Made with cream cheese, these squares are packed full of Oreo cookie pieces and mini chocolate chips for chewy cookies & cream bars. They’re made with cream cheese, fans of my Oreo cheesecake or easy brownies from scratch will love these!
Leia ruined some of my things yesterday while I was at work. She chewed up the corners of one new book and helped herself to the savory insides of another, shredding it into literary confetti. I tried to salvage it with a roll of scotch tape, but the pages (or rather the remnants of pages) were beyond hope.
She also ate a box of mints, the last no-bake cookie I’d left on the counter, destroyed my favorite inky pen and spilled its indelible guts all over our one-and-only piece of carpet in the house, and, worse, got into my notebook where I had the first quarter of a handwritten (as in, no copies to be found on the computer, in my Google docs, or anywhere else in the universe) novel that I’d begun. By some miracle, even though I’d left my notebook open to the last page that I’d written, she’d only chewed out completely blank pages and all of my words were still intact, but I still had a heart attack initially.
She’s usually a very well-behaved dog, so this level of destructiveness was not typical. She’s just over a year old and I’ve heard that German Shepherds stay puppy-minded until they’re about 3 years old, so things could be a lot worse. Honestly it’s most likely my fault because the day before I’d been guiltily neglectful of her walk (it’s so cold outside, and we worked on her tricks indoors!), but that didn’t make me any less angry about my ruined books. And pen. And the close encounter with America’s next best seller (kidding!).
Instead of taking (all of) my anger out on the dog, I directed it a more productive way. I took my nice, heavy rolling-pin to some innocent Oreos and smashed them to pieces. It helped, but not as much as the satisfaction of eating one of these cookie-crammed squares hot out of the oven did.
Honestly, they’re pretty dang remarkable. I’m talking tasty-enough-to-make-you-forget-your-dog-ruined-some-of-your-favorite-things good.
They’re made with butter and cream cheese, soft and chewy, chock-full-of mini chocolate chips and so many (obliterated) Oreo pieces. A hybrid of my cookie bars, blondies, and cookies and cream cookies. The cream cheese gives these squares an excellent and unmatched flavor and keeps them from being too sweet (and helps make them super soft).
If you’ve got some rage you need re-directed, take it out on a pack of Oreos. Trust me. Make these.
And if anyone knows how to get a puddle of pen ink out of carpet, I’d love to hear it.
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Cookies & Cream Bars
Ingredients
- ½ cup butter softened
- 8 oz cream cheese softened
- 1 ¾ cups sugar
- 2 large eggs + 1 yolk
- 1 tsp vanilla extract
- 2 ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ tsp baking powder
- ½ tsp salt
- ¾ cup mini chocolate chips + 2 Tbsp mini chocolate chips
- 18 crushed Oreo cookies + 6 crushed Oreo cookies (divided don't completely pulverize them to crumbs, you want to have cookie pieces in these bars)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F and grease a 13x9 pan.
- In KitchenAid mixer, cream together butter and cream cheese.
- Scrape down sides of bowl with a metal spatula and beat in sugar until light and fluffy.
- Add eggs and then vanilla.
- In a separate bowl, combine flour, salt, and baking powder.
- Gradually stir the flour mixture into your cream cheese mixture until completely combined (be sure to pause occasionally to scrape down sides of bowl).
- Stir in mini chocolate chips and 18 crushed Oreos.
- Spread into prepared pan and sprinkle the additional 2 Tbsp mini chocolate chips and 6 crushed Oreo cookies overtop.
- Bake for 30-35 minutes (edges will begin to turn golden brown) and allow to cool before cutting and serving.
Nutrition
Nutritional information is based on third-party calculations and should be considered an estimate only. Actual nutritional content will vary based upon brands used, measuring methods, cooking method, portion sizes, and more.
Amanda
Tried this recipe last weekend and made a little bit of a boo boo when it came to the eggs. Added three full eggs instead of 2 + 1 yolk 🙁
Needless to say they still came out great!
Thanks for sharing 🙂
Sam
I’m glad you still enjoyed them, Amanda! 🙂
Xochil
Loved these. They were super easy to make. And they were so delicious warm out of the oven. I’m not sure why, but I modified the recipe with an extra egg yolk and a splash of coconut almond milk I had on hand. I’m thinking of other things to make this recipe with besides Oreos 😁 . I LOVED the Oreos, but would like to see how this turns out with some different toppings.
Sam
I am so glad you enjoyed it so much! 🙂
Hansa
Hi do you think you could put the measurements in grams please? Pleaseee I really wanna make these thanksss
Hansa
Also in step 6 are you using the KitchenAid mixer or your spatula to stir the dry ingredients? Sorry for all the questions I’m so new to this baking thing but I tried some of your recipies and they came out so well.
Sam
I use my mixer on low speed. No worries! I am glad you have been enjoying the recipes! 🙂
Sam
Hi Hansa! I’m working to convert all of my recipes to grams (I used to only bake with cups) but haven’t gotten to this one just yet. I hope to get to it soon. I don’t use automatic conversions on my recipe and only lift the weights if I’ve tried it that way myself just to ensure accuracy.
Hansa
Oh okay. Hopefully you will get to this soon 🙈🙈 eagerly waiting to make this. Thank you
Deborah
How long do these stay fresh? Can these be frozen?
Sugar Spun Run
Hi, Deborah! They will stay fresh for up to 1 week. I recommend storing the bars in an airtight container. Unfortunately, I have never frozen them, so I am not certain how they would do. I think that they will be fine, but if you try, let me know how it works out for you. Enjoy! 🙂
Amy
do these need to be refrigerated?
Sugar Spun Run
Hello, Amy! No need to refrigerate. I recommend storing the Cookies & Cream Bars in an airtight container. Enjoy! 🙂
Amy
these were awesome!! Everyone loved them . Mahalo!!!
Sugar Spun Run
I am so glad that you enjoyed them, Amy! I hope that you try more of my recipes. 🙂
Mia
I made these today for someone as part of a birthday present because he loves anything cookies and cream. Before boxing some up I thought I’d try one. Well actually one turned into three (oops!). These were soooo good. The perfect balance. Not overly sweet and easy to make too!
Sam
Haha, I know how that is… “just a bite” turns into eating the whole pan before you realize it! I’m so glad you liked them, and thank you for coming back to comment and let me know!! 🙂
Beeta @ Mon Petit Four
Wow these look sooo amazing!! So sorry about the ruined notebook – dogs can be little troublemakers sometimes. But hammering oreos and then baking these sound like a good stress reliever to me! plus I believe you when you say these made you forget what happened! they look incredible!
Sam
Haha it really was a great stress reliever 🙂 Thank you, Beeta!
Denise | Sweet Peas & Saffron
Oh no!! That sounds terrible…I don’t have a dog but I have a 2 year old, so I can totally commiserate with you 😉 These bars look UNREAL! I wish I had one right now!
Sam
Haha, I can only imagine! Thank you, Denise! 🙂
Mellanie
Sam – Just read this. Spray cheap aerosol hair spray on the ink stain, then dab with a clean cloth. And these look delicious. I am going to try them.
Sam
Ah thank you! I will try that! and thanks! 🙂
Jane
My beagle puppy used to literally EAT (not just chew on) everything he could find…hang in there, it will pass…hopefully ;). Moving on to the good stuff OREO’s!! These bars looks absolutely scrumptiously heavenly!! I cannot wait to give them a try 🙂
Sam
Keeping my fingers crossed that it passes sooner rather than later! Haha, thank you so much, Jane! 🙂
kushi
Looks amazingly delicious! Craving for it right now. YUMMY
Sam
Thank you so much, Kushi! 🙂
Christin@SpicySouthernKitchen
I love an excuse to buy Oreos. These bars look incredible!
Sam
You and me both! 😉 Thanks so much, Christin!
Medha @ Whisk & Shout
These bars look unreal! When Hershey came out with the cookies n cream chocolate bar, it was life changing- now that flavor combo is def a fave of mine! 🙂
Sam
YESSS these bars remind me so much of those chocolate bars, too! Thank you, Medha! 🙂
Marsha | Marsha's Baking Addiction
These bars look absolutely scrumptious! I LOVE Oreo’s!
Sam
Thank you, Marsha! 🙂
Jess @ Flying on Jess Fuel
Haha, stinkin’ dogs!! Our German Shepherd couldn’t be trusted out of the crate alone until about 3 years old. Then he magically flipped a switch and we haven’t even HAD a crate since and zero chewing incidents. So there is hope! But it definitely takes a while to get there. 😉 These bars look sooooo yummy. I would definitely need to down a few of these to get over all my stuff being destroyed!
Sam
Sounds like 3 years is the charm, then! She has been out of her crate since she was 6 months with very few problems, let’s just hope she’s not entering some sort of bratty phase just now! Thank you, Jess! 🙂