Kitchen Sink Cookie Bars

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Kitchen sink cookie bars are soft, thick and loaded with goodies. There is chocolate, caramel and pretzels mixed into this bar making it like the Panera cookie only better!

Thick cookie bars loaded with everything but the kitchen sink. This recipe takes everything you love about Panera’s kitchen sink cookies and makes it faster and easier.

I am continuing the theme of easy cookie bars with another great recipe. Like all of the others this recipe takes a favorite cookie and turns it into a bar.

That allows you to skip the chill time. It also means you cook the whole thing at once, there’s no scooping dough onto multiple cookie trays and rotating them through the oven.

Just make the dough, press it into a pan and bake. Then cut the cooled bars into squares and enjoy. It really is that easy!

What makes these kitchen sink cookies bars so good?

They are loaded with so many fun mix-ins. There is plenty of brown sugar and butter goodness to give it a tasty base.

Then add bits of pretzels, caramel and chocolate to add both flavor and crunch. I was tempted to add some pieces of potato chips too, but skipped them this time.

Next time I think I am going for it. They would be such a fun addition to the cookies.

The mix of sweet and salty, creamy and crunchy is what takes these cookies bars even better. Plus the thick bar means the centers are extra soft and delicious.

Squares of kitchen sink cookie bars would be a great addition to your Christmas cookie spread. They would also be perfect for parties and potlucks all year long.

Storing extra cookie bars

Your cookie bars can be stored in an airtight container for up to a week. Keep the bars together as much as possible to avoid the cut edges from drying out.

Feel free to toss a slice of sandwich bread in the container to keep them soft longer. But don’t worry if they are starting to dry out a bit, a few seconds in the microwave will make them as good as new.

For longer storage wrap individual pieces or the whole bar tightly in plastic wrap then put in a freezer safe bag. They will keep in the freezer for at least three months, but likely much longer.

More great cookie bar recipes

Make your cinnamon sugar dreams come true even faster with these snickerdoodle cookie bars. They have everything you love about the classic cookie in a quick and easy bar form.

Toffee cookie bars come straight from my grandma’s recipe box. They are a simple brown sugar cookie bar topped with chocolate and optionally pecans for a easy and tasty dessert.

Super soft sugar cookie bars topped with a fluffy layer buttercream are a fun and easy treat. They are so much quicker to make than individual cookies and taste great!

Oatmeal cream pie bars will remind you of the treats you used to get in your lunchbox.  They are super easy to make and will give you a taste of childhood!

Or try making the sweet and salty crunch into an easy candy with chocolate caramel pretzel bark. It’s a no bake recipe that only takes a few minutes to put together and is super fun to eat.

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