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Easter Mini Egg Cookie Bars

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Let’s do something fun for Easter! These Easter Mini Egg cookie bars are a fun and decadent way to eat your Cadbury Mini Eggs. They’re soft, melty, and totally addictive.

These Easter Mini Egg cookie bars are a fun and decadent way to eat your Cadbury Mini Eggs. They're soft, melty, and totally addictive.

These cookie bars are a little crunchy around the edges and on top, and they’re soft and moist in the middle.

The insides of the Mini Eggs become nice and molten, especially if you can’t resist sneaking a piece when they’re still a bit warm. 🙂

These Easter Mini Egg cookie bars are a fun and decadent way to eat your Cadbury Mini Eggs. They're soft, melty, and totally addictive.

I have super sensitive teeth that do not react well to sweets, but I still went to town on these. It was really painful, but these cookie bars were really good. The second time I made these, I actually started spooning it right out of the pan while it was still hot. That’s when I knew I hit rock bottom.

Keeping these around is dangerous. 😉 Clearly, I have no patience. The hardest part of making these cookie bars is waiting for them to cool enough to cut them into squares. Obviously I failed the second time around.

Calories don’t count on Easter, so here we go! Balance is the spice of life.

If you’re a regular reader of my blog (thank you!), you may recall that I was a part of a St. Patrick’s Day blogger roundup a few weeks ago. It was fun, so I decided to participate in the Easter one too. Here’s some more great ideas for Easter from some of my best blogging buddies:

Spring Roasted Carrot Noodle Salad with Thyme Vinaigrette from No Spoon Necessary

Earn Serious Bunny Points, And Make Easter Basket Cupcakes from The Sweet Nerd

Mini Egg Chocolate Bundt Cake from Girl Heart Food

Maple Bacon Deviled Eggs from Beyond Mere Sustenance

Lemon Curd Pavlova from Seasons and Suppers

Cookie Cutter Chocolates from Contemplating Sweets

Blood Orange Wheat Ale Pound Cake with Blood Orange Glaze from Beer Girl Cooks

Ham and Cheese Scones from Kevin is Cooking

Marbled Easter Egg Truffles from Sugar Hero

Angel Food Cupcakes with Compote Filling from Meg is Well

Easter Hazelnut Meringue Layer Cake from From Scratch Mostly

Spring Green Salad with Asparagus from Seasonal Cravings

These Easter Mini Egg cookie bars are a fun and decadent way to eat your Cadbury Mini Eggs. They're soft, melty, and totally addictive.

Before I get to the recipe…

I’ve learned recently that it’s wise to manage expectations when it comes to baking. I’ve had some controversy surrounding my “edible” cookie dough post, so now I’m going to start putting disclaimers so I don’t get people yelling at me when the recipe doesn’t turn out the way they think it should. I mean I’ll probably still get some people yelling at me since this is the internet, but at least I’m trying here. 😛

You’ll like these cookie bars if:

  • You like soft, fairly dense cookies
  • You like cookies that have that under-baked taste/texture
  • You like Cadbury Mini Eggs
  • You like white chocolate
  • You like sweet cookie bars

I baked these for 30 minutes. Everyone’s oven is a little different, but that’s the ballpark figure. They’re done when a toothpick inserted comes out (mostly) clean… just make sure that globs of raw batter aren’t stuck to it. These can really stick to the pan, so make sure you grease the pan and/or line it with foil or parchment paper, then even go so far as to grease the foil with some non-stick spray if you want.

Will you make these Easter Mini Egg cookie bars? I see Mini Eggs are now available year-round… so why limit yourself to just Easter?! 😉

Aaaand the recipe:

These Easter Mini Egg cookie bars are a fun and decadent way to eat your Cadbury Mini Eggs. They're soft, melty, and totally addictive.
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Easter Mini Egg Cookie Bars

These Easter Mini Egg cookie bars are a fun and decadent way to eat your Cadbury Mini Eggs. They're soft, melty, and totally addictive.
Course Dessert
Cuisine American
Keyword Mini Egg cookie bars
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 1 8x8 pan
Author Salt & Lavender

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup butter melted
  • 1 egg
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 1 cup brown sugar packed
  • 1 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1 cup all purpose flour
  • 1/4 cup white chocolate chips
  • 1 cup Cadbury Mini Eggs

Instructions

  1. Preheat oven to 350F. Move the rack to the middle position.
  2. Melt the butter in a large, microwave-safe bowl. Let it cool for a few minutes while you prepare/measure out the rest of the ingredients and line an 8x8 baking dish with tin foil (and/or spray it with non-stick spray).
  3. Add the egg, vanilla, and sugar to the bowl and stir until it's combined, then stir in the baking powder and flour until smooth. Try not to over stir.
  4. Stir in the white chocolate chips and Mini Eggs. Transfer batter to the baking dish and smooth it out.
  5. Bake for 30 minutes, or until a toothpick comes out (mostly) clean. You don't want gobs of raw batter stuck on it, basically. Let cool in the baking dish for at least 30 minutes. Cut into squares and enjoy.

Recipe Notes

  • These squares will keep in an airtight container for a few days.

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Comments

  1. Rachel B says

    5 stars
    Made these without the white chocolate chips for my buddy’s birthday and they were delicious!!!! And super easy to make, which is what I was going for. I appreciate that the recipe calls for melted butter since I never have the patience to let butter soften. Thanks!

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  2. Lynn | The Road to Honey says

    Woah Natasha! What is the world coming to when you have to start adding a ton of disclaimers to your blog posts?!!!

    No disclaimers needed for these beauties in my opinion. They are definitely eye candy that will surely make my tastebuds and my tummy happy as a clam. I just adore how the chocolate eggs provide big speckles of color and texture. So much fun.

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    • Natasha says

      Thanks Lynn! I did thoroughly enjoy these. I’d love to make more, but I better hold off for a bit. I didn’t have the healthiest Easter break! 😛 Yeah, the internet can be an “interesting” place. In all seriousness, I’m hoping that by managing expectations I can avoid someone having a disappointing result. I know I’ll never be able to please everyone, but I never want anyone to be angry over one of my recipes.

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  4. Tamara Andersen says

    I love your disclaimer Natasha! Yes, we cannot account for the personal preferences of everyone that makes our recipes!

    Seriously, though, your cookie bars look fabulous, and I’d eat one or two. I’m the “hard sell” girl that doesn’t do many sweets, but they look yummy! Happy Easter!

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  5. Cindy says

    I love that you endure pain for pleasure. That is hilarious. I just hope I can wait until they are baked and ready to go before I hit rock bottom and eat it all up. I think my boys would love these! Plus, it gives me something wonderful to bake with all the extra candy eggs. Cheers –

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  8. Meg | Meg is Well says

    I love cookie bars but sadly haven’t had them in a while! I especially love cookie bars that have crunchy bits of goodness in them so I would be like you, burning my mouth trying to eat them too soon! And lol, your disclaimer! Look at it this way: you know you’re popular when people start complaining. You’ve made it!

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    • Natasha says

      Thanks so much for sharing, Kevin!! Oooh malted chocolate egg cookie bars sound amazing. I know my husband would love those even more than the Mini Egg version!

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  13. Kelsie | the itsy-bitsy kitchen says

    Wait WHAT? Are mini eggs really available all year? That’s a game-changer! These look amazing! Mini eggs are one of my favorite Easter candies and baked into a delicious cookie I don’t think life could get much better. Have a great week, Natasha!

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    • Natasha says

      Thanks so much, Kelsie! Yeah, the pack I bought said “now available year-round” (here in Canada anyway). I’d be surprised if this didn’t apply to the USA as well, but who knows!

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  14. Cheyanne @ No Spoon Necessary says

    I can totally see why you went to town on these beautiful bars despite having super sensitive teeth! These are so festive and fun, Natasha!! I love that you used Cadbury Mini Eggs in these! Absolutely PERFECT for Easter! I am willing to bet these babies are dangerously delicious! Pinned! Cheers!

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  18. April Davila says

    I love how the color of the chocolate eggs shows up in the cross section photos, those little linings of pink and blue. So festive! Definitely going to try these. Thanks!

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  19. Dawn - Girl Heart Food says

    Both you and I are using Mini Eggs today! Love them SO much! These cookie bars sound amazing, Natasha! I would have no self control around these either. And, I agree, calories don’t count at Easter…..or weekends or any of the other holidays 😉

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