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Christmas Cookies Bars Recipe

November 28, 2014 by Jenn 35 Comments

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It’s the most wonderful time of the year…with lots and lots of Christmas cookies! Heck, even if you don’t celebrate Christmas, ’tis the season to stuff your face with party food and sweets, right? I love baking Christmas cookies and thought I’d try to come up with a new Christmas Cookies Bars recipe to share with you all!

I started with this Nestle Tollhouse chocolate chip pan cookie recipe and added seasonal M&M’s Christmas Baking Bits and some of those extra cute Nestle Toll House Holiday Morsels . I substituted Crisco for the butter that the original recipe called for and the result was a sweet, chocolaty, moist cookie bar that is sure to be a hit at your holiday party this year!

This easy Christmas Cookie Bars recipe is made with Holiday M&M's and Red and Green Nestle Toll House morsels. They're so fun and so festive!

This is a pretty simple recipe, and I think it will be perfect for making cookie bars throughout the year.

Just change the chocolate chips for regular ones and you can buy any kind of M&M’s – or omit them altogether and just add extra chocolate chips!

This easy Christmas Cookie Bars recipe is made with Holiday M&M's and Red and Green Nestle Toll House morsels. They're so fun and so festive!

Christmas Cookie Bars Recipe

4.6 from 11 reviews
Christmas Cookies Bars Recipe
 
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Prep time
5 mins
Cook time
20 mins
Total time
25 mins
 
Author: Jenn Quillen
Recipe type: Dessert
Serves: 12 bars
Ingredients
  • 2¼ cups all-purpose flour
  • 1 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ¾ cup Crisco (or you can use butter)
  • ¾ cup granulated sugar
  • ¾ cup light brown sugar, firmly packed
  • 1 teaspoon pure vanilla extract
  • 2 large eggs
  • 2 cups Nestle Tollhouse chocolate chips
  • 1 cup M&M's baking bits (they're basically mini M&M's)
Instructions
  1. Preheat your oven to 375. Spray a 13x9 inch baking dish with nonstick cooking spray, then cut a piece of parchment paper to fit inside the dish so that the bottom is completely covered. Spray that with cooking spray too.
  2. Combine the Crisco, vanilla, eggs and sugars and beat until light and creamy.
  3. Add dry ingredients and beat for one minute, or until a thick dough forms.
  4. Stir in chocolate chips and M&M's.
  5. Pour into your baking dish and cook at 375 degrees for 20 minutes.
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I hope you like these cookie bars as much as I did!

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Comments

  1. Penelope says

    November 28, 2014 at 11:42 am

    Oh my gosh, does that look delicious! Jenn, what are you doing to me, stop making me addicted to your blog!

    Reply
  2. Heather says

    November 28, 2014 at 11:45 am

    These look so good! My family would love to gobble these up!!

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  3. Liz Mays says

    November 28, 2014 at 2:12 pm

    Those festive colors added to the bars really make them irresistible!

    Reply
  4. Anne - Mommy Has to Work says

    November 28, 2014 at 2:58 pm

    If I made that I would too much of it! It looks so good!

    Reply
  5. Nicole Dz says

    November 28, 2014 at 8:26 pm

    Yummy colorful goodness, love the green and red M&M’s in this. Awesome sweet treat for the holiday season.

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  6. Colleen says

    November 28, 2014 at 8:29 pm

    Yum that looks so rich and tasty.

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  7. Raijean says

    November 29, 2014 at 12:22 am

    Yes, those cookies look amazing. I’m going to try this and see how it comes out.

    Reply
  8. Jennifer Tilson says

    November 29, 2014 at 12:32 am

    Bar cookies are so under appreciated! All the glamour of cookies with less work. And, these are colorful to boot! They wouldn’t last in our house.

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  9. HilLesha says

    November 29, 2014 at 12:47 am

    I normally don’t like M&Ms, but that looks so good that I”d eat it without a second thought!

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  10. M.Clark says

    November 29, 2014 at 1:01 am

    These Christmas Cookies Bars look delicious, I can’t wait to try them, I’ll make them with M&Ms and without. Thank you for sharing this recipe.

    Reply
  11. Angelica M says

    November 29, 2014 at 1:50 pm

    Look delicious! Love how the use of different colors to make every occasion special!

    Reply
  12. Tammy Litke (@threedifferent) says

    November 29, 2014 at 3:22 pm

    Definitely a winner recipe to bring along to a social gathering. Kids and adults alike will eat them up fast I bet!

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  13. Rust says

    November 29, 2014 at 3:36 pm

    Looks like a keeper to me …perfect for the care packages I will be sending out for Christmas. Thanks!

    Reply
  14. megan b says

    November 29, 2014 at 7:21 pm

    Have you tried the recipe with milk? Or are they chewy already? This recipe sounds delish!

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  15. christina p says

    November 29, 2014 at 8:05 pm

    These look great! my daughter would love to make this…and eat it too!

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  16. Heather in VA says

    November 29, 2014 at 8:41 pm

    This looks so yummy! I think it would be good with mint m&m’s!

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  17. vanessa: thequeenofswag says

    November 29, 2014 at 10:58 pm

    Those looks super tasty and so festive. Thanks so much for sharing the great recipe.

    Reply
  18. Ty says

    November 29, 2014 at 11:55 pm

    These look utterly delicious and so festively colorful.

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  19. Crystal says

    November 30, 2014 at 10:55 am

    I know my kids would adore these. The red & green make them really festive & fun!

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  20. Sarah Matos says

    November 30, 2014 at 7:59 pm

    My girls would love to make these. We are always looking for new holiday treats to make.

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  21. Anne says

    November 30, 2014 at 8:40 pm

    As much as I love cookies (and that is a lot!), I don’t often make them because all that shaping is just too fussy. I love the idea of cookie bars, which I am always more likely to make, and these look so pretty with the Christmas candies. Thank you for the recipe. I’m adding it to my list for holiday baking.

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  22. Tania B says

    December 1, 2014 at 1:42 pm

    How festive and yummy! I might just make it this week. Thanks

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  23. jane martin says

    December 2, 2014 at 7:53 am

    I love making cookies into bars, much easier.

    Reply
  24. s.w. says

    December 2, 2014 at 1:50 pm

    Love this idea! I would love to have this after school or work.This would also be great for after brunch.

    Reply
  25. Kyla @HouseofHipsters.com says

    December 3, 2014 at 1:30 pm

    I could so go for one of these bars right now! Yum! We would love to have you share them at our link up party Found & Foraged this Friday at 8PM Central Time (normally it starts on Saturday at 8PM, but this week only it starts on Friday). I hope you can make it over to http://houseofhipsters.com/

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    • Jenn says

      December 3, 2014 at 1:45 pm

      Thanks so much, I am going to try to make it! 🙂

      Reply
    • Abby says

      December 24, 2015 at 3:32 pm

      Sadly, I agree with the other comment about the greasiness. Just got these out of the oven and they are way too mushy and greasy, definitely inedible. I used butter instead of Crisco, so maybe that’s where it went wrong. They smell great, but didn’t turn out as I hoped 🙁

      Reply
  26. sasha payne says

    December 3, 2014 at 8:56 pm

    these look great!

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  27. Rhonda Martin says

    December 6, 2014 at 5:54 pm

    These would so kill my diet but I could always make it for my friend who is addicted to M&M’s lol She would devour these~!

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  28. Bren says

    December 11, 2014 at 11:49 am

    How long will these store & save to have for events during the Christmas & Holiday Season?

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  29. Sarah says

    December 23, 2014 at 9:01 pm

    I made these tonight and they turned out awful. All the chocolate chips fell to the bottom. I used butter and it is a greasy mess. I did notice that you say to use a 9×13 pan but you show a 9×9 square pan. I used a 9×13 so maybe that’s where I went wrong.

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    • Jenn says

      December 24, 2014 at 4:56 pm

      Oh no! I am sorry that it didn’t turn out for you. I showed a 9×9 square pan in my photo, but that is because I used two pans because I made a bigger batch – I made a lot for gifts. I find that butter is more greasy than Crisco but wow, it shouldn’t have been that bad 🙁

      Reply
  30. Marcie W. says

    January 22, 2015 at 5:29 pm

    I would be interested in making these with Valentine’s Day M&Ms for all three of my children’s classrooms. Such a colorful fun treat.

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  31. Katie says

    December 23, 2015 at 7:20 am

    Ive made 2 batches of these already for Christmas. They are a hit with all the cookies we give to friends and family. And I cant stop eating them!!

    Reply
  32. Linda says

    January 4, 2018 at 12:07 am

    I made these at Christmas time and used m&m peanut butter and m&m peppermint chips. They were delicious and a big hit with the family!

    Reply

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