Easy Easter Cookie Bars with layers of graham crackers, chocolate, and caramel, topped with Cadbury’s mini eggs. They are to die for!
Easter has already arrived at our blog! And these quick, decadent, and fun Easter Cookie Bars will be one of our treat for this year!!! They are made from graham cracker crumbs, topped with chocolate (brigadeiro) and caramel (doce de leite), and garnished with candy Easter mini eggs (ovos de Páscoa)… Sounds good? 🙂
They are so easy and fun to prepare that they make a great cooking project for children… and therapy for adults in the midst of another holiday! Not only are they great for your Easter table, but also for giving away as Easter presents!
If you haven’t noticed, this isn’t our first Easter treat made with candy Easter eggs… Our Easter Chocolate Cake and Easy Birds Nest Cookies are two other examples. Chocolate Easter eggs and treats made with them have long been a tradition in Brazil and in this blog. Why?
Brazil, unlike the US, doesn’t have a tradition of plastic eggs filled with jelly beans or Easter egg hunts. It’s all about chocolate eggs, which are brought to children by the Easter bunny. Don’t believe it? Well, see for yourself…
This is why our dessert for Easter this year, scrumptious Easter Cookie Bars, are decorated with chocolate eggs… And what chocolate eggs they are!!! Folks, these are my favorite Easter eggs in the US. I mean, every single year I look forward to them with great anticipation…and devour them voraciously– both straight from the bag and incorporated in other treats. 🙂
Dishes made from cod fish (bacalhau), such as our Bacalhau a Zé do Pipo (Codfish Shepherd’s Pie) provide additional symbols of Easter in Brazil— since most Brazilians are Catholic, having to abstain from eating red meat during this period.
Save the recipe and make our Easter Cookie Bars this year… you won’t regret it!
xx
6-Ingredient Easter Cookie Bars
Ingredients
- 3¾ cups graham cracker crumbs or 18 full sheet crackers
- 1¼ cups unsalted butter melted, or 2½ sticks
- 1 can sweetened condensed milk 14-ounce
- 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa powder
- 1/3 cup store-bought caramel topping or homemade dulce de leche sauce
- 1 bag Cadbury mini eggs to decorate 10 oz or 283 g, some chopped and some whole
Instructions
- Heat oven to 350 degrees F (180 degrees C). Coat 13x9-inch baking pan with non-stick cooking spray and set aside.
- Combine graham cracker crumbs and butter. Press into bottom of prepared pan. In a small bowl, mix condensed milk with cocoa powder until obtaining a homogeneous mixture and pour evenly over crumb mixture, gently smoothing with the back of a spoon to distribute in an even layer.
- Bake for 15 minutes, remove from the oven, and drizzle caramel topping on top. Evenly sprinkle chocolate Cadbury's mini eggs over the whole bar and return bar to the oven. Bake for an additional 10 minutes.
- Let pan cool on a rack and cut into 12 bars -- or more if desired. Store our Easter cookie bars covered at room temperature.
Recipe Notes
If desired, you can use Oreos or chocolate cookies instead of graham crackers. If you love the salty/sweet combination, you can replace the graham crackers for saltine crackers.
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Credit:
Image of Easter eggs at a supermarket in Brazil is from Rádio Piratininga de Jaú.
Rekha
March 23, 2015 at 10:54 pmThese cookie bars look absolutely yummy and those pics are so awesome Denise 🙂 A very happy Easter to you and family 🙂
Denise Browning
March 24, 2015 at 7:47 amThank you, my dear! Wishing you and your family a very Happy Easter as well.
Maureen
March 24, 2015 at 3:32 amYou would win my heart and make me want to marry you with this Easter cookie bars. 🙂
Happy Easter!
Denise Browning
March 24, 2015 at 7:48 amMaureen: Thank you! It is always good to receive your visits. Wishing you and your husband a very Happy Easter!!!
Gourmet Getaways
March 24, 2015 at 9:09 amWhoa, that looks sooo rich and tempting! Kids will attack this, Denise! Hehe…Happy Easter in advance!
Julie & Alesah
Gourmet Getaways xx
SallyBR
March 24, 2015 at 1:12 pmWhat a beautiful recipe! And your photo of the grocery store with the chocolate Easter eggs hanging all over the place made me feel soooo homesick! That is exactly the look, in every single grocery store, no matter how big, so impressive!
We don’t have kids at home but many grownup kids as grad students in the department who would go crazy for this cookie bars…
🙂
Denise Browning
March 24, 2015 at 6:59 pmThanks, Sally! I also miss to see supermarkets’ aisles as all decorated with Easter eggs…
I hope you try these bars and bring some to your co-workers. 🙂
Deb|EastofEdenCooking
March 24, 2015 at 1:21 pmOh yes! Toss the plastic eggs, chocolate is so much better Adore that your daughter’s are having so much fun in the kitchen!
Chris @ The Café Sucré Farine
March 24, 2015 at 4:25 pmI don’t need an Easter basket, just a plate of these, please. They look wonderful Denise!
Mi Vida en un Dulce
March 24, 2015 at 6:14 pmI like the recipes that I can do with my kids, this is perfect!!!
Anne@FromMySweetHeart
March 25, 2015 at 9:08 amDenise, your cookie bars are wonderful! As does the rest of your Easter feast! And I have no problem with the Easter bunny bringing me chocolate every year! Thanks for sharing your Easter treats!
John@Kitchen Riffs
March 25, 2015 at 11:54 amOh, yum! what terrific bars! Chocolate eggs all the way at our house. 🙂 You’re going to have a great feast — thanks for sharing with us.
Sugar et al.
March 25, 2015 at 4:04 pmOMG! These are terrific! Just food-porn the way I like it…dripping with decadence:-) I love that cake too. I think, I am going to plan my visit to the US around Easter time next year:-)
Juliana
March 25, 2015 at 8:05 pmOh Denise, I miss the “ovos de Pascoa”…it was so much fun getting the eggs, and all the “surprises” in it…
Your bars look great…especially with the little eggs on it…perfect for the occasion.
Hope you are enjoying your week my dear 🙂
Liz
March 25, 2015 at 8:08 pmYour Easter bars look scrumptious!! And I’d rather have chocolate eggs than jellybeans every.single.time 🙂
Anna @ shenANNAgans
March 26, 2015 at 2:14 amHeck yes. I am having a few days off before easter to cook all the amazing dishes I have been saving. Adding this to the top of the list. Easter bars…. so clever. 🙂 Plus, love the fact you can do this recipe with your kids, means I wont have any difficulties recreating. LOL!
marcela
March 26, 2015 at 5:43 amYes! I love this easter look! Easter bar looks awesome! I love the way kids help you in the kitchen! This is so great!
Ash-foodfashionparty
March 30, 2015 at 1:17 amDenise, easter week is here. Your girls are too adorable my dear. Those are some amazing treats, I might do that for the kiddos school party. Have a great week.
Raymund
March 30, 2015 at 1:42 pmWow thats a stunner, just look at that dripping dulce de leche, this is food porn material!
Little Cooking Tips
April 2, 2015 at 1:34 pmAmazing work Denise. Amazing. Again using one of our favorite: condensed sweetened milk!:) Happy Easter from both of us!
Liz
April 11, 2015 at 5:31 amTo die for is right!!! I need to make these babies!!! xo