Chewy Chocolate Toffee Bars
Before I was married I lived with 6 girls in a house. Yup, 6 girls, 2 bathrooms, one washing machine, lots of estrogen and a dog. We had some of the best times ever, but none of us really cooked. I try to remember back, wondering what we survived on – I remember a lot of Slurpees from 7-11, Subway, and some interesting cooking attempts on the George Foreman grill…
I also may have eaten my weight in Kraft macaroni and cheese…
But every once in a while I would get a craving for the toffee cookies my grandma would make. I would roll out of bed on a Saturday morning (ok well it might have been afternoon, oh the sleeping – in days before kids!) determined to make some cookies…without a mixer or a spatula…or a clue at what I was doing.
I typically burnt half the batch, which worked out ok because my one roomie liked her cookies on the well done side. I eventually figured it out, and now they are one of my specialties.
In fact, most of my old roomies live in Chicago now, and whenever I go and visit I always bring “the cookies”, and am usually greeted with “yes, you brought ‘the’ cookies!” We won’t talk about the fact that we can eat a whole batch in one sitting…
Now’s the point where you say, “um hello? Kelly, those are not photos of cookies, and clearly it says Chewy Chocolate Toffee Bars up there on the mouth watering picture.”
That’s right, because now I have kids, and I don’t get to roll out of bed at noon, make a batch of cookies and then sit on my kitchen counter eating them, thinking about whether I need a Slurpee to wash them down with or not.
I changed the recipe a bit so that I could just dump it all in a pan, sooo much easier than spooning out each cookie. The Mr. (who was around way back in the “I have no idea how to cook, whoa there is a lot of estrogen in this house, but it is much cleaner than/less gross than my house and you have cookies here” – days) says these are actually way better than “the cookies”. GASP! They are though. They are gooey in the middle, and a little crunchy on the outside, and the chocolate on top is soooo good.
Oh, did you want the recipe? Sorry I had to sneak a bite!
Chewy Chocolate Toffee Bars
2 1/4 C flour 3/4 brown sugar
1/2 tsp salt 3/4 white sugar
1tsp baking soda 1 tsp vanilla
1/2 C butter (1 stick) 2 eggs
1 package heath bar bit o brickle toffee bits
1 cup semi sweet chocolate chips
Mix the flour, salt, and baking soda in a bowl. In a separate bowl cream the sugar and butter, add eggs and vanilla. Mix well. Add the flour mixture in, mix well. Add in the toffee bits. Press the dough into a greased 9 x 13 pan and bake at 350 for 20 – 25 minutes. Meanwhile melt chocolate chips in a bowl in the microwave for a few minutes, stopping to stir after each minute until smooth. Use a fork to drizzle chocolate over the bars once they are out of the oven. Enjoy!
Oh, and they are pretty popular with my new roommates too…
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I Heart Naptime
Awe I love your story about the “cookies”. Must give this recipe a try soon!
These look and sound so good! I may just have to try them tonight.
oh you should, they are yummy!
These look ah-may-zing! Just not sure what “1 package heath bar bit o brickle toffee bits” is? Can you please fill me in? Are they like skor bits?
yup you can totally use skor bits!
I love “bar” cookies! I’m definitely going to give these a try Kelly! Thank you! xo, Kimberly
I must learn to not read blogs when hungry … and I’m trying to remember if my roomies and I ever cooked. Can barely even remember what the kitchen looked like …
:) Linda
ha ha ha! I know cruising Pinterest when hungry is the absolute worst :)
Oh yum … I can’t wait to try those!
Thanks Randi :)
These look delicious! Thanks so much for sharing!
Have a wonderful day rock star!
karianne
Hi Kelly,
These look wonderful. . I totally understand where you’re at:) My daughter is starting her 5th year at UW (she’s an accounting major in the masters program). We moved her to an apartment closer to school as there will be long study hours at the library. She’s living with three young ladies and they are trying to work out all the cooking etc.. I’ve can also relate to the lack of sleep. It happens when the kids are little and then again when they are teenagers and don’t appear to ever go to sleep!
Thanks for sharing this recipe and the story of your younger years:)
xxleslie
Thanks Leslie! I look forward to them sleeping in but not the teenager part :)
Oh my…I want to eat these immediately.
Kelly, those look amazing! I love that they can be cooked in a big pan… and oh, I totally relate about not getting any sleep after kids. ;-)
Yum! I am going to have to make those! Heath Bars are very popular in this house! Have a great day!
Oh..those look fabulous and yes the new little roomie is adorable!
They look so good wish I had some for breakfast!! Will make them for my girlfriends.
Have you or anyone you know of tried to mk these with gluten free flour? They look delicious!
These look awesome. You can make them for me too!!