Chocolate Chip Cake Bars

Chocolate Chip Cake Bars

  • Prep Time: 10 mins
  • Total Time: 35 mins
  • Yield: 3.5dozen

    • Ingredients

  • 1 (18 1/2 ounce) packages yellow cake mix
  • 2largeeggs
  • 1/4 cupbrown sugar, firmly packed
  • 1/4 cupmelted butter
  • 1/4 cupwater
  • 2cupschocolate chips, divided
  • 1/2 cupchopped pecans or 1/2 cupwalnuts
  • 1tablespoonshortening

    • Directions

  • Combine the first 5 ingredients.
  • Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes.
  • Stir in 1 cup of chocolate chips and 1/2 cup nuts.
  • Spread in greased 9×13 pan.
  • Bake at 375° for 20-25 minutes.
  • Melt shortening with remaining chocolate chips.
  • Drizzle over the top and cut into bars.

    • Reviews

  • “These were quick & delicious bars!Followed recipe as stated, except omitted the nuts.Microwaved the chocolate chips with some water for the drizzle topping.These were a hit with DH, every time I checked the plate one more was missing!Thanks for posting this recipe, Jolyn.”

  • “Rated 7 stars by 3 stepsons… they loved them!DH rated 4 stars because he likes chewy rather than cakey bars (he ate 3 though! :-)).Great, easy, fast dessert.I too, left out the glaze.”

  • “MMMMM! Yummy! Moist and full of chocolate!! Baked 5-10 minutes longer than recipe cause middle was still very wiggly. Boyfriend usually doesn’t eat sweets, but took a good chunk of these barss!! Didn’t add nuts and didn’t drizzle chocolate on top. Added extra chocolate chips to make up for loss of nuts!lol”

  • “These were so easy and it was perfect since I was craving sweets. These only stuck around for 2 days!I used egg beaters instead of whole eggs and chopped mixed nuts that we had leftover from a party.I just rinsed off the salt before using.I also used caramel bits with the chocolate.I didn’t use the shortening, nor did I melt the choco chips.”

  • “Love these!Easy, tasty, and freeze well.Making a batch now for an upcoming party and realized I never reviewed them to begin with. My bad ’cause they’re oh so good!”

  • “These are awesome bars.We can eat the whole pan in about an hour!I do not put the glaze on the top though, because I think its just too much with it — and the bars definitely don’t need it!”

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