1) Oatmeal Cream Pie Bars
Like the classic sandwich cookies that inspired this dessert, these soft and chewy cinnamon-spiced oatmeal bars are topped with fluffy, marshmallow-y icing. They are perfect candidates for bake sales and birthday parties. Just add sprinkles.
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Photography and food styling by Liz Neely
2) Quick and easy fudge brownies
These One Bowl Brownies are one of the most popular recipes on our site. Why? They deliver reliably thick, fudgy brownies and only require a handful of ingredients and a bowl. In about half an hour you’ll have brownies hot straight from the oven, start to finish.
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Photography and food styling by Liz Neely
3) Chewy Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
Instead of scooping out individual chocolate chip cookies one by one, press the dough directly into a pan for dense, chewy bars that straddle the line between cookie and blondie. These bars get their shiny, cracked top with one of our favorite tricks: mixing sugar with hot melted butter until it’s partially dissolved, creating a thin, crumbly surface when baked. It happens.
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Photography by Rick Holbrook; Caitlin Wayne’s Food Style
4) More granola bars
One of the easiest recipes on our site (find the other 17 easiest recipes Here!), these melty, gooey granola bars use the same oat-based mix for both their bottom crust and crumbly topping. Finished with a layer of melted chocolate and broiled marshmallows, these treats are campfire nostalgia.
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Photography by Rick Holbrook; Caitlin Wayne’s Food Style; Prop styling by Brooke Deonarin
5) Chocolate Magic Cookie Bars
Magic Cookie Bars Get a Chocolate Makeover! Also known as Seven Layer Bars, Dream Bars, or Hello Dolly Bars, this updated version of the classic gets a touch of cocoa powder and chocolate chips, all sandwiched between a graham cracker crust and crunchy coconut topping. are
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Photography by Rick Holbrook; Caitlin Wayne’s Food Style
6) Easy Pecan Pie Bars
This recipe takes everything you love about pecan pie—gooey filling, toasted nuts, and buttery crust—and packs it into a sweet, sliceable bar. It’s much more accessible than a full pie: There’s no rolling, chilling, or pre-baking pie crust. Total win!
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Photography and food styling by Liz Neely
7) Filled Chocolate Chip Whites
Think of these bluedies as a blank slate for any mix-ins, from chocolate chips (white, milk, bittersweet, all three?!) to chopped nuts to crunchy toffee bits. Because they are baked in a 9″ x 13″ pan, these bars are also perfect for feeding a crowd.
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Photography by Rick Holbrook; Caitlin Wayne’s Food Style
8) Peanut Butter Brownies
Made with just a handful of ingredients, these nutty brownies come together in under an hour. The result is a whimsical peanut butter-filled brownie, which comes in three forms: mixed into batter; It is swirled at the top; And it’s in the form of chips, which give root to every bite.
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Photography by Erica Allen; Food styling by Liz Neely
9) Bourbon barrel aged whites
Adding a splash of bourbon barrel-aged beer to these buttery bluedies provides an oaky, malty layer of flavor to cut through their inherent sweetness. Like most bars and brownies, these are simple and straightforward to make, and rely on melted butter for a dense, chewy texture.
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Photography and food styling by Liz Neely
10) Chocolate Cheesecake Brownies
These moist, decadent cheesecake brownies are perfect for chocolate and cheesecake lovers alike. Each bite delivers an incredibly rich combination of sweet cream cheese and deep dark chocolate – the perfect treat for anyone who can’t choose just one dessert.
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Photography by Rick Holbrook; Caitlin Wayne’s Food Style
11) Tahini Chocolate Bars
With their rich tahini and chocolate ganache layers, these bite-sized, no-bake bars pack a flavorful punch. The graham cracker crumbs add crunch, while the honey complements the bars’ sesame flavor nicely.
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Photography by Rick Holbrook; Caitlin Wayne’s Food Style
12) Black and Storm Ginger Bars
These frosted bar cookies are flavored with ginger, lime and rum, evoking the cocktail from which they derive their name. Spicy ginger appears in four ways — fresh, ground, candied, and in syrup form (buy ginger syrup or make your own) — while cream cheese frosting brings out lime and rum.
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Photography by Daniel Sykes; Caitlin Wayne’s Food Style
13) Chocolate Caramel Shortbread Bars
Good things come in threes – just check out this recipe. The combination of silky chocolate ganache, creamy caramel, and buttery shortbread results in something even better than the sum of these (very delicious) parts. The slight bitterness of the dark chocolate cuts through the cloying sweetness of the caramel, while the cookie base provides a welcome crunch to the soft and creamy layers on top.
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Photography by Rick Holbrook; Caitlin Wayne’s Food Style
14) Gooey Vanilla Butter Cake Bars
Some of our favorite bars on this list were inspired by other desserts, and this recipe fits that theme well: It takes the beloved regional staple St. Louis Gooey Butter Cake and turns it into handheld bars. Which are part cake, part cookie. These are for those who always skip the corner piece in favor of the soft, gooey center.
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Photography by Patrick Marinello; Food styling by Yekaterina Boitsova
15) Super Fuzzy Sourdough Brownies
You don’t need flour to make these gooey, gooey brownies. Instead, a 1/2 cup sour burp provides body, as well as that delightful texture. Helpfully, these brownies are as easy as they are decadent, with the batter coming together in a single saucepan.
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Cover photo by Daniel Sykes; Caitlin Wayne’s Food Style.