I’d promised the kids an ‘at home movie night’ and I was determined to make it as good as going to the ‘real movies’… or better!
We’d hired some DVDs, they had corn chips for entree, I let them eat dinner in front of the TV and for dessert… crazy gooey cookie bars!
These ‘bars’ are VERY gooey, especially when you fill them to the brim with goodies. We put mini marshmallows, choc chips and candy covered baking bits in ours and then pressed a few extra on the top for good measure!. You could definitely put less choc chips etc in them, or even add healthier options, but I figure every now and then you may as well go all out!
You really do need to let them cool completely before you attempt to cut them, really. Or just eat them a spoon if you can’t wait!
- 1 1/2 cups of brown sugar
- 120 gms of butter
- 2 eggs
- 1 tsp vanilla
- 1 cup of plain flour
- 1 cup of self raising flour
- 1 cup of mini marshmellows
- 1 cup of chocolate chips
- 1/2 cup of candy covered baking bits.
- Preheat your oven to 180 degrees Celsius (approx. 350 F) and grease and line a 20x30cm baking dish or tray.
- Cream butter and sugar with electric beaters, add vanilla, then add the eggs one at a time, mixing well.
- Add the flour and mix well with a wooden spoon.
- Set aside a handful of chocolate chips and baking bits to sprinkle on the top, add the rest to the mix along with the marshmallows and stir through.
- Press the sticky mixture into the baking dish, spreading it out as best you can. Sprinkle the left over chocolate chips and baking bits over the top and press them in lightly.
- Bake for 25-30 minutes or until it browns around the edges. Do not over cook! The middle will still be soft and gooey when you take it out. Let it sit in the warm dish to finish cooking.
- Wait until it is completely cold before slicing into ooey gooey pieces.
These are not the least bit healthy, and are great for a special movie night treat!
Ooh they are rather scrummy looking! I would add dried cranberries, because I add them to pretty much all sweet things. Nom nom. But I might make these with wholemeal flour, just to make myself feel a teensy bit better. Thanks for sharing!
OMG! Yum! These look so sinful and yet so amazing at the same time! I would totally load mine up with peanut M&Ms… Or maybe chopped up clinkers… or broken up chunks of Crunchie! Ohhhh you have me drooling! :-)
mmm full of sugary goodness!!!!!!
Oh these look SOooooo delicious!!!! I much prefer a gooey cookie to a firm one. I’d jam pack my cookie full of chocolates. Yum
Now I know what to do with the mini marshmallows I have left over! Thanks Kate :)
Oh wow, that looks waaaaayyyyyy to yummy, I would eat that all myself! I will definitely be making this!
These are in the oven now… Now the trick will be waiting until they are completely cool before eating them!
We put in white and dark choc chips and M&Ms. Yum!!
I have just made these! They are in the oven now! Cant wait to try them!! :)
I just took them out of the oven and ofcourse I ate it straight out the pan with a spoon. Oh my goodness I’ve never tasted anything as good! I wish I had read Lucy’s comment before baking and added M&M’s – next time! Thank you for sharing this divine recipe!
So yummy, but I found I can only have half a piece at a time because it’s so sweet! I think it was the marshmallows that did it. It was a bit thick too, but still a fantastic recipe! Thanks heaps! :)
These…were amazing. My husband and I ate the whole pan in two days. Thanks for sharing!
Can these be made and frozen? Im looking to make them early for my daughters rainbow party. Thank you
I’m not sure if you could freeze this.. maybe if you froze it in the tray/dish before you baked it?
Hi
Could you please add weights for ingredients (not for the sweeties) because in the uk we don’t use cups to measure.
Thanks
You can use this web site to help convert cups to weights if needed.
http://www.onlineconversion.com/weight_volume_cooking.htm
Hi, I have just found this recipe, and would like to know if I could put in 2 cups of self raising flour instead of 1 cup of normal flour as I only have self raising at home at the moment….”?
I think if you put in 2 cups of self raising flour it won’t be cookie like any more, more of a cake because of the extra rising agent. You could try it with 1 1/2 cup of self raising flour and 1/2 cup of oat flour (just whiz some rolled oats in your food processor) that might work, but I’m not 100% convinced.
I made this last night after finding this recipe a few weeks back and oh my gosh it is sooooooooooo yummy!!!! Thank you so much for this!!
I am certainly making these with my children but we are drizzling Shute n brown melted chocolate over the top yummy