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March 5, 2019 By Brandy Leave a Comment

Home » Recipes » Dessert Recipes » Cookie Recipes

Cake Mix Cookie Bars that Kids Can Make On Their Own

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This might just be the easiest recipe for kids to bake! 1 box of cake mix, 2 eggs, 1/3 c. melted butter and 1 bag of chocolate chips. Pat in a pan and bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees. These cake mix cookie bars are a fun spin on the traditional cake mix cookie recipe!

Be sure to check out my “Kids in the Kitchen” section for more kid-friendly cooking recipes!

This might just be the easiest recipe for kids to bake! 1 box of cake mix, 2 eggs, 1/3 c. melted butter and 1 bag of chocolate chips. Pat in a pan and bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees. These cookie bars are a fun spin on the traditional cake mix cookie recipe!
So we kind of go through a lot of flour over here, and sometimes I forget to refill the flour canister before we run out! We make cookies every Sunday night and this week Kaylee asked if she could make chocolate chip cookies. The flour canister was empty, but we had a few boxes of cake mix! We decided to make cake mix cookies in bar form. This is the same cake mix cookie concept that’s been around FOREVER, only we put them in a 9×13 pan. I’m positive that isn’t anything new either (is anything a new idea these days?), but it was a new idea for us. We’ve made chocolate, lemon, red velvet, and Funfetti cake mix cookies over the years, but never tried using a plain old yellow cake mix with chocolate chips. The verdict?

These cake mix cookie bars taste JUST LIKE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES and they are SO EASY for kids to make!

This might just be the easiest recipe for kids to bake! 1 box of cake mix, 2 eggs, 1/3 c. melted butter and 1 bag of chocolate chips. Pat in a pan and bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees. These cookie bars are a fun spin on the traditional cake mix cookie recipe!

Cake Mix Cookie Bars With Only 4 Ingredients

This might just be the easiest recipe for kids to bake! 1 box of cake mix, 2 eggs, 1/3 c. melted butter and 1 bag of chocolate chips. Pat in a pan and bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees. These cookie bars are a fun spin on the traditional cake mix cookie recipe!

Cake Mix Cookie Bars Recipe with 4 Ingredients

This might just be the easiest recipe for kids to bake! 1 box of cake mix, 2 eggs, 1/3 c. melted butter and 1 bag of chocolate chips. Pat in a pan and bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees. These cookie bars are a fun spin on the traditional cake mix cookie recipe! 
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Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 20 minutes
Total Time: 25 minutes
Servings: 15
Calories: 280kcal

Ingredients

  • 1 box of cake mix
  • 2 eggs
  • 1/3 cup melted butter
  • 1 10 oz. bag of chocolate chips

Instructions

  • Mix ingredients in a large bowl.
  • Pat into a greased 9 x 13 casserole dish.
  • Bake at 350 degrees for 20-25 minutes or until the top begins to brown.
  • Cool 10 minutes before cutting.
  • Makes 15 bars.

Notes

What other cake mix combinations can you use for these cookie bars?

Red velvet with white chocolate chips, lemon with white chocolate chips, Devil’s food with chocolate chips, chocolate cake with peanut butter chips—the possibilities are endless!

Can you make cake mix cookie bars with oil?

We’ve made cake mix cookies (and bars) with both oil and butter. I prefer butter, but oil works too!

Nutrition

Calories: 280kcal

 

This might just be the easiest recipe for kids to bake! 1 box of cake mix, 2 eggs, 1/3 c. melted butter and 1 bag of chocolate chips. Pat in a pan and bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees. These cookie bars are a fun spin on the traditional cake mix cookie recipe!
This is such a kid-friendly recipe because they don’t need a stand mixer or even a hand mixer. A big bowl and wooden spoon work just fine, and there is virtually no measuring involved. Even with the butter. Just look at the side of the stick and cut at the 1/3 mark. Kaylee already loves baking and said that she liked making these because it was a recipe that she could make completely on her own.

(Side note, if you want to see something absolutely adorable check out her “cooking show” video that she asked me to videotape when she was 4 years old. I still die every time I see it. What a doll!)

This might just be the easiest recipe for kids to bake! 1 box of cake mix, 2 eggs, 1/3 c. melted butter and 1 bag of chocolate chips. Pat in a pan and bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees. These cookie bars are a fun spin on the traditional cake mix cookie recipe!
They hold up well as cookie bars but are super soft and delicious at the same time.

How many cake mix cookie bars does this make?

15 bars.

What other cake mix combinations can you use for these cookie bars?

Red velvet with white chocolate chips, lemon with white chocolate chips, Devil’s food with chocolate chips, chocolate cake with peanut butter chips—the possibilities are endless!

Can you make cake mix cookie bars with oil?

We’ve made cake mix cookies (and bars) with both oil and butter. I prefer butter, but oil works too!

 

This might just be the easiest recipe for kids to bake! 1 box of cake mix, 2 eggs, 1/3 c. melted butter and 1 bag of chocolate chips. Pat in a pan and bake for 20 minutes at 350 degrees. These cookie bars are a fun spin on the traditional cake mix cookie recipe!
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