla extract
Method: oven
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
Cowboy Candy Bars
Made with peanut butter, chocolate chips, oatmeal, butter, corn syrup, brown sugar
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
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Quick & Nutty Cheese Bars
Made with golden cake mix, butter, walnuts, cream cheese, brown sugar
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
Three Layer Bars
Made with cocoa powder, powdered sugar, egg, vanilla extract, nuts, graham cracker crumbs, coconut, butter or margarine, cream
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Frozen Lemon Squares
Made with graham cracker crumbs, sugar, butter or margarine, egg yolks, sweetened condensed milk, yellow food coloring, lemon juice, whipped topping
Method: oven
Time: 2-5 hours
Mississippi Mud Bars
Made with eggs, all-purpose flour, cocoa powder, salt, flaked coconut, marshmallow creme, unsalted butter, vanilla extract
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Oreo Caramel Delight
Made with frozen whipped topping, cream cheese, chocolate cream Oreo cookies, caramels, margarine, evaporated milk, powdered sugar, vanilla extract
Method: stovetop
Time: 2-5 hours
Blueberry Granola Bars
Made with blueberries, honey, brown sugar, vegetable oil, ground cinnamon, quick-cooking oats
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 1-2 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
Coconut Crunch Surprise Bars
Made with pretzels, butter, egg, sugar, corn syrup, eggs, pecans, butterscotch chips, coconut
Method: oven
Time: 2-5 hours
Pear Bar Cookies
Made with sugar, butter or margarine, eggs, brown sugar, flour, baking powder, salt, ground ginger
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Incredible Edibles
Made with butter, graham cracker crumbs, chunky peanut butter, confectioners' sugar, chocolate chips
Time: 30-60 minutes
Brown Sugar Chocolate Chip Bars
Made with semisweet chocolate chips, all-purpose flour, baking soda, salt, brown sugar, butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla extract
Method: oven
Time: 2-5 hours
Almond Toffee Triangles
Made with vanilla extract, egg, all-purpose flour, salt, brown sugar, corn syrup, butter or margarine
Method: stovetop, oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Baby Food Bars
Made with cream cheese, cinnamon, eggs, sugar, flour, carrot baby food, applesauce baby food, apricot baby food, oil, baking soda
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Cherry Cheesecake Cookie Bars
Made with all-purpose flour, vanilla extract, cream cheese, sugar, egg, chocolate kisses, chopped red or green maraschino cherries, almond extract, Few drops red food...
Time: 1-2 hours
Cashew Peanut Butter Bars
Made with cashews, peanut butter chips, flour, brown sugar, baking powder, baking soda, butter, vanilla, miniature marshmallows, sweetened condensed milk
Method: oven
Time: 2-5 hours
Peanut Butter And Honey Rice Krispies Bars
Made with butterscotch chips, Rice Krispies cereal, peanut butter, honey, sugar, semisweet chocolate chips
Method: microwave, stovetop
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
Best Zucchini Bars
Made with zucchini, carrot, rolled oats, margarine, almond extract, vanilla extract, powdered sugar, salt, cinnamon
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Butterfinger Bars
Made with chocolate chips, margarine, brown sugar, sugar, quick-cooking oats, peanut butter
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Easy Peach Bars
Made with ground nutmeg, ground cloves, shortening, flour, sugar, peaches, eggs, baking powder
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
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
Frosted Pumpkin Bars
Made with sugar, flour, pumpkin, eggs, baking powder, baking soda, cinnamon, salt, cream cheese
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Apple-Rhubarb Crumble Squares
Made with butter, flour, pie crust, rhubarb, apples, sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Rhubarb Custard Bars
Made with butter or margarine, sugar, flour, whipping cream, eggs, fresh or frozen rhubarb
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 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
Butterscotch Squares
Made with nuts, butter, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, flour, baking powder, salt
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
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
Butterscotch Krispy Treats
Made with margarine or butter, marshmallows, miniature marshmallows, butterscotch instant pudding mix, Rice Krispies cereal
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Corn Pops
Made with baking soda, vanilla extract, Corn Pops cereal, pecan, butter, sugar, corn syrup
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 1-2 hours
Butter Pecan Chocolate Marshmallow Bars
Made with coconut flakes, butter pecan cake mix, margarine, water, miniature marshmallows, semisweet chocolate chips
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
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
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
Tipper Gore's Tennessee Treats
Made with salt, cloves, brown sugar, egg whites, honey, baking powder, water, all-purpose flour, cinnamon, allspice
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Can't Leave 'em Alone Bars
Made with butter or margarine, semisweet chocolate chips, white cake mix, eggs, vegetable oil, sweetened condensed milk
Method: oven, microwave
Time: 30-60 minutes
Cherry Squares
Made with cherry pie filling, lemon extract, butter or margarine, sugar, eggs, all-purpose flour, vanilla extract
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Crispy Crunch Bars
Made with miniature marshmallows, margarine or butter, corn syrup, semisweet chocolate chips, peanut butter, Peanut Butter Puffs cereal
Method: stovetop
Time: 1-2 hours
Coffee Granola Bars
Made with vanilla extract, egg, honey, instant coffee powder, butter or margarine, rolled oats, raisins, wheat germ, coconut flakes, brown sugar
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Delta Bars
Made with nuts, brown sugar, margarine, sugar, egg, egg yolk, vanilla extract, self-rising flour, egg white
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Chess Squares
Made with cream cheese, butter cake mix, butter, egg, confectioners' sugar, eggs
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
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