Made with coconut, nuts, flour, sugar, baking soda, eggs, crushed pineapple, 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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Coconut Pineapple Bars
Chocolate Caramel Squares
Made with sweetened condensed milk, sugar, flour, butter, brown sugar, corn syrup
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 1-2 hours
Low Carb Peanut Butter Protein Bars
Made with vanilla whey protein powder, granular sugar substitute, peanut butter, butter, liquid artificial sweetener
Method: microwave
Time: 30-60 minutes
Crunchy Fudge Bars
Made with water, butter, powdered sugar, butterscotch chips, chocolate chips, peanut butter, crispy rice cereal
Method: stovetop
Time: 1-2 hours
Caramel Sticks
Made with pecans, brown sugar, eggs, salt, vanilla extract, butter, baking powder, flour
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
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Raspberry Linzer Bars
Made with raspberry jam, butter, sugar, egg, vanilla extract, cinnamon, salt, ground cloves, flour, walnuts or hazelnuts
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Salted Nut Roll Dessert
Made with crisped rice cereal, peanuts, vanilla extract, yellow cake mix, egg, butter or margarine, miniature marshmallows, peanut butter chips, light corn syrup
Method: oven, microwave
Time: 1-2 hours
Caramel Delight Squares
Made with caramel ice cream topping, pecans, oatmeal, flour, brown sugar, soda, salt, butter, chocolate chips
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Blackberry Breakfast Bars
Made with brown sugar, blackberries or raspberries, sugar, water, lemon juice, ground cinnamon, flour, quick-cooking rolled oats
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 1-2 hours
Banana Caramel Bars
Made with caramel topping, flour, sugar, baking powder, margarine, egg, bananas
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Chewy Butterscotch Raisin Bars
Made with semisweet chocolate chips, raisins, vanilla extract, flour, baking powder, salt, butter or margarine, brown sugar, eggs, butterscotch chips
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Lemon Chess Bars
Made with cream cheese, lemon or yellow cake mix, eggs, margarine, powdered sugar
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Lime Margarita Bars
Made with lime zest, lime juice, eggs, pretzels, sugar, butter, sweetened condensed milk
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Magical Mystery Bars
Made with walnuts, butter, brown sugar, saltine crackers, semisweet chocolate chips
Method: stovetop, oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Chocolate-Cherry Bar Cookies With Hazelnuts
Made with hazelnuts, all-purpose flour, sugar, dried cherries, salt, butter, vanilla extract, cream cheese, semisweet chocolate chips
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Better Butterscotch Bars
Made with walnuts, butter, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, flour, baking powder, coconut
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Country-Style Butterscotch Peanut Bars
Made with water, corn syrup, butter, brown sugar, all-purpose flour, salt, peanuts, butterscotch chips
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Cake Mix Butterscotch Bars
Made with butterscotch baking chips, pecans, egg, white cake mix, instant butterscotch pudding mix, milk
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Butterscotch Confetti Squares
Made with miniature marshmallows, butter, peanut butter, butterscotch chips
Method: stovetop
Time: 2-5 hours
Cranberry White Chocolate Rice Krispies Treats
Made with dried cranberries, butter, miniature marshmallows, vanilla, white chocolate chips, Kellogg's Rice Krispies cereal
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Cape Cod Cranberry Squares
Made with pecans or almonds, fresh cranberries, sugar, eggs, butter, almond extract, flour
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Coconut Chews
Made with baking powder, powdered sugar, salt, flour, vanilla extract, eggs, walnuts, brown sugar, flaked coconut
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Oreo-Os Graham Cracker Bars
Made with semisweet chocolate chips, graham crackers, butter, miniature marshmallows, Oreo O's cereal
Method: microwave
Time: under 30 minutes
Apple Crisp Brownies
Made with walnuts, apples, vegetable oil, sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, flour, baking soda, cinnamon
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Blueberry Cream Cheese Yum-Yum Squares
Made with frozen nondairy whipped topping, blueberries, sugar, cornstarch, water, flour, margarine, pecans, cream cheese
Method: stovetop, oven
Time: 2-5 hours
Apple Danish Bar
Made with milk, egg yolk, apples, sugar, flour, cinnamon, butter, powdered sugar, salt
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Chocolate Chip Pecan Pie Bars
Made with all-purpose flour, eggs, corn syrup, sugar, vanilla extract, brown sugar, butter
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Apricot Coconut Squares
Made with apricots, flour, butter, sugar, eggs, brown sugar, baking powder, salt, vanilla extract, lemon juice
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Pumpkin Spice Bars
Made with eggs, graham cracker or gingersnap crumbs, butter, sugar, all-purpose flour, cinnamon, baking powder, baking soda, salt
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Heavenly Brownie Cheese Cake
Made with vanilla extract, egg, sugar, fudge brownie mix, cream cheese
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Caramel Krispie Bars
Forget boring snacks; these layered bites of marshmallow and caramel drama are here to steal the spotlight.
Method: stovetop
Time: 1-2 hours
Key Lime Cheesecake Squares
Made with graham wafer crumbs, vanilla wafer crumbs, almonds or crushed pecans, margarine, non-stick cooking spray, all-purpose flour, cream cheese, sugar
Method: oven
Time: 2-5 hours
Marshmallow Peanut Butter Squares
Made with miniature marshmallows, milk chocolate chips, butterscotch chips, margarine, peanut butter, cereal rice cereal
Method: stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Peanut Butter Krispy Treats
Made with crisped rice cereal, margarine or butter, marshmallows, miniature marshmallows, peanut butter
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Chocolate Chip Nut Bars
Made with nuts, chocolate chips, salt, butter, brown sugar, vanilla extract, eggs, flour, baking powder
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 1-2 hours
German Christmas Lebkuchen (Spice Bars)
Made with confectioner's sugar, egg whites, honey, flour, unblanched almonds, cinnamon, ground cloves, mixed candied fruits, baking powder
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 30-60 minutes
Cake Mix Lemon Squares
Made with sugar, white cake mix, egg, vegetable oil, lemon juice, cream cheese
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Rosie's Marshmallow Mud Squares
Made with sugar, shortening, eggs, vanilla extract, flour, cocoa powder, salt, mini marshmallows, butter
Method: oven
Time: 2-5 hours
Pumpkin Granola Bars
Made with ground cinnamon, wheat germ, pumpkin puree, egg, butter, honey, molasses, rolled oats, nuts, unsweetened coconut
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Hoosier Chocolate Chip and Peanut Bars
Made with sugar, brown sugar, eggs, vanilla extract, water, semisweet chocolate chips, egg whites, peanuts, flour, baking powder
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
No Bake Butterscotch Bars
Made with butterscotch chips, peanut butter, sugar, eggs, margarine, graham cracker crumbs, miniature marshmallows, coconut, pecans
Method: stovetop
Time: 1-2 hours
Butter Pecan Bars
Made with pecans, eggs, butter, flour, brown sugar, vanilla extract
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
Butterscotch Chew Scotchies
Made with butterscotch chips, cashews, yellow cake mix, brown sugar, butter or margarine, eggs, vanilla extract
Method: oven
Time: 1-2 hours
After School No Bake Choco-Butter Cornflake Cookie
After school snacks are a time-honored tradition. And what could be better than a no-bake choco-butter cornflake cookie?
Method: stovetop
Time: under 30 minutes
Butterscotch Oat Squares
Made with vanilla extract, oats, brown sugar, butter
Method: oven
Time: under 30 minutes
Nectarine Crunch Bars
Made with sugar, lemon juice, water, cornstarch, almond extract, all-purpose flour, oatmeal, wheat germ, brown sugar, ground cinnamon
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 1-2 hours
Blueberry Crisp Squares
Made with graham cracker crumbs, butter, blueberries, light brown sugar, ground cinnamon, all-purpose flour
Method: oven
Time: 2-5 hours
No Bake Peanut Butter Marshmallow Squares
Made with mini marshmallows, peanut butter, butterscotch chips
Method: stovetop
Time: 1-2 hours
Milk Chocolate Almond Bars
Made with almonds, butter, brown sugar, flour, salt, milk chocolate chips
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Quick Four-Ingredient Marshmallow Fudge Bars
Made with marshmallows, butter, devils food cake mix, peanut butter
Method: oven
Time: 30-60 minutes
Tiramisu Cheesecake Bars
Made with semisweet chocolate chips, vanilla extract, rum, vanilla wafer cookie crumbs, instant espresso powder, butter or margarine, cream cheese, sugar, eggs, heavy whipping...
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 2-5 hours
Lemon Mousse Squares
Made with unflavored gelatin, egg, egg whites, lemon juice, sugar, lemon peel, frozen whipped topping, vanilla flavored nonfat yogurt, vanilla extract
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 2-5 hours
Apple Streusel Squares
Made with butter, apple slices, raisins, brown sugar, cinnamon, cornstarch, lemon juice, flour
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 1-2 hours
Coconut Kahlua Bars
Made with flour, pecans, eggs, instant coffee powder, salt, sugar, brown sugar
Method: oven, stovetop
Time: 1-2 hours
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