Chocolate Chip Cookie Pretzel Bars
Updated April 28, 2011
I don’t usually crave salty snacks, but I do love pretzels. Twists, rods, sticks, chocolate or yogurt dipped, I love them. We’ve made homemade soft pretzels and those are super scrumptious too. Pretzels are just a fun snack, in any shape or form!
I recently saw a cookie bar recipe from Food and Wine that included pretzel pieces. I knew I had to try these. Pretzels mixed into a sweet treat, what a divine idea!
The cookie bars were delightful. The pretzels added a nice little crunch and the sweet/salty combination was very satisfying. Josh said these are his favorite bar treats that I have made. This recipe is a keeper!
Penny Pinching Pantry Raid Update
The challenge is still going well. Over the weekend our friends from CA stayed with us and we were able to feed them well with what we had. We also had friends over for dinner on Sunday. The challenge is working even with extra mouths to feed! 🙂
I bought another gallon of milk for 80 cents this week. Josh goes through milk like mad! I am grateful for coupons this month. I am going shopping for produce today. I hope to find some bargains at Sunflower Market. It is double ad day, so there should be some good sales. Our total is now at:$11.07.
Chocolate Chip Cookie Pretzel Bars
Source: Food and Wine
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking soda
½ teaspoon salt
1 ½ sticks unsalted butter, softened
1 cup light brown sugar
½ cup sugar
2 large eggs
2 teaspoons pure vanilla extract
One 12-ounce bag bittersweet chocolate chips
1 ½ cups mini pretzels, coarsely chopped
2 tablespoons chocolate sprinkles (I didn’t use these)
Preheat the oven to 350°. Spray a 9-by-13-inch pan with cooking spray.
In a bowl, whisk the flour, baking soda and salt. Using a mixer, beat the butter with both sugars at medium speed until light and fluffy, about 1 minute. Beat in the eggs and vanilla extract. On low, beat in the dry ingredients, just until incorporated. Stir in the chocolate chips and pretzel pieces.
Spread the batter evenly in the pan. Press the batter down with a spatula. If you want to use the sprinkles, sprinkle them on top of the batter. Bake for 30 minutes, until golden brown. The middle might be a little gooey but that is ok, the bars will set up. Transfer the pan to a rack and let cool completely.
Use a knife to go around the side of the pan to loosen the bars. Cut the bars in squares and serve.
Whoa. YES please! I love sweet and salty together. These look great, Maria!
these sound absolutely amazing 🙂 the only thing that might make them better? peanut butter 🙂
wow, i'm really curious about how these taste
These look really fabulous. I absolutely love salty/sweet combos and especially love chocolate and pretzels!
The salty sweet combination is great! This recipe has to be wonderful.
Happy Twirls
It sounds wonderful yummy…
These are very pretty cookie bars. My favorite pretzels are from Gardetto's- their mustard kind. Delish!
This looks and sounds so yummy! I love pretzels and cookies and chocolate. What a great combo of them all!
You are doing so well with the challenge!
These cookie bars sound fantastic – I love pretzels and chocolate. Delish!
Love the combination of sweet and salty! Sounds delicious, I'm definitely bookmarking this one.
I've never had the sweet and salty combo yet but these look amazing!
Maria
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I love sweet and salty combo in snacks. This looks wonderful!
Maria you know how I love me some bar cookies (much too lazy for the regular cookies :))! I've printed the recipe and added it to my list of desserts for the week.
Btw, I'm not into salty but do enjoy pretzels. (I'd like to try pretzels as a crust, too.)
~ingrid
Oh my goodness…that's all I have to say! I am making these this weekend!
These do look good. Pretzels and chocolate are a great combination!
These are right up my alley – I love the salty sweet combo and chocolate covered pretzels are one of my favorite treats!
Chocolate chips and pretzels – what a yummy combo! These look divine!
These look like perfect snacks. I love chocolate and salt together, so these are definitely must-makes!
These look wonderful. I love sweet and salty combo.
And what a great price on milk! 🙂
These sound awesome! It's a weird fact of my life that I hate pretzels on their own, but I love them when combined with sweet stuff. I'll have to try these!
Great idea these look fabulous yummy.
I love sweet and salty. These are perfect!
I LOVE pretzels in desserts. I'm a sweet/salty fiend. This is a great recipe.
these look amazing, I have to try them.
these look so salty and sweet, yummy!
80 cents for a GALLON of milk? Fantastic! These look so good, Maria!
I love that you mix pretzels with chocolate chips. I should make this recipe 🙂
oo sweet and salty desserts! Sounds wonderful!
A gallon of milk for 80 cents? I want to shop where you shop. If you need someone to take the leftover bars off your hands, I'm your girl! 😉
Omg! Salty pretzels + chocolate chip cookies?? This was SO made for me! Lol ;D
Man, I could learn a lesson or two from you – we just spent $140 on groceries, and it doesn't even seem like we got a lot. These look awesome, I have to make these for sheezy – maybe even tonight =) Hope all is well and sorry I have been MIA on the commenting, busy summer.
Can I say this here? These are the ultimate PMS food. 😉 Sweet, chocolate, salty….perfect! 🙂
These look great. I too, love sweet/salty combos.
Have had this recipe bookmarked for awhile and finally found an excuse to make it. The family is raving over them. Thank you! Yummy!
So glad you liked the bars!
The jury is out on these. I made these a few weeks ago (I’ve been testing a bunch of your cookie/bars recipes to use for a ‘cookie bar’ at my wedding in october!). I think I might have overbaked these – the pretzels soaked up the moisture from the bars and had a stale texture, and since all that moisture was soaked up by the pretzels, the bars tasted too dry. The flavor was nice. Freezing and defrosting individual bars greatly improved the texture – but again, I think I just overbaked these.
I made these recently (and blogged them!)…they were a big hit at the party I brought them to. Thanks for a great recipe!
Do I measure the pretzels before or after chopping?
Can an 8x8x2 inch pan be used for a thicker bar?
They will be pretty thick. You will have to bake them longer so the middle won’t be gooey.