I love all of the different things you can do with a basic yellow cake mix. With just a few ingredients you can have a delicious cake or ooey gooey cookies, like these Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cake Mix Cookie Bars. They are pure decadence and incredibly easy to make!
I made these after seeing a recipe for Girl Scout Cookie Tagalong Cake Bars over at Kevin and Amanda. My version is a little different, because I don’t have any Girls Scout cookies.
What happened to the Girl Scouts this year? I usually have them knocking my door down trying to sell me cookies, but this year zilch. Nada. If someone would like to sell me some Girl Scout cookies, I would love to make Kevin and Amanda’s version too.
Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cake Mix Cookie Bars
Ingredients:
1 (18.25) package plain yellow cake mix
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 cup creamy peanut butter (I used crunchy- it was amazing)
2 eggs
1 (12 oz) package semi-sweet chocolate chips
1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
2 Tablespoons butter
2 teaspoons vanilla
Directions:
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Set aside an ungreased 9X13 inch metal pan.
2. Stir and combine cake mix, melted butter, peanut butter, and eggs in a large bowl using an electric mixer or a wooden spoon. The batter will be thick. Press this into the pan, reserving 1 1/2 cup of the mixture to crumble on top.
3. In a small pot, melt chocolate chips, sweetened condensed milk, and butter. Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla.
4. Spread chocolate mixture over the cookie crust in the pan, and then crumble the 1 1/2 cups of reserved cake mixture on top evenly.
5. Bake for 20-25 minutes. Cool completely before cutting into bars.
These cookie bars are amazing when eaten warm, but are just as good cooled. Serve with a tall glass of milk, and enjoy. You know you want one!
Want more chocolate goodness? Check out this recipe for Texas Turtle Sheet Cake!
Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cake Mix Cookie Bars
These Chocolate-Peanut Butter Cake Mix Cookie Bars are oh-so decadent and incredibly simple to make!
Ingredients
- 1 (18.25) package plain yellow cake mix
- 1/2 cup butter, melted
- 1 cup creamy peanut butter (I used crunchy- it was amazing)
- 2 eggs
- 1 (12 oz) package semi-sweet chocolate chips
- 1 (14 ounce) can sweetened condensed milk
- 2 Tablespoons butter
- 2 teaspoons vanilla
Instructions
1. Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Set aside an ungreased 9X13 inch metal pan.
2. Stir and combine cake mix, melted butter, peanut butter, and eggs in a large bowl using an electric mixer or a wooden spoon. The batter will be thick. Press this into the pan, reserving 1 1/2 cup of the mixture to crumble on top.
3. In a small pot, melt chocolate chips, sweetened condensed milk, and butter. Remove from heat and stir in the vanilla.
4. Spread chocolate mixture over the cookie crust in the pan, and then crumble the 1 1/2 cups of reserved cake mixture on top evenly.
5. Bake for 20-25 minutes. Cool completely before cutting into bars.
These cookie bars are amazing when eaten warm, but are just as good cooled. Serve with a tall glass of milk, and enjoy. You know you want one!
Robin (Masshole Mommy) says
March 3, 2015 at 12:09 PMChocolate and peanut butter is the best combination of all time. These sound SO good.
Sarah Bailey says
March 3, 2015 at 1:10 PMOh yum what a delicious sounding treat, would go really well with the cup of tea I currently have. x
Lois Alter Mark says
March 3, 2015 at 1:39 PMOkay, those look amazing and if I could reach into the computer, they’d be gone. So funny because this is the first year we haven’t had any Girl Scouts trying to sell us cookies either. Probably better for us!
Alice Chase says
March 3, 2015 at 1:51 PMThose look absolutely amazing! I will have to make those a cheat treat soon- still trying to stick to my eating plan lol!
Mama to 5 BLessings says
March 3, 2015 at 4:12 PMI am drooling! Those look amazing, nice and soft just like I like them!
Pam says
March 3, 2015 at 5:23 PMThese are calling out to my sweet tooth. They look so tasty!
celebbabylaundry says
March 3, 2015 at 6:04 PMPeanut butter and anything is a must eat for me, I will have to give this recipe a try!
Heather says
March 3, 2015 at 7:08 PMOh my goodness! I’m pinning. I love pb & chocolate!
Jeanine says
March 3, 2015 at 7:40 PMWow. These look really good. I’m always looking for new and good ideas for baking. These I can see myself making!
Amber NElson says
March 3, 2015 at 8:21 PMOh wow, these look so amazingly delicious. I need to make these.
Veronica says
March 4, 2015 at 12:27 AMWow! What ooey gooey yumminess. I can see my kids all over these
coolchillmom says
March 4, 2015 at 8:28 AMThis is heaven!! I more than need to make these
April G says
March 4, 2015 at 2:18 PMI love the combination. Chocolate and peanut butter were made to go together. I haven’t used it with cake batter yet, but pinning for later.
Maureen @ A Debt Free Stress Free Life says
March 4, 2015 at 4:01 PMAnytime I hear chocolate and peanut butter in the same sentence I’m hooked. These look amazing!
Tough Cookie Mommy says
March 4, 2015 at 8:58 PMI love peanut butter desserts. These cookies look so good and I know that I would love them since they contain peanut butter.
Rosey says
March 5, 2015 at 1:57 AMOh my, those just look good. I’d try these in a heartbeat.
Amanda Love says
March 5, 2015 at 3:33 AMWhat yummy goodness. I can’t eat nuts but my kids can and would certainly love it if I made this for them.
Life as a Convert says
March 5, 2015 at 4:01 PMThese look amazing! I have never seen a cake mix recipe like this that actually looked good. This one is the first 🙂
Babita says
March 5, 2015 at 6:43 PMThese looks so tempting. If I had the yellow cake mix, I would have made these right away.
Melissa Vera says
March 5, 2015 at 7:14 PMThese look and sound so yummy. I can’t wait to try this recipe out.
lissa crane says
March 6, 2015 at 10:01 AMThis looks awesome and I love using basic cake mix for recipes since its always on sale and I always have an extra box in my kitchen! My kids would flip over this since peanut butter and chocolate are their sweet combo!
MJ Dee says
March 6, 2015 at 11:26 AMI’ve made some great cookies with yellow cake mix…and we loved them…but these look so great! Can’t wait to try them! Thanks for sharing this…they’re will be a lot of very happy kids out there!!
Denise Osborn says
March 6, 2015 at 7:38 PMI am going to make this recipe this weekend I love chocolate and peanut butter together. I bet my grandkids will love them also
Heather in VA says
March 6, 2015 at 8:04 PMThis looks so good. I almost always substitute crunchy peanut butter for creamy in recipes because I love crunchy!
Gina H says
March 7, 2015 at 11:23 AMPeanut butter, chocolate, and yellow cake mix? Oh my!! This looks so yummy!!
Karen O says
March 7, 2015 at 6:47 PMWow! This looks so yummy, and it looks easy to make too.
Linda Kilsdonk says
March 8, 2015 at 8:57 PMThese look absolutely de-lush-ish! I can’t wait to give them a try! Thanks for sharing! Smiles, Linda at Paper Seedlings.
amy williams says
March 9, 2015 at 9:55 AMI have two boys and I really want them to know how to do this all on their own when they are older and not depend on someone to do it for them and this looks like a yummy way to start and they would love doing this.
Tara O. says
March 9, 2015 at 11:31 AMWow, these look delicious and not too hard to make! I will definitely be trying this recipe!
Susan - ofeverymoment says
March 9, 2015 at 1:46 PMJust pinned from the Motivational Monday linkup. Sounds OH so good!
richelle leffler says
March 9, 2015 at 4:20 PMyummm those look so good going to have to make some looks delicious ty for sharing
Margot C says
March 10, 2015 at 12:45 PMI love recipes that you can put together using cake mix. Sometimes I just don’t want to measure and sift flour!
richelle leffler says
March 12, 2015 at 4:03 PMLOOKS DELICIOUS GOING TO HAVE TO TRY IT OUT
Dawn Monroe says
March 12, 2015 at 4:38 PMNow I know a recipe for when I dont have icing or we dont really want cake. These look amazing!
Linda Cassidy says
March 12, 2015 at 7:58 PMlooks delicious, over from the weekend link up
Sarah @ Sarah's Bake Studio says
March 14, 2015 at 8:36 AMI found your Chocolate Peanut Butter Cake Mix Cookie Bars on #FoodieFriDIY and I am so glad that I did because these are to die for. I am seriously drooling. I can’t wait to make these. Pinned! Thanks for sharing!
Karly says
March 15, 2015 at 10:43 PMMy favorite combo ever! Thanks for linking up with What’s Cookin’ Wednesday!
sheila says
July 8, 2015 at 9:20 AMYum! As a mom of 3 Girl Scouts, I can still get you Tagalongs if you want!
Tricia says
March 13, 2016 at 6:44 PMLooks delicious, can’t wait to try these. Heads up that the print friendly button is not print friendly. It printed 20 pages including all of the comments.
Angela says
March 14, 2016 at 9:49 AMAhhh, thanks for letting me know. I’ll see about getting that fixed today.
Vanessa says
May 8, 2017 at 3:45 PMFor all those who are saying it looks good, you need to try them! They taste better than they look! Great recipe!
I made an addition, I added a small bag of M&Ms to the bottom layer. Do freaking yummy!
Maria says
February 12, 2019 at 4:40 PMI’m making them now. The chocolate filling is to die for. This is my new go to recipe. So easy and I can keep ingredients on hand.