Chubby Hubby Cookie Bars

Chubby Hubby Cookie Bars have a crunchy and chewy crust with a super fudgy chocolate filling. Such a sweet treat!

Chubby Hubby Cookie Bars

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Recipe Rundown

Taste: Like the Ben & Jerry’s ice cream! If you haven’t had that these bars are sort of like a Take 5 candy bar, but with malted milk flavor instead of caramel.
Texture: The cookie crust is crunchy and chewy while the chocolate filling is super fudgy. Then there’s creamy peanut butter and a chocolate covered pretzel to top it all off!
Ease: Pretty easy, the hardest part is waiting for the bars to chill in the fridge.
Appearance: My grocery store was out of regular sized chocolate covered pretzels so I had to buy mini ones. I cut my bars into little bite size squares which were adorable. However, feel free to make the recipe as written with full-sized pretzels!
Pros: Such a sinfully delicious combination of flavors.
Cons: None.
Would I make this again? Yes.

How to make

Chubby Hubby Cookie Bars

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Recipe By Tessa Arias, Handle the Heat

Yield: 32 bars

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook: 2 hours 30 minutes

Ingredients

For the Cookie Base:

1 1/2 sticks unsalted butter, at room temperature
1 1/4 cups packed light brown sugar
2 tablespoons milk
1 large egg
1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/4 cup malted milk powder
1 1/2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
3/4 teaspoon baking soda

For the Filling:

1 can (14oz) sweetened condensed milk
2 tablespoons unsalted butter
12 ounces milk or semisweet chocolate chips
1/4 cup creamy peanut butter
32 chocolate covered pretzel twists

Directions

Preheat the oven to 375°F. Line a 13×9-inch baking pan with parchment or foil and spray with nonstick cooking spray.

In large bowl, use an electric mixer to beat the butter, milk and brown sugar until well combined and smooth. Add the egg and vanilla and beat until fully combined. Slowly beat in the malted milk powder, flour, salt and baking soda.

Press cookie dough into prepared baking pan. Bake for about 15 minutes, or until lightly browned. Remove from oven and set on a cooling rack to cool completely.

Meanwhile, in large saucepan set over medium-low heat, heat the condensed milk and butter until the butter is melted and the mixture is warmed. Remove from heat and add the chocolate, stirring until melted and smooth. Pour over cooled cookie crust.

In a microwave safe measuring cup or small bowl, heat the peanut butter for 30 seconds, or until melted and thin. Drizzle over fudge filling. Immediately press the chocolate covered pretzels into the bars. Refrigerate cookies for 2 hours or overnight before cutting into bars and serving.

Adapted from Shugary Sweets

About Tessa...

Tessa is a professionally trained chef, cookbook author, and cookie queen. She loves to write about all things sweet, carb-y, and homemade. She's on a mission to make the world a more unapologetically DELICIOUS place. Tessa lives in Phoenix, Arizona.

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