Triple Layer Cookies and Cream Crunch Bars.
After last weekend, I had a ton of Oreos to use up. I should mentioned that this was after I baked a second batch of those Oreo-stuffed chocolate chip cookies. Oops.
I might have bought two packages. Oops again.
This may come as a surprise: I don’t really like to eat just plain Oreos. But I really love anything cookies and cream flavored. And I also have I-buy-too-many-things-that-I-don’t-need-syndrome. Now you know all about me.
I’ve already made cupcakes and brownies, but I couldn’t get a crunchy cookies and cream bar out of my mind. Especially since those double fudge Oreo crunch cookies. Lots of Oreos going on here for someone that doesn’t love them, right? After these bars, I might love them a little more.
It’s like the better-than-crack brownies and a bag of Oreos had a love child.
With Mr. How Sweet away, I figured this would be a great treat to make since it was probably something he wouldn’t eat. But I guess I was wrong, because after he came home yesterday he ate half the pan. Sometimes he surprises me.
The pictures say it all – these brownies are rich and chocolaty. And crunchy. And chewy. And lovely.
If you are one of those crazy people who doesn’t love sugary sweet, so-good-your-teeth-hurt desserts, then these probably aren’t for you. I forgive you. Make some of this cake instead.
Triple Layer Cookies and Cream Crunch Bars
makes 9-12 bars
1/2 cup butter, at room temperature
1 1/2 cups sugar
2 eggs
2 teaspoons vanilla extract
1 1/4 cups all purpose flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
3 tablespoons cocoa powder
2 cups chocolate chips
1/2 cup peanut butter
20 Oreo cookies
Preheat oven to 350.
Butter and flour an 8 x 8 cake pan.
In the bowl of an electric mixer, cream butter and sugar until fluffy. Add eggs one at a time, then add remaining teaspoon of vanilla. Add in cocoa powder and mix until combined. Add flour and salt, mixing well until batter is smooth and comes together. Fold in 1/2 cup chocolate chips.
Spread in the 8 x 8 pan. Sink 9 Oreo cookies into the batter and press gently. Bake for 25-30 minutes. While baking, crush the remaining Oreos in a ziplock bag. When brownies are finished baking, remove from the oven and sprinkle with 1/2 cup chocolate chips and crush Oreos. Place back in the oven for about 2-3 minutes. During this time, melt remaining chocolate chips and peanut butter together. Remove brownies from oven and pour melted chocolate mixture over top, spreading with a spatula. Make sure chocolate gets down into the Oreo crevices, as it is the “glue” that holds the top to the bottom. Refrigerate for 2 hours before serving.
Let brownies sit at room temperature for 15 minutes before cutting. Don’t worry if some of the cookies spill out from the middle or the top cracks – they are still delicious!
If you need me, I’ll be in a sugar coma.
275 Comments on “Triple Layer Cookies and Cream Crunch Bars.”
OMG these tempted me and tempted me until I could take it no longer. I made these last night for a friends birthday. I’m surprised I even got them to her house. They were to die for!
Yay!
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O.M.G. I kind of WORSHIP oreos and these look divine!!! Thanks!
WOW. My fiance and I made a double recipe of these two nights ago for a big family get together and they disappeared. The little kids were fighting over the last piece, and his sister requested that we make her a pan today. You know it’s a good dessert when you make a double recipe TWICE in four days.
Any recs for subbing the peanut butter with something else to act as the glue? Call him so uber duber crazy like I do, but my Mr. does not like PB, but I know we’d both dig these!!!
You can just leave the peanut butter out and add more chocolate!
These looked amazing and I couldn’t help but make them right away! I’m not that fond of PB in desserts so I just used more chocolate and a little cream to make a sort of ganache topping.
Delicious, but I wonder what I did wrong with the homemade brownies, they came out looking nothing like these! Mine are a very pale brown and crunchy-hard on the outside, goopy and unbrownie-ish on the inside. Thought I followed the directions step-by-step and the batter looked just like the photo, but not the end product!
Alas! I’ll get it right some day.
The same thing happened to me!
I made these again for the 2nd time and the brownie was a light brown not a dark chocolate look. What could I be doing wrong?
Jen, I use dark cocoa powder (Hershey’s) which is why mine are so dark. Any kind of cocoa works fine but regular cookie will make the brownies lighter in color!
ooohhh I am making these tonight!!!!
OMG I think I am in love with this recipe and your blog!! How Sweet Eats…is my new favorite thing!
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those look like freaking heaven
Holy Decadent Deliciousness!
I can’t believe I Just discovered your blog! I love it, Love you! Love your voice. We have Very similar philosophies and sensibilities.
I critique and review desserts at DessertDarling.com, I hope you come visit!
Like, this bacon, cheddar corn-cake with vanilla frosting…? I die.
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Been following this blog for a little while and this is the first recipe I actually made. This is excellent. Super sweet and one bar (1/9) will def satisfy you. I was a little skeptical of the PB with oreos…seems like an odd combination, but it was great! Great recipe for a chocoholic!
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I made these Bars and they are good! They remind my hubby of a twix bar. The PB and chocolate melted top layer is yummy.
They took longer to bake than called for. Next time I think I will use a 9X9 pan v. 8X8.
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just made these for a birthday tomorrow- how should i store them overnight?? back in the fridge?
Yes! Let me know how they are. :)
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Oh my goodness. My friend & I made these the other night and of course we couldn’t wait to refrigerate them, so we put them in the freezer (very briefly) and then just jumped in and enjoyed the melted goodness :) This was definitely one of those recipes where someone has cut a brownie, then you walk by & see that the edges aren’t totally straight so you have no choice but to “trim” (and eat) the edges until they ARE straight….then once that happens, you just have to “accidentally” break off a piece that looks out of place, until you’ve eaten half the pan. It’s a problem. :)
I just died and went to Oreo cookie heaven. The only problem with having Oreos around is that I NEVER have any left over. woops?
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Wow! I am making these for sure!
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This recipe looks amazing, and I would love to make it! Only issue is that, for some ungodly reason, my fiance has an aversion to peanut butter (I still love him, though). I’m thinking about trying to substitute Nutella instead, but I’m not sure if that would work. What do you think?
You could try nutella or just leave out the peanut butter and use more chocolate.
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This looks so good that I can smell the chocolaty taste of this…(no freakin joke about actually smellin’ it) Thanks for sharing the great recipe…I have 2 bars of oreo at home that might just hit the oven soon….:)
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My fiancee and I just made these (they are cooling as we speak) and he suggested that I do a challenge that would involve making all of your recipes and blogging about it, like in the movie “Julie & Julia”, because you are that awesome :)
Keep up the great blogging!
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These are amazingggggg!!! A great excuse to purchase oreos!
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Can one use your ooey-gooey brownie recipe as the base for this? Or, does it only work with the above brownie recipe? I like the architecture of the ooey-gooey one due to the four eggs–way chewy.
I think you probably could. That brownie layer listed is actually an adaptation of my gooey brownie recipe. I personally haven’t tried the recipe is this combo but I don’t see why it wouldn’t work.
I made these with chocolate-creme Oreos!
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These were delicious! I made them last night and sampled them this morning. They are very rich, though… one tiny piece is enough, since they are so thick! Love the chocolate/peanut butter top layer. :-)
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