Lazy Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars (+Video)
Lazy Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars are made with boxed cake mix, butter, eggs and chocolate chips. So soft and yummy!
A SIMPLE COOKIE BAR RECIPE
Enter the Lazy Cookie Bar. Made with my favorite pantry item – the boxed cake mix. So versatile, so easy and so yummy. Only 4 ingredients and you probably have them all at home already. It’s not a really thick bar. It’s more like a sheet pan cookie. It’s gooey and I love the edges – those are my favorite.
CAN I USE OTHER CAKE MIX FLAVORS?
The great thing about this recipe is all the variations you can make. I’ve made these with red velvet cake mix, chocolate cake mix, birthday cake mix and they’ve all been delicious! Also, feel free to use different types of chips or add in nuts. I really love when the holiday baking chips come out. You can really have fun with this recipe and no one will know just how easy it was to make but you!
INGREDIENTS NEEDED: (FULL RECIPE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE POST)
- yellow cake mix
- eggs
- salted butter
- semi-sweet chocolate chips
HOW TO MAKE LAZY CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE BARS:
Preheat oven to 350F degrees. Spray a 9×13-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. I love to use the kind that has flour in it (Baker’s Joy).
Combine dry cake mix with melted butter and beaten eggs.
This is easier if you have an electric or stand mixer because batter will be very thick. Stir in bag of chocolate chips. Spread batter into greased baking dish.
What I like to do is spray my hand with some nonstick cooking spray and then spread the batter around using my hand since the batter is very thick.
Once it is evenly spread out, put in the oven and bake for about 20-25 minutes.
It will puff up as it is cooking and be golden brown around the edges when it is done.
And like any good chocolate chip cookie, I like to eat these warm so you can usually find me sneaking some bites from this pan before it’s cool! This makes a great base for some ice cream too.
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Lazy Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars
Ingredients
- 15.25 ounce box yellow cake mix
- 2 large eggs beaten
- 5 Tablespoons salted butter, melted
- 12 ounce bag semi-sweet chocolate chips
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F degrees.
- Spray a 9×13-inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray. I love to use the kind that has flour in it.
- In a bowl, combine dry cake mix with melted butter and beaten eggs. This is easier if you have an electric or stand mixer because batter will be very thick.
- Stir in chocolate chips.
- Spread thick batter into greased baking dish. What I like to do is spray my hand with some nonstick cooking spray and then spread the batter around using my hand since the batter is very thick.
- Once it is evenly spread out, put in the oven and bake for about 20-25 minutes.
- It will puff up as it is cooking and be golden brown around the edges when it is done. Allow to cool.
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Notes
- For an extra special treat, top with a scoop of ice cream!
- This can be made with any flavor of cake mix.
Nutrition
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Hi is the butter salted or unsalted or is it margarine?
Can you nuts and raisins, and put them in jelly roll pan for a crispy cookie?
I have made this recipe 3 times now using 3 different cake mixes: a generic store brand, Betty Crocker, and Pillsbury. I recommend NOT using Pillsbury. There's something about the pudding being inside that throws off the texture. Still tastes good though. Just some food for though
In the oven as I type , was looking for a quick late night easy bake and found it thanks!
Used dark chocolate cake mix and white chocolate chips and Carmel chips. I baked them in a jelly roll pan. Amazing while warm
I made these today and they were amazing !!!! Thank you so much
Can you make these in a pizza pan?
These are great! This time I used a triple chocolate fudge cake mix and nestle chocolate chunks. If you love chocolate, it's the way to go.
Thank you soooo much!! I made these for a church picnic.
I put round sprinkles on top and they looked so cute and tasted
even better! So easy…can't wait to try different variations.
Gotta go check out your other recipes now. Thanks again!
Lori from Pittsburgh, PA
Love… Love… Love this recipe!
Thanks!
I made the Cake cookie recipe, my hubby loved it, only have 3 left, so will make this often. Thanks !
Can you use other flavored cake mixes?
Thank you so much for all the great recipes. I made this tonight, with German Chocolate mix and icing. Super good, lasted about 45mins and they were gone. Have made the Coca Cola Cake really good. The layout for the recipes are great.The pics are really helpful. Thanks for all your hard work.
just finished making these….LOVED them!! thanks so much for the recipe!
Took them out of the oven a bit ago and OMG these are sooooo good! I can't wait to try some other cake mixes with this method.
Thank you so much for this and all the other wonderful recipes that you post!
These are wonderful!! I just made them today for my sons 24th birthday. He will have his birthday cake at our family gathering. I wanted to make him something special for his actual birthday. You would never know that there was a cake mix used. I added M&Ms!!They are delicious!!
I love your recipes and follow you on Pinterest and Facebook. Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful recipes. I know that your recipes and sweet words come from the heart!!
I've made these bars several times since finding the recipe on your site. I have also used it as a cookie cake and decorated with frosting and sprinkles! Thanks for all of your great recipes.
I'm just baking my first batch, I put in milk chocolate chips, semi-sweet chocolate chips and some Heath bar bits. My son asked me to make something for a Christmas Party he is going to, so I'm trying your recipe. This is so much easier than making cookie dough – I'm sure it is going to be delicious.
I was in a jam to make a dessert at the last minute. Glad that I found this recipe. I have everything I need for it and no more pressure! Thanks!
These turned out great! I was looking for something super quick to make so that my husband could take them to a meeting at church. Much faster than making individual cookies and very delicious. I made the chocolate chip and used a golden vanilla cake mix but will try many other combos. Thanks!
Are these soft cookie bars or is the bottom crisp?
awesome recipes…I love your site! These were so easy and delicious! I am thinking of trying red velvet cake mix with white chocolate chips! what do you think? Thank you!
this looks like homemade pop tarts… makes me wonder what the bars would be like if you substituted 2 cups of fruit… might give that a try!
This is so easy. I make chocolate chips cookies all the time for my great grandkids and this is going to make my life much easier. Thanks
Can you make these in an 8×8 pan and have them a little thicker? How about baking time? Maybe even in a brownie sized pan? Just the hubby and I.