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How To Make Cadbury Mini Egg Cookie Bars
The shops are filled with Cadbury mini eggs. You know what this means… It’s time to make decadent mini egg cookie bars!
Delicious mini egg cookie bars filled with chocolate chips and Cadbury mini eggs. It’s soft, fudgy and the perfect cookie traybake recipe for Easter! If you love mini eggs, then you’re going to love this traybake too. It is exceptionally good.
Just like my mini egg brownies, this cookie tray bake is perfect for Easter and spring. You can also make it throughout the year too!
Why You’ll Like This Recipe
- The Texture: This mini egg cookie bar is fudgy, soft and slightly chewy around the edges.
- Super Quick & Easy: It’s a fun cookie recipe you bake in just one tin. Plus, it only takes 20 to 25 minutes to bake in the oven.
- Easter: Nothing says Easter more than mini eggs! This Easter cookie traybake is great for adults and kids.
Watch How To Make It
Can You Buy Mini Eggs All Year Round?
You can buy Cadbury mini eggs towards the end of January all the way up to April. So it’s best to buy them when you see them!
If you’re lucky, you can buy mini eggs on promotion just after Easter (before they go out of stock).
Once Easter is gone, you’ll have to wait till January again; you can buy them here on Amazon too.
Recipe Ingredients
Below are the ingredients needed to make these mini egg cookie bars; this traybake only requires a few simple ingredients.
- Plain Flour & Baking Powder: Use plain flour also called all-purpose flour.
- Butter: Use either salted or unsalted butter.
- Sugar: A combination of caster sugar and light brown sugar is used. This creates a soft, fudgy and slightly chewy texture.
- Egg: Use an egg at room temperature.
- Salt: If you’re using salted butter then omit adding half a teaspoon of salt.
- Vanilla: Added for extra flavour. Use vanilla extract and not vanilla essence for best results.
- Mini Eggs & Chocolate Chips: I used two 80g packs of mini eggs and milk chocolate chips for this cookie bar recipe. You can buy a 296g large family sharing pack. Adding even more mini eggs inside whilst also keeping a few for decorating.
How To Make Mini Egg Cookie Bars
Below is a step-by-step guide on how to make mini egg cookie bars, full recipe instructions are on the recipe card at the bottom.
Step One:
Preheat your oven to 180°C (gas mark 4, 350°F) and line a 9″ square baking tin with parchment paper.
Add butter to a large mixing bowl and heat in the microwave until melted. Add caster sugar and light brown sugar and mix until combined.
Step Two: